Diagnostic Imaging's Weekly Scan: July 10-July 16

A symptomatic first breast cancer diagnosis, prevailing breast density at a second breast cancer diagnosis and trabecular thickening on surveillance mammography were linked to mammogram-occult ipsilateral breast cancer, according to new research.

In the third episode of a three-part podcast, Anand Narayan, M.D., Ph.D., and Amy Patel, M.D., discuss the challenges of expanded breast cancer screening amid a backdrop of radiologist shortages and ever-increasing volume on radiology worklists.

In a multicenter study of over 370 women who had surgery for ovarian cystic lesions without acute symptoms, researchers found that 42 percent of the resected lesions were deemed to have an O-RADS ultrasound risk score of 2, which has less than a one percent chance of malignancy.

In the second episode of a three-part podcast, Anand Narayan, M.D., Ph.D., and Amy Patel, M.D., discuss recent studies published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that suggested moving to more of a risk-adapted model for mammography screening.

Is it plausible that the current emphasis on spending what it takes to recruit and retain radiologists in a thriving job market shifts to more and more of a dependence on AI?

While staffing shortages in radiology continue to persist after the COVID-19 pandemic, current and emerging innovations powered by artificial intelligence (AI) may help facilities navigate these challenges and mitigate rising costs of health care.