What: A study presented at the American College of Cardiology annual conference makes the argument that with the help of AI, traditional breast mammograms could be used to also analyze breast artery calcifications – something that could then be used to flag women at high risk for cardiovascular issues.

Key line: “While breast artery calcifications can be seen on the resulting images, radiologists do not typically quantify or report this information to women or their clinicians. The new study, which used an AI image analysis technique not previously used on mammograms, demonstrates how AI can help fill this gap by automatically analyzing breast arterial calcification and translating the results into a cardiovascular risk score.”

Source: American College of Cardiology