Women’s imaging encompasses many radiology procedures related to women and the diseases that are most prevalent to women such as breast cancer or gynecological issues. Mammogram, breast ultrasound, breast MRI and breast biopsy are the most commonly used procedures.
Breast density is most often discussed within the context of cancer risk, but new research suggests that it also could be used as a marker of cardiometabolic health.
The bills update the ages at which insurance carriers are required to cover screening mammograms and add language that includes tomosynthesis in the definition of mammographic screening.
Researchers are recommending a multi-modal approach to breast density education after survey results found that a "one size fits all" method fails many women.
The software was trained using more than 700 images and achieved a breast density classification accuracy of 89%, experts recently shared in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence.
Women with breast arterial calcifications are 51% more likely to develop heart disease or have a stroke, experts explained recently in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging.
In an exclusive video, Stacey Wolfson, MD, and Beatriu Reig, MD, MPH, from the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, discuss the findings of their new analysis.
There are not yet consensus-based guidelines available for screening women with dense breast tissue, so researchers at Mayo Clinic recently developed a set of recommendations regarding supplemental screening.
Ultrasound assessments of fetal head position have been used to predict delivery mode, but never delivery difficulty, experts recently discussed in the Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction.
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.
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.
