While the results offer indirect evidence, UCLA researchers said they support the clinical use of this technique for initial patient assessment.

The emotional and financial implications of labeling findings as "dense" must be seriously considered in light of these results, experts cautioned.

Rads preferred scans produced via this post-processing method in 96% of cases, experts reported in Clinical Imaging

Experts hope the results of their research can help guide radiologists' decisions when referring patients for histologic evaluation versus benign assessment.

The findings hold "considerable clinical significance" for patients with memory loss and could help guide early interventions for those who might go on to develop dementia, experts reported this week.

AIUM now has the support of some 20 healthcare organizations in recommending low-level disinfectants for transcutaneous transducers.

The malignancy rates detailed in this study reaffirm the logic that all developing asymmetries should be treated as suspicious, doctors reported this week in Radiology.

"This is very exciting because it brings us that much closer to detecting CTE in living people," explained lead author of the study, Michael Alosco, PhD.