Paul G. Donohue, M.D. DEAR DR. DONOHUE: In the past six months, I have had three mammograms. The findings are always the same — microcalcifications in the upper outer quadrant of the left breast. No ...

Phase contrast X-ray imaging has enabled researchers to perform mammographic imaging that allows greater precision in the assessment of breast cancer and its precursors. The technique could improve ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Echogenic foci are commonly identified on thyroid ultrasound. Some echogenic foci such as microcalcifications ...

An interdisciplinary collaboration 10 years in the making used a materials science approach to 'fingerprint' the calcium mineral deposits known as microcalcifications that reveal pathological clues to ...

Bottom Line: An analysis of a large Swedish cohort revealed that breast density, microcalcifications, and masses are heritable features, and that breast density and microcalcifications were positively ...

Figure 1: Results of microcalcification detection experiments. (a) A benign example of calcification. The green boxes represent benign lesions. ‘GT’ refers to the gold standard label given by the ...

ITHACA, N.Y. -- An interdisciplinary collaboration 10 years in the making used a materials science approach to “fingerprint” the calcium mineral deposits known as microcalcifications that reveal ...

Breast calcifications are small deposits of calcium in the breast tissue. They are typically noncancerous. However, some forms can occasionally indicate breast cancer. This article looks at the causes ...

Breast microcalcifications are key diagnostically significant radiological features for localisation of malignancy. This study explores the hypothesis that breast calcification composition is directly ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An 83-year-old Haitian woman was referred to the endocrine clinic for a thyroid nodule. The nodule was detected ...