Breast Imaging

When 53-year-old photographer and single mom Pia Navales went to the Berkeley Outpatient Center for her annual mammogram in December 2021, she had no reason to suspect any problems. The mammogram identified three masses on her left breast. After a follow-up mammogram and ultrasound with UCSF Professor of Clinical Radiology Rita Freimanis, MD, Navales drove from Berkeley across the Bay Bridge to get a core biopsy and fine needle aspiration done at the UCSF Breast Imaging Clinic at Mission Bay.

The UC San Francisco Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging is pleased to announce that Maggie Chung, MD, has joined our faculty as an assistant professor in residence in the Breast Imaging section starting on March 6, 2023. 

The UCSF Radiology CME Program will be hosting the UCSF Breast Imaging CME course at the Fairmont Orchid Resort and Spa on the Big Island of Hawaii. We hope you will join us from Sunday, February 26, 2023, to Friday, March 3, 2023, for five half-day morning sessions with a full day off on Wednesday.

UCSF Radiology is excited to congratulate Heather Greenwood, MD, on her recognition as a Fellow of the Society of Breast Imaging. Dr. Greenwood is an associate Professor of Clinical Radiology in the Breast Imaging section at UCSF Radiology. The honor was bestowed on Dr. Greenwood at the RSNA 2022 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting.

UCSF Radiology is pleased to announce that Nola Hylton, PhD is a 2022 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) Gold Medal recipient for her foundational work in breast MR imaging.

2D and 3D digital mammography - which is better for breast cancer screening? The tomosynthesis mammographic imaging screening trial (TMIST), sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, aims to see which technology performs best in women who have no symptoms.

A team of breast imaging researchers set out to assess the value of targeted breast ultrasound for the primary evaluation of breast symptoms in pregnant women of all ages.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the perfect time to bring attention to the sharp declines in breast cancer screening due to COVID-19. Remember that mammography provides early detection of breast cancer and mammography saves lives.

Dedicated breast positron emission tomography (dbPET) (MAMMI, OncoVision, Spain) is an emerging imaging technique specific to the breast. Ella Jones, PhD led a team of researchers to evaluate dbPET as an imaging tool to characterize the heterogeneity of primary breast tumors.

Breast imaging efforts at the Berkeley Outpatient Center are led by Kimberly Ray, MD, associate professor specializing in Breast Imaging in the UC San Francisco Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging.