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Breast IMRT without the overspill
By Paula Gould
An alternative intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) planning approach spares healthy structures from small, but significant, levels of radiation. IMRT has been recognized as a promising way to prevent breast cancer recurrence in patients who have opted for conservative surgery. Researchers in Alabama have devised a beam arrangement that delivers the benefits of IMRT, but without upping the low-dose overspill.
March 2, 2008
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Breast CAD improves classification accuracy, cuts ultrasound biopsies
By Kate Madden Yee
Computer-aided detection (CAD) for breast imaging has generated controversy of late, with dueling studies producing different results regarding its accuracy. Now researchers have found that CAD can improve radiologists' accuracy in classifying clustered microcalcifications on serial mammograms, and reduce the biopsy rate when used as a second opinion in diagnostic breast ultrasound.
February 28, 2008
iCAD unveils TotalLook upgrade
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer iCAD has launched a new version of its TotalLook film digitizing package.
February 27, 2008
Adding sonography to yearly mammograms helps find metachronous cancers
By Kate Madden Yee
Breast ultrasound exams combined with annual mammograms may help detect early multiple-occurring, contralateral breast cancers, according to researchers from South Korea. They retrospectively reviewed pathologic, mammographic, and sonographic records of patients with surgically confirmed metachronous bilateral breast cancer and found breast ultrasound had a high sensitivity in detecting these cancers.
February 24, 2008
Fuji launches mobile digital mammography
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fujifilm Medical Systems USA's computed radiography system for mammography (FCRm) is now available for mobile mammography use, the Stamford, CT-based firm announced.
February 20, 2008
ART sells first SoftScan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device firm ART Advanced Research Technologies has sold its first SoftScan optical breast imaging system.
February 19, 2008
Breast MRI CAD doesn't improve accuracy due to poor DCIS detection
By Kate Madden Yee
Current breast MR computer-aided detection (CAD) cannot improve radiologist accuracy in distinguishing malignant from benign MRI screen-detected lesions because of its poor DCIS detection sensitivity, according to researchers from Toronto. They evaluated the effect of MRI CAD on radiologists' sensitivity and specificity for breast lesions recommended for biopsy after MR screening in women with a high risk of breast cancer.
February 17, 2008
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New study supports CAD's role in breast screening
By Brian Casey
February 13, 2008
Boosting mammography volume requirement may jeopardize access
By Kate Madden Yee
Under the Mammography Quality Standards Act, U.S. radiologists are required to read a minimum of 960 mammograms within a two-year period to be certified to interpret mammography. A push to raise this minimum has developed, with the belief that higher interpretation volumes bring increased accuracy. If the requirement were raised, however, some radiologists -- particularly those in rural settings -- would no longer read enough exams to stay certified, impacting patients' access to care, according to a new study.
February 13, 2008
Study finds that CAD improves mammography's sensitivity
By Kate Madden Yee
A new study published online this week found that computer-aided detection (CAD) improves the sensitivity of mammography screening with only a small boost in the patient recall rate. The research offers a rebuttal to last year's New England Journal of Medicine study that found that CAD actually reduced the accuracy of breast screening centers that used it.
February 12, 2008
Dilon taps Moussa as CEO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Scintimammography developer Dilon Technologies has appointed Robert Moussa as president and CEO.
February 11, 2008
GE buys Image Diagnost
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has purchased German breast cancer IT developer Image Diagnost International.
February 10, 2008
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