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DISC launches QA Mamchex for Carestream
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiography quality control technology developer Diagnostic Imaging Specialists (DISC) has launched its DISC QA Mamchex tool for use with Carestream Health's DirectView computed radiography mammography system.
November 17, 2010
Siemens gets PMA for FFDM unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration premarket approval (PMA) for its Mammomat Inspiration full-field digital mammography (FFDM) system.
November 17, 2010
Three Palm to debut workstation upgrades at RSNA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast imaging software developer Three Palm Software plans to highlight upgrades to its WorkstationOne mammography reading software at this year's RSNA meeting in Chicago.
November 17, 2010
Data mining with natural language processing identifies mammo trends
By Cynthia E. Keen
Thursday, December 2 | 11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | SSQ10-09 | Room S402ABResearchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston will present their findings of a study on clinical data mining with natural language processing to identify the most common breast pathologies and their notation in nearly 75,000 mammography reports.
November 17, 2010
Low radiation risk from mammo screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The risk of getting breast cancer from mammography screening radiation is small compared to the benefits of the exam, and women should not be deterred from getting annual screening by fears of radiation exposure, according to a new study published online November 16 in Radiology.
November 16, 2010
Breast MRI improves survival rates for at-risk women
By Kate Madden Yee
Breast MRI's sensitivity is superior to that of mammography in long-term screening for women at risk of breast cancer, according to a new study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. What's more, the study showed that breast MRI improved survival rates by almost 20% when compared to women tracked in earlier research.
November 16, 2010
Upping equipment utilization rate will limit resources
By Kate Madden Yee
Tuesday, November 30 | 10:50 a.m.-11:00 a.m. | SSG07-03 | Room S102DBoosting the equipment utilization rate to 75% in 2011 as a way to lower Medicare costs will actually limit resources as a flood of new enrollees enter the system, especially in rural areas, according to researchers from St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City.
November 16, 2010
Self-referral by nonradiologists continues to drive imaging use rates
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 29 | 3:50 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | SSE12-06 | Room S102DSelf-referral practices by nonradiologists are a significant driver of imaging utilization, and over the next decade, these practices could incur unnecessary costs in the range of $20 billion to $87 billion, researchers from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC, have found.
November 16, 2010
Women aren't getting breast MRI screening according to ACS guidelines
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 29 | 3:40 p.m.-3:50 p.m. | SSE12-05 | Room S102DWomen at high risk for breast cancer aren't getting screened with MRI -- in addition to mammography -- as called for by guidelines from the American Cancer Society, according to a new study to be presented in this Monday session.
November 16, 2010
Offering mammography screening at retail locations could boost compliance
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 29 | 11:30 a.m.-11:40 a.m. | SSC07-07 | Room S102DOffering women screening mammography at retail healthcare clinics could boost compliance, concluded this study from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, scheduled for presentation on Monday.
November 16, 2010
Another Canadian rad suspected of faulty readings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Quebec College of Physicians is investigating a radiologist after suspicions were raised of inaccurate readings of breast mammography exams, according to an article published in the Montreal Gazette on November 12.
November 15, 2010
PACS virtual conference is tomorrow; PEM and MBI for breast imaging
By Brian Casey
November 15, 2010
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