Breast: Page 259

Barco adds U.S. partnership with Mammography Education
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Barco said it is expanding its support for mammography CME course provider Mammography Education.
January 13, 2014
Breast biopsy payment cuts could revive open surgeries
By Kate Madden Yee
Could open surgical breast biopsy experience a revival? That could be the outcome if deep Medicare cuts to payments for stereotactic breast biopsy procedures are implemented in 2014, according to women's imaging advocates.
January 12, 2014
FDA clears Delphinus breast US tomography
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Delphinus Medical Technologies has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its SoftVue whole-breast ultrasound tomography system.
January 7, 2014
Matakina brings VolparaDensity to Conn.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast imaging software developer Matakina International has delivered its VolparaDensity software to the Hospital of Central Connecticut.
January 6, 2014
Dilon acquires Dynasil's Navigator probe
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular breast imaging developer Dilon Technologies has acquired the assets of the Navigator gamma probe business from RMD Instruments.
January 5, 2014
Dune's MarginProbe improves DCIS outcomes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Dune Medical Devices is promoting a study that showed its MarginProbe device improved surgical outcomes in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
January 5, 2014
New JAMA IM article aims to quantify 'harms' of mammography
By Brian Casey
Mammography skeptic Dr. Gilbert Welch has published a new article in JAMA Internal Medicine intended to add some clarity to the debate over mammography screening by quantifying its benefits and harms. But mammography proponents are questioning a number of Welch's conclusions.
January 1, 2014
Rads equally comfortable with handheld, whole-breast US
By Kate Madden Yee
Radiologists show equal confidence in visualizing suspicious masses with automated and handheld breast ultrasound, which could decrease the amount of handheld imaging used in diagnostic clinics, according to research presented at the recent RSNA 2013 meeting.
December 29, 2013
USPSTF recommends BRCA screening for high-risk women
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is recommending that women at high risk for breast cancer be screened for the breast cancer susceptibility genes BRCA1 or BRCA2.
December 22, 2013
Study finds more evidence of drop in breast imaging utilization
By Kate Madden Yee
In recent years, use of all breast imaging examinations has decreased, which could lead to a greater incidence of breast cancer in the future, according to research presented at the recent RSNA 2013 meeting in Chicago.
December 22, 2013
Dr. Richard Sharpe Jr. from Thomas Jefferson University.
Philips gets FDA clearance for breast density measurement tool
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a spectral breast density measurement application for its MicroDose SI full-field digital mammography system.
December 19, 2013
Sonographers can reliably handle screening breast US
By Erik L. Ridley
For screening breast ultrasound studies, can sonographers deliver a performance comparable to that of radiologists? Turns out they can, according to research presented at the recent RSNA 2013 meeting in Chicago.
December 19, 2013
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