Dear Ultrasound Insider,
Combining ultrasound with mammography improves diagnostic sensitivity in women with dense tissue compared with mammography alone. But the combination can also increase false positives due to the low specificity of ultrasound -- which in turn can lead to unnecessary biopsies.
That's why improving ultrasound's performance is important, according to research we're highlighting this month. A team from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, found that combining a novel ultrasound technique called ultrasound microvessel imaging with conventional ultrasound improves the diagnostic accuracy of BI-RADS classifications, a result that could translate into fewer unnecessary biopsies. Find out more in this edition's Insider Exclusive.
After you've read our featured story, take a look at what else is going on in the Ultrasound Community:
- Keepsake ultrasound centers are frowned upon within radiology and for good reason, as a group of expecting mothers in Louisiana found out.
- Ultrasound may not be necessary to target remission in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis.
- Find out how biomarkers derived from contrast-enhanced ultrasound scans can predict which cirrhotic nodules will develop into liver cancer.
- Discover how artificial intelligence could offer improvements in the use of ultrasound for thyroid cancer screening.
- MRI-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound was found to be a safe treatment for uterine fibroids.
- Learn how performing third-trimester ultrasound could offer benefits by detecting fetal abnormalities.
If you have a comment or report to share about any aspect of ultrasound imaging, I invite you to contact me.
