Womens Imaging

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.

FDA seeking nominations for mammography advisory committee
The National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee provides guidance and recommendations related to the standards by which facilities are regulated.
PHOTO GALLERY: Medical imaging technology at RSNA 2024
Take a virtual tour around the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting to see the sights and new technologies displayed across the vast exhibit hall floors.
Mobile mammography units are not cannibalizing facility-based breast cancer screening
Such roving imaging vans have been posed as a way to reach more women in rural and underserved communities. But do they unintentionally hurt facility-based efforts?
Pending radiology bills in Congress and predicting the Trump administration's impact on imaging
Kit Crancer, RBMA board member, speaks with Radiology Business about key legislative developments on the Hill that will affect the specialty.
Radiologists chart ‘alarming’ uptick in late-stage breast cancer diagnoses across all age groups
Between 2004 to 2021, the biggest annual percentage increase in incidence of metastatic breast cancer at diagnosis was among women ages 20-39 (up 2.9%).

Mikulski counters USPSTF draft recommendations in letter to Burwell

Senator Barbara Mikulski, D-MD, responded to the latest United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) draft breast screening recommendations by sending a letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell, calling for the continued availability of free annual mammograms for women ages 40 and older.

April 22, 2015

Radiologist reading breast imaging, mammography, exams on a PACS system.

USPSTF disappoints on mammography guidance, ACR and SBI respond

The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) announced its newest draft breast cancer screening recommendations Monday, once again sparking controversy by recommending biennial mammograms for women ages 50 to 74 and giving them a “B” grade.

April 21, 2015

Example of a mammogram showing X-ray images of both the right and left breast and patches of dense breast tissue.

ACR, SBI tee off Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Screening guidelines and technology tools were up for discussion Sept. 29, when ACR teamed with the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) to tee up the Oct. 1 start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

September 29, 2014

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Health Imaging

Nearly $800,000 settlement offered to family of man who died during MRI exam

The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

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.

Womens Imaging

FDA seeking nominations for mammography advisory committee

PHOTO GALLERY: Medical imaging technology at RSNA 2024

Mobile mammography units are not cannibalizing facility-based breast cancer screening

Pending radiology bills in Congress and predicting the Trump administration's impact on imaging

Radiologists chart ‘alarming’ uptick in late-stage breast cancer diagnoses across all age groups

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