On 23 December 2021, the board of directors of RSNA announced that Dr Linda Moy (seen right) would become editor of their […]
Posts Tagged ‘Sensitivity’
ABUS and DBT and FFDM
It was five years ago that we published a key article in Diagnostics, an open-access journal, in which we described our dual-modality […]
Understanding Breast Density
The Merriam-Webster dictionary provides three essential meanings for the word “density”: having parts that are close together; being difficult to see through; […]
Evaluating DBT after 10 Years
Earlier this year, we described how the digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) pioneers, led by Dr Daniel Kopans, developed a screening tool that […]
Optimising Breast Cancer Screening
Six years ago, we reviewed a paper published in The Lancet by the Japan Strategic Anti-Cancer Randomized Trial (J-START) in which the […]
DIEurope Features Breast Imaging
The June issue of Diagnostic Imaging Europe was published earlier this week and featured numerous articles on breast imaging. The magazine, […]
Mothers of Invention
We are all familiar with the proverb, “Necessity is the mother of invention,” the origins of which are attributed to Aesop’s Fables […]
Inspired by the Greeks
It was the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates who said, “I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.” He […]
Phase-Contrast Imaging and Breast Surgery
One of the challenges facing a surgeon when excising a malignant tumour from a patient’s breast is whether the entire […]
“Extracting Information My Brain Cannot”
Constance Lehman is a radiologist who works at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston where she studies mammograms of healthy […]