Women's Health Ultrasound

The pandemic’s impact on sonographers was largely a boomerang effect, but some struggles remain.

While the pandemic raged, work continued to advance the development of AI tools with breast imaging services.

Hologic’s Jennifer Meade, division president of breast and skeletal care, discusses the focus for breast imaging in the near future and some latest technologies.

Women who experience food or housing insecurities are more likely to take longer between imaging and follow-up, putting them at greater risk for undiagnosed breast cancer.

Not only did this combination improve breast cancer detection, but it could also catch more potentially invasive cancers earlier.

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Delays in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer have led to the creation of multidisciplinary recommendations for breast cancer care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Late pregnancy scans cannot reliably predict one of the most common delivery complications.

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Standard image-guided, vacuum-assisted biopsy can accurately identify remaining cancers in some patients with a less than 5 percent false negative rate.

Identifying a patient’s preferred method of communication can open the door for optimal, respectful patient care.

Ultrasound technology can be an indispensable tool for the management of suspected early pregnancy loss.

Voluson SWIFT is designed to shorten scan time and improve efficiency.

Breast imagers could be among the most highly burned out sub-specialists, but there are ways to reduce the work fatigue.

Radiation, alongside age and socioeconomic status, is associated with longer diagnosis-to-treatment timelines.

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Ultrasound system provides obstetric measurements during labor in seconds, eliminating the need for digital vaginal exams and helping to side-step C-sections.

Ultrasound is an effective follow-up strategy for masses pinpointed with DBT, potentially side-stepping the need for digital mammography and lower radiation exposure.

Houston-area mobile mammography program brings screening mammography and access to diagnostic services to women who have barriers to care.

The system is designed to reduce unnecessary biopsies, lesion correlation time, and improve overall diagnostic accuracy.

Breast cancers identified between patient screenings are more aggressive and lethal.

AI model can help alleviate increased sonographer workload, but still has high missed diagnosis rate.

After 2.5 hours, providers could successfully identify lungs with pathological patterns indicative of viral infection.

Eight recommendations released for imaging women post-mastectomy and breast reconstruction.

A third trimester ultrasound coupled with evaluating maternal characteristics could open door for monitoring and intervention.

Insights from industry experts on ways their departments have changed during the pandemic.

Study shows three risk factors for breast cancer can be passed down through genes.

Shortened protocol identifies more cancers than ultrasound or mammography.

Scans show no aggravation of symptoms.

Automated breast ultrasound overcomes limitations associated with hand-held technique.