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Breast: Page 287
DBT tackles mammo's flaws: Missed cancers and false positives
By
Kate Madden Yee
Adding digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) to digital mammography not only boosts diagnostic accuracy, it also reduces the false-positive recall rate, according to a new study published online November 20 in
Radiology
.
November 19, 2012
Three Palm, Planmed partner on mammo station
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast imaging software developer Three Palm Software and mammography vendor Planmed have joined in a partnership in which Planmed will offer Three Palm's breast imaging workstation as part of its digital mammography portfolio.
November 18, 2012
Study: Obamacare to boost mammo demand
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new study found that implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, widely known as Obamacare, could boost demand for mammography screening by half a million women per year or more in 2014.
November 15, 2012
Matakina updates Volpara density software
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast density software company Matakina International has launched Volpara imaging software 1.5.7, which expands the number of digital mammography systems on which the software can be used for breast density measurements.
November 15, 2012
Study reaffirms MRI for women with average breast cancer risk
By
Wayne Forrest
Tuesday, November 27 | 3:10 p.m.-3:20 p.m. | SSJ02-02 | Room E450AIn this scientific session, German researchers will report how their study has supported the efficacy of MRI screening for women at average risk of breast cancer, adding that the additional cancer detection rate is high, even in heavily prescreened women.
November 14, 2012
DCE- and DWI-MRI show neoadjuvant chemotherapy results in breast cancer
By
Wayne Forrest
Tuesday, November 27 | 11:10 a.m.-11:20 a.m. | SSG01-05 | Arie Crown TheaterBoth dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) and diffusion-weighted (DWI) MRI can accurately reflect response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy among breast cancer patients during treatment with minimum apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) as the most predictive marker of pathologic response, according to a study to be presented on Tuesday.
November 14, 2012
Preop breast MRI can help reduce re-excision rates
By
Wayne Forrest
Monday, November 26 | 3:00 p.m.-3:10 p.m. | SSE01-01 | Arie Crown TheaterPreoperative breast MRI can reduce re-excision rates among cancer patients with no significant difference in mastectomy rates or cancer detection, according to a study by researchers from Emory University.
November 14, 2012
Ga. technologist again pleads not guilty
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A former radiologic technologist in Georgia who was charged in 2010 for tampering with mammography results has again pleaded not guilty, according to the Houston County District Attorney's Office website.
November 13, 2012
DBT-guided needle localization helps sample suspicious areas
By
Kate Madden Yee
Friday, November 30 | 10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m. | SST01-01 | Room E450BNeedle localization guided by digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is an accurate procedure that could help clinicians find more malignancies, according to a study from Massachusetts General Hospital to be presented in this Friday scientific session.
November 13, 2012
Breast density measurements need to be standardized
By
Kate Madden Yee
Wednesday, November 28 | 5:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. | LL-BRS-WE5D | Lakeside Learning CenterIn this poster presentation, a group from the University of California, San Francisco will discuss how laws mandating breast density reporting may cause more confusion than clarity until measuring breast density becomes more standard.
November 13, 2012
Combining digital breast tomo and FFDM saves money
By
Kate Madden Yee
Wednesday, November 28 | 5:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. | LL-BRS-WE5C | Lakeside Learning CenterAdding digital breast tomosynthesis to full-field digital mammography (FFDM) saves more than $10,000 per 1,000 women screened due to decreased recall rates, Yale University researchers have found.
November 13, 2012
DBT bests CBCT for identifying noncalcified breast lesions
By
Kate Madden Yee
Wednesday, November 28 | 3:40 p.m.-3:50 p.m. | SSM01-05 | Arie Crown TheaterDigital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is better for identifying noncalcified breast lesions, both malignant and benign, than noncontrast conebeam CT (CBCT), and readers are more confident using tomosynthesis to characterize lesions, according to Pennsylvania researchers.
November 13, 2012
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