Dear AuntMinnie Member,
Using 3D color-flow ultrasound can be a cost-effective and reliable method for measuring blood flow, according to our top article from the past week.
Researchers from Michigan wanted to find a better tool than 2D ultrasound for blood-flow measurements, especially for quantitative data, so they tested a 3D color-flow method they developed to see how accurate and reproducible it was. Find out how well it performed in an article in our Ultrasound Community.
New cancer radioisotope
A new radioisotope based on gallium-68 (Ga-68) may be better for detecting metastases in patients with neuroendocrine tumors, according to an article in our Molecular Imaging Community.
Researchers from China found that the radiopharmaceutical, Ga-68-DOTA-JR11, performed better than another somatostatin receptor imaging agent, Ga-68 DOTATATE, for detecting the presence of liver metastases. The new agent had better tumor-to-background ratio compared with Ga-68 DOTATATE.
Learn the details about this exciting new radiotracer in our Molecular Imaging Community.
Profile of Dr. Lászlo Tabár
One of the most influential champions of breast screening is Dr. László Tabár of Falun Central Hospital in Sweden. In a new interview, Dr. Tabár discusses why he has dedicated 50 years of his life to researching and improving mammography screening -- and how screening succeeded in Sweden.
In other news, new findings were presented this past week indicating that expanding the U.S. Medicaid insurance program to cover more people led to earlier detection of breast cancer and a decline in the number of diagnoses at an advanced stage.
Also, researchers found that interval breast cancers diagnosed within one year of a breast screening exam may be a particularly aggressive form of cancer. And researchers from Chicago successfully applied a deep-learning computer-aided diagnosis algorithm to multiparametric breast MRI exams.
Get these stories and more in our Women's Imaging Community.
