Iowa Radiology Blog

If you have not personally been diagnosed with breast cancer, it is likely that you know someone who has. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the U.S. The average risk of a woman developing breast cancer in her...

What Is Breast Tomosynthesis?

Breast tomosynthesis is a new technology in digital mammography that allows radiologists to view tissue detail in a way never before possible.While standard mammograms take two images of the breast,...

Getting a call back for follow-up after a mammogram can be distressing, but it need not be. The vast majority of women who are asked to come back for follow-up tests do not have breast cancer. In fact, although about 10% of women...

Good customer service is important in every industry, but perhaps in none more than in health care. Health care professionals provide us their services when we are in our most vulnerable states. How a nurse, doctor, receptionist,...

All mammography facilities in the U.S. must meet basic threshold requirements for training, equipment, quality control, and safety. The Mammography Quality Standards Act has been in place since 1992 and sets out minimum quality...

The majority of women experience breast pain, also called mastalgia, at some point in their lives.Although this type of pain can by worrying, it is not generally a sign of breast cancer. More commonly, breast pain is associated...

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is one of the most detailed imaging techniques available to health care professionals today.  It also poses very little health risk because it does not depend on radiation, as does X-ray or ...

The obstetric ultrasound has become nearly ubiquitous in modern prenatal care. Many parents look forward to this event because it gives them a first glimpse at their unborn child and perhaps learn their baby’s gender. The images...

We are exposed to various forms of radiation every day. Solar radiation (sunlight) and radon, which occurs in varying concentrations around the world, are the most common sources.Radiation dose is typically measured in...