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Stanford group shrinks MRI coil for better breast imaging
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers at Stanford University are working on a dedicated breast MRI coil with smaller coil elements, which they believe could result in sharper images and up to three times the sensitivity of standard MRI coils.
August 15, 2011
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FDA to require PMA for IDSI system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will require Imaging Diagnostic Systems (IDSI) to file a premarket approval (PMA) application rather than a 510(k) for its CT laser mammography (CTLM) system.
August 8, 2011
News from AAPM show; comments on CAD study
By Brian Casey
August 1, 2011
Breast CAD specialists respond to JNCI study
By Kate Madden Yee
The debate about the efficacy of mammography computer-aided detection (CAD) took another turn last week, when the Journal of the National Cancer Institute on July 27 released a study that found the technology doesn't improve the accuracy of mammography and increases a woman's risk of being called back unnecessarily.
August 1, 2011
Naviscan touts PEM study results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET developer Naviscan is touting the results of a study in which positron emission mammography (PEM) found a correlation between FDG uptake values and the factors that predict breast cancer survival.
August 1, 2011
Hologic revenue, earnings up in Q3
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Growth in all four of its operating segments contributed to a 7.2% increase in revenue for women's imaging firm Hologic in its fiscal third quarter.
August 1, 2011
QC software improves consistency of digital mammo results
By Kate Madden Yee
Using software to partially automate and centralize routine quality control (QC) of digital mammography could improve the modality's consistency and reliability, while streamlining QC procedures, according to research presented this week at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia.
August 1, 2011
ACR, SBI slam BMJ study on mammo
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) and the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) have taken issue with a study in the British Medical Journal that suggests declining breast cancer mortality rates are due more to improvements in treatment and the efficiency of healthcare systems than mammography screening.
July 31, 2011
FFDM increases repeat rate for screening mammography
By Kate Madden Yee
Switching from film-screen to full-field digital mammography (FFDM) increases the total repeat rate for screening mammograms, offsetting some of the dose savings afforded by the digital equipment, according to research presented this week at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia.
July 31, 2011
Debate over breast screening to intensify after new BMJ study
By Philip Ward
A research paper published on Thursday by the British Medical Journal has cast fresh doubt on the value of breast screening by suggesting that declining mortality rates are due more to improvements in treatment and the efficiency of healthcare systems than mammography screening.
July 27, 2011
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Mammo CAD questioned; dense breast tissue cancer risk; PET market update
By Erik L. Ridley
July 27, 2011
Breast density linked to specific breast cancer types
By Kate Madden Yee
Women with dense breasts have a more than threefold risk of breast cancer compared to women with lower breast tissue density, according to a study published online Wednesday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
July 26, 2011
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