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New elastography technique helps characterize breast lesions

By Kate Madden Yee

An elastography technique called supersonic shear imaging aids breast lesion characterization when used with B-mode ultrasound, according to a new study from France published in the July issue of Radiology.

June 15, 2010

iCAD wins government contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm iCAD has signed an agreement with the U.S. Defense Supply Center to provide Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense hospitals with its CAD software for mammography technology.

June 9, 2010

Radiation dose must be reduced for molecular breast imaging

By Wayne Forrest

SALT LAKE CITY - Although molecular breast imaging techniques have the potential to carve out a role in screening, dose must be lowered to achieve a comparable benefit-to-risk ratio to mammography, according to a study presented Monday at the SNM annual meeting.

June 8, 2010

Carestream wins Minn. PACS upgrade

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Carestream Health has inked a contract with a Minnesota breast center for its PACS and breast imaging workstations.

June 8, 2010

Postmastectomy RT reduces recurrence risk for some

By Donna Domino

Postmastectomy radiation therapy (RT) can reduce the risk of recurrence for some breast cancer patients by 28% and increase five-year overall survival by 43%, according to a study in the June issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.

June 6, 2010

TechniScan registers stock offering

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Breast ultrasound imaging developer TechniScan has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a public equity offering.

June 3, 2010