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IDSI hires strategic advisor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CT laser mammography developer Imaging Diagnostic Systems (IDSI) has hired a strategic advisor to focus the company's efforts to implement its business plan.
June 10, 2009
Echoserve inks deal with Linear Medical
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound and x-ray equipment firm Echoserve has signed a deal to distribute a prone stereotactic breast biopsy table developed by Linear Medical.
June 7, 2009
GE opens digital mammography facility
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has opened a digital mammography production facility in New York.
June 4, 2009
Sentinelle signs deal with Calgary Scientific
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian MRI technology developer Sentinelle Medical has inked a long-term development agreement with Calgary Scientific, the company said.
June 4, 2009
Digital mammography transition: The hidden issues
By Cynthia E. Keen
The combination of foresight and the hindsight of others can make the process of new technology implementation easier. So when Dr. Barbara Monsees described the issues she discovered when converting to digital mammography, breast imagers sat up and took notice at the Society of Breast Imaging's postgraduate course held last month.
June 3, 2009
Study: Partial-breast irradiation is cost-effective
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
External-beam partial-breast irradiation is more cost-effective for treating postmenopausal women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer than either conventional whole-breast radiation therapy or brachytherapy partial-breast irradiation, according to a new study.
June 2, 2009
Ultrasound breast scanning protocol boosts efficiency
By Erik L. Ridley
A preprogrammed protocol can significantly improve the efficiency of breast ultrasound survey scans compared to standard scanning routines, according to research from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
June 2, 2009
Study: Cancer death rates drop in U.S.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cancer death rates continue to decline in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society's annual cancer statistics report for 2009.
May 27, 2009
Three Palm Software partners with Metaltronica
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast imaging software developer Three Palm Software has signed an agreement for Metaltronica to distribute its WorkstationOne and CadOne products as part of Metaltronica's digital mammography product suite.
May 25, 2009
Sectra posts mixed year-end results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Despite double-digit sales growth, continued expansion of its distribution channels and an increase in mammography device production capacity hampered profit margins for Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra in its recently concluded fiscal year.
May 25, 2009
Oregon case spotlights clinical validity of breast thermography
By Kate Madden Yee
Is infrared thermography a legitimate adjunctive breast imaging technique, or a clinically questionable technology open to abuse? That's the question being raised following the case of an Oregon clinic that was shut down by state regulatory authorities for offering infrared thermography for breast cancer screening.
May 24, 2009
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Medipattern ships B-CAD to China
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm Medipattern has begun shipments to the China Primary Health Care Foundation as part of a purchase order for 200 B-CAD systems.
May 21, 2009
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