Posts Tagged ‘Biopsy’

Covid … and a Silver Lining

Posted on: April 21st, 2023 by admin

Two weeks ago, Linda Geddes, the science correspondent for The Guardian, contributed two articles, the first describing how the Covid pandemic ushered in […]

Is DBT There Yet?

Posted on: March 17th, 2023 by admin 1 Comment

Twelve years ago, the FDA approved Hologic’s digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) system – sometimes incorrectly referred to as 3D mammography – as […]

Watching Breast Cancer Cells Form

Posted on: November 4th, 2022 by admin

Imagine if it was possible for a surgeon, when operating on a patient with breast cancer, to insert a microscope […]

Covid, Ultrasound and AI

Posted on: July 15th, 2022 by admin

Eighteen months ago, when the Covid-19 vaccines were being rolled out in the USA and UK, we reviewed a paper that had […]

Reducing Breast Cancer Deaths in Low-Income Countries

Posted on: July 8th, 2022 by admin

Each year, 2.3 million women worldwide are diagnosed with breast cancer, while there are 685,000 deaths. Two-thirds of these deaths occur in middle- and […]

A Tutorial on Breast Masses

Posted on: July 1st, 2022 by admin

Yesterday saw the online publication in JAMA Network of a tutorial entitled “Breast masses in biological females.” Published by the […]

AI for Breast Ultrasound

Posted on: April 8th, 2022 by admin

On 23 December 2021, the board of directors of RSNA announced that Dr Linda Moy (seen right) would become editor of their […]

Ultrasound to the Fore

Posted on: January 14th, 2022 by admin

The online magazine AuntMinnie.com has just published a review article by Emily Hayes entitled “Ultrasound jostles for bigger role in screening dense breasts.” With […]

In the Twinkling of an Eye

Posted on: November 19th, 2021 by admin

The expression “in the twinkling of an eye” has its origins in the Bible in 1 Corinthians 15:52, and simply means that […]

Microwave Imaging Returns

Posted on: August 6th, 2021 by admin

Four years ago, we contributed a blog entitled “From land mines to breast cancer” in which we described a system from UK […]