Dear Women's Imaging Insider,
The arrival of full-field digital mammography (FFDM) has given breast imagers a plethora of new image management tools at their disposal. But could digital technologies cause problems when they don't play nicely together?
That seems to be the conclusion of a study published by Colorado researchers, who found major discrepancies in measurements of lesion size between different combinations of FFDM units and PACS image review software when viewing magnified images.
The problem could have serious consequences for patient management and appears to have escaped the scrutiny of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Click here to get this edition's Insider Exclusive, which you have access to well before the rest of our members.
Once you've finished that article, read on for other news in your Women's Imaging Digital Community:
- Get the inside scoop on new results with Doppler ultrasound: Researchers say the modality can improve outcomes in high-risk pregnancies and predict the survival of breast cancer patients.
- Check out the latest Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (DMIST) research, which shows that digital mammography delivers less radiation than analog.
- Find out how digital breast tomosynthesis plus mammography increases cancer detection in dense breasts.
- Read how combined treatments improve inoperable cervical cancer outcomes.
Happy 2010! And as always, if you have a comment, report, or article idea to share about any aspect of women's imaging, please feel free to contact me at [email protected].
