Oncology Imaging

Medical imaging has become integral to cancer care, assessing the stage and location of cancerous tumors. By utilizing powerful imaging modalities including CT, MRI, MRA and PET/CT, oncology imaging radiologists are able to assist referring physicians in the detection and diagnosis of cancer.

Prediction models prevent 45% of false-positives in MRI breast cancer screening program

"This brings supplemental screening MRI for women with dense breasts one step closer to implementation," researchers remarked recently.

August 17, 2021

New blood test for prostate cancer screening cuts unnecessary MRI scans by 36%

Swedish researchers also reduced biopsies by 50% and plan to share "exciting" results related to the method's cost-effectiveness soon.

August 13, 2021
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Prostate MRI software beats out young radiologists using PI-RADS, but seasoned expert still outperforms

Deep learning-based algorithms can serve as a second reader to limit variability in PI-RADS assessments, researchers reported in the European Journal of Radiology.

August 6, 2021
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Scoring system helps radiologists assess prostate mpMR image quality

Expert rads showed "strong" agreement for each scan read using the Prostate Imaging Quality score, according to new research in European Radiology.

July 30, 2021

Mayo Clinic researchers gain ‘unprecedented’ insight into breast, ovarian cancers

Scientists turned to both nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and cry-electron microscopy for their findings, shared Wednesday in Nature.

July 29, 2021
Prostate Blue Ribbon

Steady uptick in MRI-guided biopsies hasn’t helped all prostate cancer patients equally

African American men were almost half as likely to receive imaging compared to their white peers, according to a new seven-year analysis of Medicare data published recently.

June 28, 2021
breast radiologist breast cancer mammography

Worklist fix slashes screening mammography turnaround times by 64%, particularly for high-risk women

After providers left one breast screening exam unread and overlooked, they decided to assess their processes and make a change.

June 24, 2021
Breast imaging mammogram screening study being performed. The mammograms can reveal is a patient has breast cancer.

Radiologists’ variation in mammography screening performance highlights need for subspecialization

Researchers analyzed interpretation metrics for more than 1,200 rads practicing across the U.S. for their findings, published in Radiology.

June 22, 2021