IRM du corps entier, conçue pour les femmes

L'IRM du corps entier gagne en popularité, mais selon cette intervention, ces examens ont été conçus à partir du corps masculin et ne ciblent pas les maladies qui touchent le plus les femmes. La radiologue et physicienne en IRM Rebecca Rakow-Penner décrit les lacunes des examens actuels pour les femmes. Elle appelle à développer une IRM du corps entier, de la tête aux pieds, spécifiquement pour la patiente.

• L'IRM du corps entier a été conçue à partir du corps masculin
• La conférencière identifie les lacunes des examens actuels pour les femmes
• Appel à développer des examens spécifiquement pour les femmes

Whole body MRI is exploding in popularity—but it was designed based on men's bodies, and not built to catch the diseases that matter most to women. Dr. Rakow-Penner, a radiologist and MRI physicist reveals the gap in today's scans for women. Her call to action: stop retrofitting women into a man's blueprint, and build whole body MRI—head to toe—specifically for the patient actually on the table. @womensimager https://womensimaginglab.com #health #Women #MRI #disease #UCSD #TEDxSanDiego #TEDx #MooresCancerResearch #scientist #Cancer #research Rebecca Rakow-Penner MD, PhD is tenured Associate Professor of Radiology and Bioengineering at University of California San Diego and a thought leader in women’s health. She has an undergraduate Engineering Sciences degree from Harvard, and master’s degree in Bioengineering from Caltech. Her PhD is in Biophysics from Stanford University where her research focused on breast MRI. She also received her MD from Stanford and then completed her radiology residency and women’s imaging fellowship at UCSD. She is a translational scientist and practicing radiologist in the breast and body imaging sections at UCSD. She is the Director of the Women’s Imaging Lab and Co-Director of the Center for Translational Imaging. Dr. Rakow-Penner has grant funding from NIH, industry, and private foundations for her ground-breaking research in breast, ovarian, and cervical cancer as well as benign female pelvis disease. Her team is working on AI approaches for the detection of female specific diseases. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx