Second mammogram done.
Ouch!
During last week’s mammogram, my right boob didn’t hurt, which oddly enough is where I found the lump and confirmed a cyst. No problem.
The left was uncomfortable then.
This time was extremely painful.
They found microcalcification.
Ouch!
During last week’s mammogram, my right boob didn’t hurt, which oddly enough is where I found the lump and confirmed a cyst. No problem.
The left was uncomfortable then.
This time was extremely painful.
They found microcalcification.
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June 16, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Second mammogram done.
Ouch!
During last week’s mammogram, my right boob didn’t hurt, which oddly enough is where I found the lump and confirmed a cyst. No problem.
The left was uncomfortable then.
This time was extremely painful.
They found microcalcification.
Ouch!
During last week’s mammogram, my right boob didn’t hurt, which oddly enough is where I found the lump and confirmed a cyst. No problem.
The left was uncomfortable then.
This time was extremely painful.
They found microcalcification.
In stable patients with extensive noncalcified plaque volume at baseline, 18 months of evolocumab treatment was associated with a shift toward a lower risk quantitative plaque phenotype and reduction in microcalcification activity
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Effects of Evolocumab on Coronary Plaque Composition and Microcalcification Activity by Coronary PET and CT Angiography:
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May 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
In stable patients with extensive noncalcified plaque volume at baseline, 18 months of evolocumab treatment was associated with a shift toward a lower risk quantitative plaque phenotype and reduction in microcalcification activity
www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
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They both have their role, but mammography is a really well validated technique, and some suspicious features like microcalcification can't be seen on ultrasound. Ultrasound is very operator dependent and is better at looking at a known lesion rather than screening.
September 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
They both have their role, but mammography is a really well validated technique, and some suspicious features like microcalcification can't be seen on ultrasound. Ultrasound is very operator dependent and is better at looking at a known lesion rather than screening.
Spotting Hidden Blood Vessel Changes with [18F]NaF PET/CT #PET #CT #molecularimaging #arterialdisease #18FNaF #nucmed #molrad #nuclearmedicine #nuclearradiology #petct #petmri #precisionmedicine #precisionimaging #microcalcification doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003344
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Spotting Hidden Blood Vessel Changes with [18F]NaF PET/CT #PET #CT #molecularimaging #arterialdisease #18FNaF #nucmed #molrad #nuclearmedicine #nuclearradiology #petct #petmri #precisionmedicine #precisionimaging #microcalcification doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003344
Microcalcification in Vasa Vasorum of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysm
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Calcified emboli in microvessels of cerebral arteries!?😆
Anne Robertson lab #SciAdv 2025
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Calcified emboli in microvessels of cerebral arteries!?😆
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November 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Microcalcification in Vasa Vasorum of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysm
#SciArt #CaseReport
44 y/o ♂️ Likely #T2D
Calcified emboli in microvessels of cerebral arteries!?😆
Anne Robertson lab #SciAdv 2025
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#SciArt #CaseReport
44 y/o ♂️ Likely #T2D
Calcified emboli in microvessels of cerebral arteries!?😆
Anne Robertson lab #SciAdv 2025
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Vasa vasorum plexus formation in intracranial aneurysm associates with microcalcification and wall thickening
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Vasa vasorum plexus formation in intracranial aneurysm associates with microcalcification and wall thickening
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Vasa vasorum plexus formation in intracranial aneurysm associates with microcalcification and wall thickening
Scanning multiphoton imaging of an intracranial aneurysm revealed a vasa vasorum plexus with both positive and deleterious roles.
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October 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Vasa vasorum plexus formation in intracranial aneurysm associates with microcalcification and wall thickening
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Vasa vasorum plexus formation in intracranial aneurysm associates with microcalcification and wall thickening
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Results are in already! All good.
August 29, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Results are in already! All good.
Exciting news in heart health! A recent study found that 18 months of #evolocumab treatment led to a shift toward lower-risk plaque in heart arteries & reduced microcalcification activity, without significant change in total plaque volume.
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How Cholesterol Drug May Prevent Heart Attacks
A new study conducted at Cedars-Sinai reveals how the cholesterol-reducing drug evolocumab prevents heart attacks in people with coronary artery disease—a leading cause of death in the United States.C...
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May 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Exciting news in heart health! A recent study found that 18 months of #evolocumab treatment led to a shift toward lower-risk plaque in heart arteries & reduced microcalcification activity, without significant change in total plaque volume.
#CardioSky
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Vasa vasorum plexus formation in intracranial aneurysm associates with microcalcification and wall thickening
Science Advances
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Science Advances
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Vasa vasorum plexus formation in intracranial aneurysm associates with microcalcification and wall thickening
Scanning multiphoton imaging of an intracranial aneurysm revealed a vasa vasorum plexus with both positive and deleterious roles.
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October 23, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Vasa vasorum plexus formation in intracranial aneurysm associates with microcalcification and wall thickening
Science Advances
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Science Advances
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Open Access UCL Research: Investigating the role of microcalcification in Alzheimer’s disease progression.
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Investigating the role of microcalcification in Alzheimer’s disease progression
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Open Access UCL Research: Investigating the role of microcalcification in Alzheimer’s disease progression.
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The MEXBreast database was created to solve this. It includes Mexican digital mammogram images labeled with Microcalcification Clusters, in 50, 70, and 100 microns. MEXBreast aids in training CNNs to better detect early breast cancer signs.
July 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The MEXBreast database was created to solve this. It includes Mexican digital mammogram images labeled with Microcalcification Clusters, in 50, 70, and 100 microns. MEXBreast aids in training CNNs to better detect early breast cancer signs.
Three or more microcalcifications in 1 sq cm form a Microcalcification Cluster (MCC), rated BI-RADS category 4, indicating cancer suspicion. Mammograms, X-ray images of the breast, are used to detect these. Half of such mammograms confirm cancer after biopsy.
July 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Three or more microcalcifications in 1 sq cm form a Microcalcification Cluster (MCC), rated BI-RADS category 4, indicating cancer suspicion. Mammograms, X-ray images of the breast, are used to detect these. Half of such mammograms confirm cancer after biopsy.
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By: Chinese Academy of Sciences on Wednesday, May 14, 2025
By: Chinese Academy of Sciences on Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Artificial Intelligence-Based Diagnosis of Breast Cancer by Mammography Microcalcification
This study introduces a deep-learning system for rapid, automated detection and classification of tiny calcium deposits (microcalcifications) in mammograms to aid early breast cancer diagnosis. Leveraging a multi-center dataset of 4,810 biopsy-confirmed mammograms, our pipeline uses a Faster RCNN model with a feature-pyramid backbone to detect and classify microcalcifications—the pipeline requires no hand-tuned rules and provides both the overall cancer risk and highlighted lesion regions in s
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By: Chinese Academy of Sciences on Wednesday, May 14, 2025
By: Chinese Academy of Sciences on Wednesday, May 14, 2025
In stable patients with extensive noncalcified plaque volume at baseline, 18 months of evolocumab treatment was associated with a shift toward a lower risk quantitative plaque phenotype and reduction in microcalcification activity
www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
Effects of Evolocumab on Coronary Plaque Composition and Microcalcification Activity by Coronary PET and CT Angiography:
www.jacc.org
May 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
In stable patients with extensive noncalcified plaque volume at baseline, 18 months of evolocumab treatment was associated with a shift toward a lower risk quantitative plaque phenotype and reduction in microcalcification activity
www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
STILL, MAMMOGRAMS SHOULD BE USED AT LEAST TWICE PER YEAR TO SEARCH FOR MICROCALCIFICATIONS :
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Dedicated Breast CT: Initial Clinical Experience1
Masses are significantly more conspicuous on breast CT images compared with screen-film mammograms, but microcalcification lesions are not as well visualized on our early-generation dedicated breast C...
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February 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
STILL, MAMMOGRAMS SHOULD BE USED AT LEAST TWICE PER YEAR TO SEARCH FOR MICROCALCIFICATIONS :
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Improving discriminative ability in mammographic microcalcification classification using deep learning: a novel double transfer learning approach validated with an explainable artificial intelligence technique https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.05.25332967v1
August 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Improving discriminative ability in mammographic microcalcification classification using deep learning: a novel double transfer learning approach validated with an explainable artificial intelligence technique https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.05.25332967v1
Hyunwoo Cho, Yeeun Kwon, Min Jung Kim, Yangmo Yoo: MC-GenRef: Annotation-free mammography microcalcification segmentation with generative posterior refinement https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.04470 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.04470 https://arxiv.org/html/2604.04470
April 7, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Hyunwoo Cho, Yeeun Kwon, Min Jung Kim, Yangmo Yoo: MC-GenRef: Annotation-free mammography microcalcification segmentation with generative posterior refinement https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.04470 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.04470 https://arxiv.org/html/2604.04470
Evolocumab may help reshape high-risk plaque in the arteries, reducing microcalcification activity and shifting plaque toward a lower-risk profile over 18 months in patients with extensive noncalcified plaque at baseline.
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May 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Evolocumab may help reshape high-risk plaque in the arteries, reducing microcalcification activity and shifting plaque toward a lower-risk profile over 18 months in patients with extensive noncalcified plaque at baseline.
Find out more: www.hcplive.com/view...
#Cardiology
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#Cardiology
This scoping review highlights the growing potential of multi-radiotracer PET/CT to identify vulnerable carotid atherosclerotic plaque by targeting plaque metabolism, inflammation, and microcalcification.
Assessment of carotid atherosclerotic plaque vulnerability with multi-radiotracer PET/CT: a scoping review - European Radiology
Objectives Atherosclerotic carotid artery disease (CarAD) is a significant contributor to the global burden of cerebrovascular diseases. Several positron emission tomography computed tomography…
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January 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM
This scoping review highlights the growing potential of multi-radiotracer PET/CT to identify vulnerable carotid atherosclerotic plaque by targeting plaque metabolism, inflammation, and microcalcification.
The findings highlight the potential for pharmacological interventions to disrupt this cellular communication and reverse aortic microcalcification, offering promising avenues for future research and therapeutic development.
October 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The findings highlight the potential for pharmacological interventions to disrupt this cellular communication and reverse aortic microcalcification, offering promising avenues for future research and therapeutic development.