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Medipattern completes Austrian installation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer Medipattern has installed its B-CAD 2.2 software at General Hospital in Salzburg, Austria.
March 24, 2008
RadNet launches breast disease management program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services provider RadNet of Los Angeles has expanded its services to include comprehensive breast cancer and disease management, the company reported.
March 19, 2008
Brachytherapy's change of direction: Directional sources may help more patients benefit from APBI
By Tami Freeman
Accelerated partial-breast irradiation (APBI) offers a faster and more localized alternative to whole-breast external-beam radiotherapy, and can be delivered via interstitial brachytherapy, using multiple catheters placed in the breast. Unfortunately, APBI is not suitable for all patients due to radiation toxicity to the skin and chest wall. But researchers have developed a new brachytherapy scheme that could overcome this limitation and enable more patients to benefit from APBI.
March 16, 2008
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Neoprobe announces phase II Lymphoseek results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gamma camera probe developer Neoprobe of Dublin, OH, has unveiled results from a multicenter phase II clinical study for its radiopharmaceutical agent, Lymphoseek, the company reported.
March 12, 2008
Carestream nets digital mammo orders
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health of Rochester, NY, has received several contracts for its digital mammography products.
March 11, 2008
MRI beats mammography, US in detecting breast cancer in high-risk women
By Cynthia E. Keen
VIENNA - Breast MRI should be an integral part of annual breast cancer surveillance for high-risk women, according to researchers from Vienna. They compared mammography, ultrasound, and MRI for breast cancer screening in this patient population, and presented their findings at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 11, 2008
Radiology helps Israel meet unique healthcare needs
By Cynthia E. Keen
VIENNA - Attendees at this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR) got a closer look at how radiology is practiced in Israel at the conference's "ECR meets Israel" session on Sunday. Representatives from the country's radiology community described how PACS helps the country with its unique healthcare needs, and also outlined Israel's breast screening program.
March 9, 2008
ECR sessions examine DBT's effectiveness
By Brian Casey
VIENNA - A series of presentations on digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) reported encouraging results with the technology. Clinical investigators shared their experiences with DBT systems from four different manufacturers, and reported on the advantages of DBT compared to conventional full-field digital mammography (FFDM).
March 6, 2008
Apple, Totoku, Osirix partner on digital mammo workstation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Apple, Japanese display provider Totoku of Tokyo, and open-source PACS workstation software provider OsiriX of Geneva will show a multimodality workstation for digital mammography and other radiology applications at this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna.
March 4, 2008
Sectra sales climb in Q3
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
New major service and support contracts contributed to an 11.8% increase in third-quarter net sales for Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra.
March 3, 2008
CAD vendors hope FDA hearings will clear approval bottleneck
By Cynthia E. Keen
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today began a two-day set of hearings that could result in major changes to the way the agency regulates computer-aided detection (CAD) technology. Industry experts are hoping the hearings will clear up a logjam of delayed regulatory applications for CAD software that has been building since last year.
March 3, 2008
Buyer's Guide Update: Options grow for digital mammography
By Brian Casey
March 2, 2008
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