Breast: Page 385

Cianna touts SAVI study results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Brachytherapy firm Cianna Medical touted positive clinical results from two studies that show that breast cancer radiation with the company's SAVI applicator works well for breast conservation therapy patients with small breasts, small tumor beds, and minimal distance between the lumpectomy cavity and skin surface.
May 20, 2009
ART nets German order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Optical molecular imaging developer ART Advanced Research Technologies has received an order from the University Medical Center Göttingen in Germany for its SoftScan breast imaging system.
May 19, 2009
Viztek debuts mammo PACS viewer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging informatics firm Viztek has introduced a full-featured mammography viewer designed to integrate with its Opal-Rad PACS and any PACS supporting DICOM for the display of detailed mammography exams.
May 19, 2009
ACR reports statistics on mammo complaints
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
For the 10-year period between 1997 and 2007, only 132 patient complaints about mammography services have been serious, according the American College of Radiology (ACR).
May 17, 2009
Sicel wins Tennessee contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Dosimetry developer Sicel Technologies has won a contract with a Tennessee medical center for the company's Dose Verification System for breast cancer patients.
May 13, 2009
Atirix releases new QC-Track
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical software developer Atirix Medical Systems has released the latest version of its QC-Track mammography quality control software.
May 13, 2009
Avoid pitfalls when integrating digital mammography with PACS
By Kate Madden Yee
For breast imagers, reading digital mammography exams can be a frustrating experience. Many of these headaches can be rectified by integrating digital mammography with PACS, but the process requires much more than just plugging in a network cable, according to Dr. William Poller, who, along with other PACS experts, offers strategies for successful integration.
May 13, 2009
Evaluating threshold screening mammograms: When to recall?
By Cynthia E. Keen
The goal of every radiologist when reading mammograms is to identify the three to four breast cancers statistically known to be lurking within 1,000 screening mammograms. Dr. Edward Sickles from the University of California, San Francisco recently offered some advice on making appropriate recall decisions with difficult screening mammograms.
May 12, 2009
FDA: FFDM installs cross 50% threshold
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Full-field digital mammography (FFDM) units now make up more than 50% of the installed base of mammography systems in the U.S., according to data from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
May 10, 2009
Medipattern inks New York deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm Medipattern has received a contract from Metropolitan Diagnostic Imaging Group for a B-CAD-For-Life managed service contract.
May 7, 2009
ACR launches mammo database; FFDM vs. film-screen
By Brian Casey
May 6, 2009
FFDM equals analog mammography in hard-copy reading
By Kate Madden Yee
A new study from the U.K. confirms previous research regarding the equivalency of full-field digital mammography (FFDM) with analog film-screen mammography. The two techniques had roughly equal detection rates when images were printed and read in a hard-copy environment.
May 6, 2009
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