The Diagnostic Imaging mammography modality focus page provides information, videos, podcasts, and the latest news about industry product developments, trial results, screening guidelines, and protocol guidance that touch on the use of mammography, including 2D digital mammography, digital breast tomosynthesis, and breast ultrasound.
May 13th 2025
Emerging research suggests that radiomic breast texture features extracted from full-field digital mammography may bolster prognostic assessments of invasive breast cancer risk beyond traditional risk factors.
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(CME Credit Only) Lung Cancer Tumor Board®: The Pivotal Role of Multimodal Therapy in Leveraging Immunotherapy for Stage I-III NSCLC When the Goal Is Cure
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China chooses CR for breast screening
August 15th 2005A planned population-based breast screening program in China looks likely to benefit vendors of computed radiography mammography solutions. Organizers of an ambitious project to screen one million Chinese women for breast disease are assessing available technologies with a view to increasing orders.
Shaping the future with healthcare IT
August 15th 2005Statistics can be remarkable things. They can identify the benefit of current actions or point to new paths for the future. The statistics released last week by researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York exemplify the former. Statistics that could be garnered from the use of healthcare IT exemplify the latter.
Clinicians and vendors build bridges in support of digital mammography
August 1st 2005I saw the article that you coauthored on the digital breast imaging forum at SCAR ("Breast imagers come out swinging against digital mammography vendors," diagnosticimaging.com/scar2005/, June 7, 2005. An expanded version appears in the SCAR Conference Reporter, this issue, page 54). I am very happy that you were there and interested in digital mammography. Also, I am pleased that you described the struggles we are having on the clinical side so accurately.
Breast imagers protest digital discrepancies
August 1st 2005In a delicate dance between open discussion and sheer frustration, all players in the digital mammography arena, from users to vendors, wrangled over evolving technology issues during a marathon forum at the SCAR meeting. Among the points of contention was the speed at which the technology is achieving consistent image quality standards.
Study questions gains in ‘real world’ breast cancer screening
July 20th 2005Performing community-based screening for breast cancer may have no clear effect on reducing the rate of fatalities attributed to the disease, according to a study published in the July 20 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Screening remains ultimate hurdle for breast CAD
June 24th 2005Despite the increasing availability of commercial computer-assisted detection packages for breast screening, the technology remains unproven in the screening setting, according to a leading U.K. breast radiologist. Prof. Fiona Gilbert, a professor of radiology at the University of Aberdeen, is calling for a Europe-wide randomized control trial to prove the case for CAD as a second reader.
Report from AIUM: Ultrasound BI-RADS needs fine-tuning
June 24th 2005A significant number of breast cancers missed by mammography in the last decade may have been misclassified as benign lesions by ultrasound in the first place, according to a study presented at the 2005 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine meeting.
CAD holds key to future of CT colonography
June 24th 2005Few radiologists would disagree that computer-assisted detection in the colon has a long way to go before it is ready for routine clinical implementation. But once the remaining technical challenges have been overcome, advocates for CT colonography screening will have a far stronger case, speakers said Friday.
Screening remains ultimate hurdle for breast CAD
June 23rd 2005Despite the increasing availability of commercial computer-assisted detection packages for breast screening, the technology remains unproven in the screening setting, according to a leading U.K. breast radiologist. Prof. Fiona Gilbert, a professor of radiology at the University of Aberdeen, is calling for a Europe-wide randomized control trial to prove the case for CAD as a second reader
Copenhagen study confirms mammography screening benefit
June 16th 2005The true value of widespread mammography screening is a contentious issue, with claims for its success difficult to disentangle from coexisting factors. Now, research from Denmark has produced the strongest evidence to date that screening produces significant re-ductions in breast cancer mortality.
Digital mammography market doubles in U.S. as demand for analog shrinks
June 13th 2005Full-field digital mammography has turned into a superstar of x-ray, doubling in revenue and units shipped last year over 2003. Growth is expected to continue, although the pace may slow as the backlog of ordered systems shrank by year’s end to just 10% more than the number shipped.
Report from SCAR: Lively vendor panel concludes marathon digital mammography forum
June 7th 2005The final 30 minutes of the Society for Computer Applications in Radiology’s marathon five-hour digital breast imaging forum was allotted to a manufacturers’ panel discussion. Representatives from more than 15 manufacturers fielded questions from the audience.
Lively vendor panel concludes marathon digital mammography forum
June 6th 2005The final 30 minutes of SCAR’s marathon five-hour digital breast imaging forum on Saturday afternoon was allotted to a manufacturers’ panel discussion. Representatives from more than 15 manufacturers fielded questions from the audience.
Report questions performance of installed CR mammography units
May 31st 2005A new U.K. report has highlighted uncertainties surrounding the use of computed radiography for breast screening. The findings add fuel to ongoing debates in Europe about the performance of CR mammography in clinical practice.
Congress weighs increased data collection for breast imaging
May 31st 2005The Institute of Medicine has recommended sweeping changes to quality standards now being applied to breast imaging facilities. If Congress, which requested the study, enacts these changes, facilities will face a substantially greater burden in collecting patient data, potentially increasing the need for information technology.
Report from ARRS: Facilities save money with digital mammography
May 19th 2005The ability to manipulate images with digital mammography can result in fewer callbacks, and breast imaging centers could reduce costs associated with scheduling new appointments, reregistering patients, and rereviewing mammography exams.
Digital mammography wins over lingering skeptics
May 11th 2005Refresher courses are among the most popular features of the European Congress of Radiology. The program planners have developed a knack for selecting timely topics and recruiting authoritative speakers. These courses are often better attended than the more trumpeted state-of-the-art, special focus, and New Horizons sessions. Because these courses usually start at either 8.30 a.m. or 4 p.m., the congress organizers may also view them as a subtle way of ensuring that lecture halls are full throughout the day.