Breast: Page 321

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
Low-dose MBI works just as well in dense breast tissue
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 28 | 9:50 a.m.-10:00 a.m. | MSVM21-07 | Arie Crown TheaterLow-dose molecular breast imaging (MBI) is just as sensitive as conventional-dose MBI in detecting cancers in dense breast tissue mammography misses, according to researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
November 8, 2011
Optical imaging improves mammography's specificity
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 28 | 8:50 a.m.-9:00 a.m. | MSVM21-02 | Arie Crown TheaterIn this Monday morning session, Boston researchers will describe how combining tomographic optical breast imaging with mammography or digital breast tomosynthesis can improve specificity in the early diagnosis of breast cancer and reduce unnecessary biopsies.
November 8, 2011
DBT plus digital mammography may improve breast screening accuracy
By Kate Madden Yee
Sunday, November 27 | 1:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. | LL-BRS-SU1B | Lakeside Learning CenterAdding digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) to full-field digital mammography may improve the diagnostic accuracy of breast screening, but more studies are needed, according to researchers at King's College Hospital.
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
Real Imaging names new CEO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Israeli breast imaging developer Real Imaging has appointed Maiki Yoeli as its new CEO.
November 7, 2011
Breast imaging benefits from both PET/CT and PET/MRI
By Wayne Forrest
Sunday, November 27 | 11:05 a.m.-11:15 a.m. | SSA18-03 | Room S505ABBreast imaging can benefit from contrast-enhanced PET/CT, and even better results can be achieved with PET/MRI, according to a study by researchers from Kochi University Hospital in Japan.
November 7, 2011
Hologic turns a profit in fiscal 2011
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Growth in all four of its operating segments buoyed women's imaging firm Hologic to higher revenues and profit in fiscal 2011.
November 6, 2011
FFDM images can be safely compressed at high ratios
By Erik L. Ridley
Tuesday, November 29 | 12:45 p.m.-1:15 p.m. | LL-BRS-TU8B | Lakeside Learning CenterThis poster will detail how full-field digital mammography (FFDM) images could be compressed with JPEG 2000 algorithms at an 80:1 ratio without visually detectable degradation.
November 6, 2011
FDA meeting eyes breast density issue
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to discuss tomorrow whether the agency should require mammography facilities to report breast density, either in reports sent to referring physicians or in lay summaries sent to patients.
November 2, 2011
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