Diagnostic Imaging North America
AUGUST 2006
COVER STORY
By: C.P. Kaiser
By: Emily Hayes
DEPARTMENTS
X-RAY VISION
John C. Hayes
Soaring CT use may prompt need for long-term dose monitoring
AGENDA
Deborah R. Dakins
Stanford CT symposium makes true believer out of bystander
Overread
Tech Watch
Informatics
By: Alan Schweitzer
Special Sections: Midyear Clinical Update, part 2
Special Sections: Magnetic Resonance
Backscatter
What a New Mammography Study Reveals About BMI, Race, Ethnicity and Advanced Breast Cancer Risk
December 8th 2023In a new study examining population attributable risk proportions (PARPs) based on data from over three million screening mammography exams, researchers found that postmenopausal Black women had the highest BMI-related PARP and premenopausal Asian and Pacific Islander women had the highest breast density-related PARP for advanced breast cancer.
Study: Contrast-Enhanced Mammography Changes Surgical Plan in 22.5 Percent of Breast Cancer Cases
December 7th 2023Contrast-enhanced mammography detected additional lesions in 43 percent of patients and led to additional biopsies in 18.2 percent of patients, over half of whom had malignant lesions, according to a study of over 500 women presented at the recent Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference.