When it comes to breast imaging, a few new technologies have improved the visualization of lesions and diagnostic procedures. But a new modality could change the game completely.

A trailblazing radiologist who was drawn to the specialty partly because she struggled to comprehend written words but excelled at unpuzzling visual patterns has died at 73. 

After programming its EMR to automatically order ultrasound screenings for people at risk of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), a healthcare system saw a 540% spike in monthly screening exams for the condition over a six-year period.

A radiologist in the U.K. has received a 1-year suspension for inappropriately touching a patient while conducting a spinal ultrasound exam.

Butterfly Network, Mindray and Philips introduced new point-of-care ultrasound offerings at ACEP 2022, the annual scientific assembly of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

The FDA has given its thumbs-up to software that calculates breast fibroglandular tissue volume (FGV) and the ratio of FGV to total breast volume on ultrasound imaging.

Researchers in the U.K. have documented fetuses smiling when exposed to sweet flavors and frowning over bitter tastes.

Butterfly Network has sent 500 of its iQ+ handheld ultrasound devices to Kenya as part of a charitable effort to improve outcomes for, primarily, mothers-to-be and their babies in Sub-Saharan Africa.