Mayo talks MRI versus mammography

| | Health Imaging | Diagnostic Imaging

In the latest “Medical Edge Newspaper Column” from the Mayo Clinic, Stephanie Hines, MD, of Mayo’s Breast Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., responds to a question about why mammography is the recommended first test in breast cancer screening over MRI. The article offers a quick refresher on the basics of how the two modalities are used to screen for breast cancer.

Read the full response at the link below: 

MRI Not Intended to Be Used in Place of a Mammogram

Related Content

AI rules out abnormal findings on chest X-rays, significantly reducing workloads
Older adults among the walking wounded with incident TBI
Philips moves digital pathology to the cloud with AWS
PHOTO GALLERY: What does fetal medical imaging look like?
Speaker laments radiology’s major contribution to climate change
Radiologist accuracy takes a hit overnight, especially with advanced imaging exams

Around the web

Cardiovascular Business
Positron partners with Upbeat Cardiology Solutions to improve cardiac PET/CT access

Positron, a New York-based nuclear imaging company, will now provide Upbeat Cardiology Solutions with advanced PET/CT systems and services. 

Cardiovascular Business
Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

Cardiovascular Business
‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.