Ultrasound: Page 274

Automated whole-breast US finds more cancer than mammo alone
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 28 | 3:00 p.m.-3:10 p.m. | SSE02-01 | Room E450AAutomated whole-breast ultrasound finds cancers in dense breast tissue that mammography alone would not, according to researchers who will present their finding in this Monday afternoon session.
November 8, 2011
BSGI more sensitive than ultrasound, mammography
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 28 | 10:10 a.m.-10:20 a.m. | MSVM21-08 | Arie Crown TheaterBreast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) has greater sensitivity and comparable specificity compared with ultrasound and mammography, according to researchers at the Hospital of Central Connecticut, and it could be a valuable additional procedure when these imaging modalities fail to provide a clear diagnosis.
November 8, 2011
Handheld screening breast US effective in dense breasts
By Kate Madden Yee
Sunday, November 27 | 11:25 a.m.-11:35 a.m. | SSA01-05 | Arie Crown TheaterHandheld screening breast ultrasound performed by technologists and offered to women with dense breast tissue does fine in detecting small cancers missed by mammography, although the overall positive predictive value of the modality is low, according to researchers at Yale University.
November 8, 2011
Interpretation error rate in screening US comparable to mammo, MRI
By Kate Madden Yee
Sunday, November 27 | 11:05 a.m.-11:15 a.m. | SSA01-03 | Arie Crown TheaterIn this scientific paper presentation, University of Pittsburgh researchers will discuss how interpretation errors in screening ultrasound are similar in frequency to interpretation errors in mammography and MRI.
November 8, 2011
BI-RADS 3 lesions common on screening US
By Kate Madden Yee
Sunday, November 27 | 10:55 a.m.-11:05 a.m. | SSA01-02 | Arie Crown TheaterBI-RADS 3 lesions are seen in nearly 20% of participants after three rounds of screening ultrasound, but they are rarely malignant, according to researchers from Southwoods Imaging Center in Youngstown, OH.
November 8, 2011
ContextVision adds clients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image enhancement developer ContextVision said it has signed three new OEM partners in North America.
November 7, 2011
Mindray achieves prosperous Q3
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Strong sales growth in China powered medical equipment manufacturer Mindray Medical International to a double-digit increase in total revenues in the third quarter.
November 7, 2011
Report: SonoSite wooing Samsung
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
SonoSite is reportedly up for bid and Samsung is among the potential candidates to acquire the compact-ultrasound developer, according to an article from Bloomberg.
November 6, 2011
InfraReDx to roll out new IVUS system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Coronary imaging developer InfraReDx is about to launch its new TVC imaging system, an enhanced version of the LipiScan intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) coronary imaging system.
November 6, 2011
Digisonics wins Kaiser Ohio contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has won a contract to upgrade four of its OB-Windows structured reporting systems at Kaiser Permanente in Ohio.
November 2, 2011
CS Medical gets FDA nod for probe disinfector
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound accessories firm CS Medical has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its TD-100 automated transesophageal ultrasound probe disinfector.
November 1, 2011
Radiologists still primary users of noncardiac US
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Although nonradiologist physicians have contributed to the widespread use of point-of-care ultrasound, radiologists remain the primary users, according to a new study published in the November issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
October 31, 2011
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