Dear AuntMinnie Member,
The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual meeting opened today in Washington, DC, and AuntMinnie.com editors are in attendance to bring you daily coverage of the conference.
First up, senior editor Erik L. Ridley reports on the SIIM opening session, in which Katherine Andriole, PhD, of Brigham and Women's Hospital, provided an overview on some of the most important trends in imaging informatics. She sees trends such as artificial intelligence, personal health records, and mobile technologies as key future developments, while areas such as radiation dose management and meaningful use will continue to garner attention. Learn more by clicking here.
Meanwhile, associate editor Cynthia E. Keen attended a session today in which Dr. Ronald Gottlieb from the University of Arizona discussed the development of a new tumor scoring system that could be more useful than the current gold standard, Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST). Learn more about it by clicking here.
Check back on AuntMinnie.com over the next few days for more coverage of SIIM proceedings, or sign up for our Twitter feed by clicking here to get late-breaking developments.
FDA issues warning on breast thermography
In other news, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning today to women regarding the use of breast thermography.
Thermography involves the use of infrared technology that shows patterns of heat and blood flow near the surface of the body. While some thermography practitioners claim that the technology is superior to mammography, the FDA pointed out that there is no scientific evidence backing the claim that thermography alone is an effective screening tool.
The agency is warning consumers and healthcare providers that thermography should not be used as a standalone tool for breast screening or diagnosis. Learn more by clicking here, or visit our Women's Imaging Digital Community at women.auntminnie.com.
