It is estimated that 15% of breast cancers are diagnosed after the patient is screened mammographically with negative results but during the […]
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Breast Ultrasound and AI
In some countries, hand-held ultrasound (HHUS) examinations are widely used to screen healthy women for breast cancer because this modality […]
Where was Peer Review?
The origins of peer review can be traced back over 350 years to the launch of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal […]
Automated Breast Ultrasound Emerges
Automated breast ultrasound or ABUS – where the ultrasound transducer is moved across the breast under automated control rather than […]
Early Detection Saves Lives … Or Does It?
One impact of the COVID-19 pandemic over the past three months is that women have delayed or even skipped their […]
Intervention by Radiologists
Radiologists have traditionally been considered specialists in diagnosis because they examine medical images, but there is a small subset that […]
ABUS and AI: Complementary Acronyms
As we have previously noted, ABUS – automated breast ultrasound – is an acronym to remember when considering imaging modalities for […]
Protons vs Photons
X-rays, first discovered by Wilhelm Röntgen in 1895, are beams of photons that exhibit three intrinsic properties when passing through biological tissue. […]
Ultrasound Embraces the Challenge
Earlier this week, Rebekah Moan, who is a contributing writer for AuntMinnie.com, published three articles that are relevant for breast cancer […]
Ultrasound Screening after FFDM and DBT
In the past decade, 38 states in the USA have enacted legislation requiring radiologists to notify a woman if, after undergoing a […]