Erik L. Ridley[email protected]BreastFDA panel recommends approval for ABUS for breast screeningThe first U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for an automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) system in breast cancer screening applications moved closer to reality after an FDA panel voted to recommend approval of U-Systems' somo.v system for use in screening of women with dense breasts.April 10, 2012UltrasoundU-Systems awaits FDA panel review of ABUS for screeningUltrasound developer U-Systems hopes Wednesday's meeting of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Radiological Devices Panel will be a big step forward in its bid to be the first vendor to receive approval to market an automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) system for screening applications in women with dense breasts.April 9, 2012PACS/VNAAuntMinnie.com PACS InsiderApril 8, 2012PACS/VNAImaging devices present hidden security risksAt an Ohio hospital recently, a member of the radiology department staff received an email from her boyfriend that included spybot software. When she opened the email on a computer at the facility, thousands of patient reports and images began downloading. Don't let this be you.April 5, 2012UltrasoundAIUM: Keepsake US tied to low birth-gender ratios in Calif.Although a definitive cause-and-effect relationship can't be proved, access to keepsake ultrasound centers continues to be linked with lower numbers of female births among some Asian groups in California, according to a talk at the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) annual meeting.April 2, 2012MRIDecision-support algorithm helps classify breast MR lesionsGerman researchers have developed a decision-support tool that can help radiologists differentiate lesions on breast MRI studies with a high degree of accuracy. It could ultimately be automated or used with existing tools such as computer-aided detection.April 1, 2012AIAuntMinnie.com Advanced Visualization InsiderMarch 27, 2012UltrasoundAuntMinnie.com Ultrasound InsiderMarch 22, 2012PACS/VNARadiology finds a lot to like with new iPadRadiology professionals seeking to deploy Apple's new iPad for viewing medical images will find a lot to like in the latest iteration of the tablet computer, including its high-resolution Retina display, which gives the device the resolution of a 3-megapixel PACS monitor.March 19, 2012CTMedPAC report confirms imaging drop, but focuses on long termAlthough imaging volume per Medicare beneficiary fell by 2.5% from 2009 to 2010, the decline represents just a fraction of the overall rapid growth of imaging procedures over the past decade, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) annual report to Congress.March 15, 2012Previous PagePage 207 of 389Next PageTop StoriesMRIMRI may help guide brachial plexus surgeryMRI-based volumetric analysis of paraspinal muscles can distinguish the severity of traumatic brachial plexus injury.AIShould hospitals pursue local domain LLM adaptation for radiology reports?Womens ImagingMRI model predicts breast tumor shrinkage patternsMRICheck for middle neck involvement for nasopharyngeal cancer prognosisMolecular ImagingPET links brain receptor to emotional numbing in PTSD
