Dear Women's Imaging Insider,
Patient, radiologist, and facility characteristics can all affect how well mammograms are interpreted by radiologists. But how do technologists fit into the mix?
In a study we're highlighting in this edition of the Insider, researchers from the University of North Carolina explored this very question. They found that technologists definitely influence radiologists' performance for mammography -- get the details by clicking here.
When you've finished our Insider Exclusive, check out what else is going on in the Women's Imaging Community:
- Read what researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, discovered about women's awareness of breast density as a risk factor for cancer.
- Learn how applying computer-aided detection twice to digital breast tomosynthesis exams boosts sensitivity and reduces radiation dose.
- Discover how giving women more information about the negative aspects of mammography, such as overdiagnosis, makes them less inclined to want breast screening.
- Check out what Harvard Medical School researchers found when they tracked mammography screening rates after the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released its 2009 recommendations.
- Find out why Boston researchers believe breast density notification laws may not be helpful.
- Learn how interventional radiologists are working to make childbirth safer.
As always, if you have a comment, report, or article idea to share about any aspect of women's imaging, please contact me.
