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Indiana passes breast density law
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Indiana has become the 25th U.S. state to enact a mandatory breast notification law, according to patient advocacy group Are You Dense Advocacy.
March 23, 2016
Do 'vulnerable' women lack access to breast imaging?
By Kate Madden Yee
Unequal access to breast imaging across the U.S. -- especially advanced services such as ultrasound, breast MRI, and image-guided biopsy -- can lead to delays in diagnosis and negative outcomes. So how accessible are these services to women who might be considered vulnerable because of racial, social, or economic barriers?
March 22, 2016
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AIUM: Experience matters in US screening of dense breasts
By Erik L. Ridley
NEW YORK CITY - Breast ultrasound screening in women with dense breasts can identify invasive cancers not seen on mammography, and performance improves with experience, according to a presentation on Sunday at the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) annual meeting.
March 20, 2016
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ART wins Fla. contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's health firm Advanced Radiation Therapy (ART) has won an installation for its AccuBoost image-guided partial-breast irradiation system at a Florida cancer treatment center.
March 17, 2016
Could a pill improve breast cancer diagnosis?
By Kate Madden Yee
What if you could make it easier to find breast cancer in your patients, just by having them take a pill? That's the tantalizing idea behind an animal study presented by University of Michigan researchers on March 15 at the American Chemical Society meeting in San Diego.
March 15, 2016
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Analytics may aid treatment of ER-positive breast cancer
By Erik L. Ridley
Image analytics software can be used to determine which women with breast cancers that are positive for the estrogen receptor (ER) need chemotherapy and which ones have nonaggressive cancers that only require hormonal treatment, according to research published online recently in Scientific Reports.
March 15, 2016
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Volpara highlights studies at ECR 2016
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast imaging software developer Volpara Solutions is highlighting multiple scientific studies using its technology that were presented at ECR 2016 last week.
March 10, 2016
Ultrasound tops tomo in dense breasts -- or not?
By Kate Madden Yee
Ultrasound has an edge in sensitivity over digital breast tomosynthesis as an accompaniment to standard 2D mammography in women with dense breast tissue. But better sensitivity may not be enough to make ultrasound the gold standard for these women, according to a study presented at the European Breast Cancer Conference.
March 9, 2016
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Top 5 trends from ECR 2016 in Vienna
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
As the European radiological community draws a collective breath from ECR 2016, it's a perfect time to reflect on the meeting and identify the major trends affecting medical imaging. Here are five central themes that circulated the halls of the Austria Center Vienna at this year's congress.
March 8, 2016
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FDA OKs ACR's digital mammo manual
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the American College of Radiology's (ACR) alternative standard request for use of the new Digital Mammography Quality Control (QC) Manual and Digital Mammography QC Phantom in routine QC of digital equipment.
March 8, 2016
How do radiology residents affect mammography reads?
By Kate Madden Yee
Learning to interpret screening mammography exams is a key part of any radiology resident's training. But could their learning curve negatively affect patients, due to increased recall rates that result in false positives? The answer is yes, if attending radiologists aren't careful, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
March 8, 2016
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GE's ECR launches include mammography, CT systems
By Brian Casey
VIENNA - A new digital mammography system, a new CT scanner in its Revolution line, and new cardiac MRI software are among the product highlights for GE Healthcare at this week's ECR 2016 meeting.
March 4, 2016
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