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Structured reporting app helps residents with breast MRI
By Erik L. Ridley
Wednesday, December 2 | 12:15 p.m.-12:45 p.m. | IN240-SD-WEA2 | Lakeside Learning Center, Station 2Researchers from Santa Clara Valley Medical Center have found that a Web-based structured reporting application helps residents conform to the BI-RADS lexicon in their breast MRI reports.
November 8, 2015
Breast ultrasound helps mammography find more cancer
By Frances Rylands-Monk
Adding ultrasound to mammography screening detects more early invasive breast cancer and probably reduces mortality, according to a 4 November study in the journal Lancet. The Japanese trial is thought to be the first of its kind in a large, randomized, multicenter population with a focus on younger, average-risk women.
November 4, 2015
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Hologic achieves revenue growth in fiscal 2015
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Growth in all four of its primary businesses in the U.S. and internationally powered women's imaging vendor Hologic to revenue gains in the company's fourth quarter and fiscal 2015.
November 4, 2015
Use vascular indexes to exclude malignant breast masses
By Rebekah Moan
Using vascular indexes obtained via 3D power Doppler ultrasound can accurately characterize suspicious breast masses, and adding it to 2D ultrasound may reduce unnecessary biopsies, noted Turkish researchers in an article published online in the European Journal of Radiology.
November 3, 2015
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Which is more sensitive: breast MRI or whole-breast ultrasound?
By Kate Madden Yee
Wednesday, December 2 | 10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m. | SSK02-01 | Room E450AWhich is more sensitive for localizing breast cancer in patients already diagnosed: bilateral whole-breast ultrasound or breast MRI? Which is more specific? Researchers from MD Anderson Cancer Center will address these questions during this Wednesday morning session.
November 3, 2015
ABUS not needed in at-risk women's screening protocol
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 30 | 10:20 a.m.-10:30 a.m. | RC215-10 | Arie Crown TheaterWomen who carry BRCA genes benefit from yearly screening with both MRI and mammography. Because these women can still present with interval cancers, would adding automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) to the mix find more cancers earlier?
November 3, 2015
CAD improves radiologists' ABUS performance
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 30 | 10:10 a.m.-10:20 a.m. | RC215-09 | Arie Crown TheaterIn this study, a Dutch team compared unaided radiologist readings of automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) exams with those interpreted using computer-aided detection (CAD) to determine if adding CAD as a "second reader" could help reduce unnecessary recalls.
November 3, 2015
RSNA preview now live; regeneration tips for sonographers
By Brian Casey
November 2, 2015
Hologic launches new philanthropy program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Hologic plans to celebrate its 30th anniversary this year by making 30 donations of up to $30,000 each to nonprofit organizations that focus on education and healthcare.
October 29, 2015
DBT finds 54% more cancers than mammography
By Kate Madden Yee
Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) finds 54% more cancers than 2D mammography and reduces recall rates by almost 20%, according to a new study published in Radiology. Even better, the technology identifies lesions in dense breast tissue, which mammography tends to miss.
October 29, 2015
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Editorial: Breast screening isn't catching cancers earlier
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The incidence of metastatic cancer has remained stable over the past 40 years, a sign that breast screening isn't catching cancers earlier and before they begin to spread and become symptomatic, according to an opinion article published October 29 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
October 28, 2015
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Gamma Medica takes MBI mobile
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gamma Medica is installing its LumaGem molecular breast imaging (MBI) system on a new mobile medical unit being developed by the Marshfield Clinic Health System in Marshfield, WI.
October 26, 2015
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