GE Healthcare, Hartford HealthCare extend Care Alliance agreement
GE HealthCare (GEHC) and Connecticut-based Hartford HealthCare have extended their "Care Alliance" collaboration through 2030.
Under the collaboration, Hartford HealthCare will upgrade its imaging technology using a phased approach for the acquisition, deployment, and redeployment of CT, PET/CT, MRI, x-ray, nuclear medicine, mammography, ultrasound, and OEC 3D surgical imaging C-arm systems, according to GEHC. Many of the new systems in the collaborative effort will include tested AI and machine-learning software, and patient monitoring, anesthesia, maternal infant care, and diagnostic cardiology technologies are also in...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Installations Source Type: news
Calcifications on mammo could identify women at risk of CVD
Detecting breast arterial calcifications on routine mammograms could identify women at a higher risk of future cardiovascular disease (CVD), a study published March 13 in Clinical Imaging found.
Researchers led by Shadi Azam, PhD, from Weill Cornell Medicine in New York found links between such calcifications and older age, diabetes, parity, younger age at first birth, and hypertension in women who underwent both screening mammography and cardiac CT angiography (CCTA).
“Additionally, we found that when neither breast arterial calcifications nor coronary arterial calcifications were present, the estimated 10-year risk o...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Womens Imaging Source Type: news
Volpara to highlight Miss. health system project at NCBC
Volpara Health Technologies will feature its latest software for breast density, evaluating cancer risk, and mammography quality with Lunit's Insight AI software for early cancer detection at the 2024 National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCBC) conference in Las Vegas.
During a special session on Tuesday, March 19, Tami Hudson, breast health navigator at Singing River Health System in Mississippi will share the clinical impact of making cancer risk assessment standard for every patient receiving a mammogram at four breast centers. Singing River has used Volpara's Risk Pathways cancer risk assessment software to identify ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Imaging Informatics Breast Imaging Subspecialties Industry News Source Type: news
A 5-Minute Quiz Revealed Olivia Munn ’ s Breast Cancer Risk. You Can Take It Too
Olivia Munn recently revealed in an Instagram post that a free, easy tool saved her life. Her ob-gyn used a questionnaire designed to calculate a person’s risk of breast cancer, which revealed Munn had an increased chance of developing the disease. That led to further tests and an early diagnosis of Luminal B cancer in both breasts and quick treatment.
The Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool, which her doctor used, isn’t new. It doesn’t involve any high-tech gadgets, doesn’t require a doctor, and doesn’t even cost anything. Experts say more women should know about it and complete it after th...
Source: TIME: Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Time Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
The ten-question cancer risk calculator that helped actress Olivia Munn discover her breast tumors can be done online - and doctors encourage women over 35 to take it
The actress, 43, revealed Wednesday that she was diagnosed with the disease just two months after being given the all-clear from a mammogram and DIY genetic testing. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Imaging surveillance suggested for radial scars found on DBT
Imaging surveillance may be the way to go for monitoring radial scars without atypia found on screening digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), research published March 13 in the American Journal of Roentgenology found.
In a study, Claire Crowley and Manisha Bahl, MD, from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, found that screening-detected radial scars without atypia at core-needle biopsy have a low upstaging rate to breast cancer of less than 2%.
“Our results, which show that surgical excision is not necessary for all patients with radial scars, could lead to a reduction in unnecessary surgery and could save patients ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 14, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Subspecialties Womens Imaging Breast Breast Imaging Source Type: news
Olivia Munn was diagnosed with breast cancer 2 months after a normal mammogram. This is the tool she says ‘saved my life’
Olivia Munn had a double mastectomy last year after being diagnosed with an “aggressive, fast-moving” form of breast cancer, she announced on Instagram Wednesday. She called herself “lucky” after a near-miss diagnosis. Women who have mutations in their BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 genes are at increased…#oliviamunn #thaïsaliabadi #gailmodel #her2 #mayoclinic #nci #noneyour #nonehowmany #brca2 #alaskannative (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How it took Olivia Munn THREE TIMES to get correct cancer diagnosis - after mammogram and genetic tests came back negative... and the doctor who finally got it right
Actress Olivia Munn, 43, revealed this week that she was diagnosed with luminal B breast cancer, despite having a negative mammogram, which is considered the gold standard test. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tracking breast cancer method of detection shows impact of screening
Standardized identification of the initial method of detection of breast cancer is feasible across different practice sites, according to a study published March 11 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
The study results could offer important data about the impact of screening in the U.S., wrote a team led by Sujata Ghate, MD, of Duke University in Durham, NC.
"Prospective collection of method of detection data may help determine how screening mammography and supplemental screening options (ultrasound, MRI) contribute to reduction of mortality and morbidity from breast cancers," the group noted.
The Ameri...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Clinical News Womens Imaging Breast Source Type: news
How AI is being used to assist doctors in detecting breast cancer
Artificial-intelligence software called Mia is being trialled by NHS Grampian with the aim to increase early detection of cancer and deliver faster mammogram results to patients Continue reading...#nhsgrampian #continue (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is semiannual mammo after breast conserving surgery necessary?
Annual mammography with a clinical exam -- rather than semiannual -- is “likely sufficient” for women who have undergone breast-conserving surgery and were treated with neoadjuvant therapy, a study published March 2 in Surgical Oncology Insight has found. Researchers led by Ton Wang, MD, from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles found insufficient evidence supporting the use of semiannual mammography in these women, with less than 2% of women developing locoregional recurrence on routine surveillance. “Semiannual mammography is associated with unnecessary benign biopsies, which may increase health care costs ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 8, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Subspecialties Womens Imaging Breast Imaging Source Type: news
Quebec expands referral-free breast cancer screening to 70- to 74-year-olds
Quebec is expanding its breast cancer screening program, which offers free mammograms without a doctor's referral, beyond the 50 to 69 year-old age category. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Montreal Source Type: news
Social determinants of health influence breast cancer screening uptake
Socioeconomic factors arising from social determinants of health can influence adherence to breast cancer screening, researchers have found.
A team led by Lea Sacca, PhD, from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton found that insurance status, income, age, and ethnicity are some of the most influential factors in women being able to access breast cancer screening resources. The findings were published February 6 in Frontiers in Public Health, according to a March 4 statement released by the university.
“Efforts to integrate social determinants of health within the different components of intervention planning, impl...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 5, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Womens Imaging Breast Breast Imaging Source Type: news
ECR: AI boosts junior radiologists' breast cancer detection metrics
VIENNA - An AI algorithm boosts junior radiologists' breast cancer detection metrics, according to a presentation delivered March 1 at ECR 2024.
The study findings could make a busy radiology department more effective, said presenter Mehran Ahmadi, MD, of Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran.
"[We found that] AI can improve the diagnostic capabilities and detection rates of radiologists with less than five years experience," he told session attendees.
Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women around the world, Ahmadi noted. Screening for the disease with mammography can be tricky, however: ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 4, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Artificial Intelligence Source Type: news
Europe Cancer Diagnostics Market Sees Promising Growth Amid Rising Demand for Precision Diagnostics - Forecasts to 2031
DUBLIN, March 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Europe Cancer Diagnostics Market by Product (IVD [Microarray, Immunoassay, PCR, Sequencing], Imaging [CT, MRI, Mammography, Ultrasound]), Cancer Type (Breast, Lung, Colon, Prostate), and End User (Hospital, Imaging Center, Pharmaceutical) -... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
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