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Connect rolls out new Mammo ViewBox software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor Connect Imaging has released a new version of its Mammo ViewBox software.
May 5, 2008
Sectra adds FFDM customer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish PACS vendor Sectra has received an order from the Brussels Menopause Center in Belgium.
May 5, 2008
Scantek nets two Brazilian contracts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast-sensor developer Scantek Medical of Cedar Knolls, NJ, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Scantek Medical do Brasil, have received two contracts for the BreastCare/BreastAlert differential temperature sensor product.
May 1, 2008
Whole-body PET better for palpable breast cancer
By Barbara Boughton
Whole-body FDG-PET has high sensitivity for detecting palpable breast cancer, but is less effective in detecting metastatic disease in axillary lymph nodes, according to researchers from Japan. The researchers evaluated whole-body FDG-PET in 80 women who had palpable breast tumors or positive uptake in whole-body PET scans, and presented their study results at the 2008 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) meeting in San Diego.
May 1, 2008
Cytyc merger boosts Hologic's Q2 financials
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's imaging vendor Hologic reported substantial revenue increases for its second quarter of 2008, which the company attributed to the new product lines it acquired when it merged with Cytyc last October.
April 30, 2008
Fuji donates two FFDM systems
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fujifilm Medical Systems USA has donated two of its Fuji Computed Radiography for Mammography (FCRm) systems to the Nancy Reagan Breast Center in Simi Valley, CA, and Howard University Hospital in Washington, DC.
April 30, 2008
Medipattern lands breast surgery install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm Medipattern has installed its B-CAD software with private practice breast surgeon Dr. John Kehoe in Brooklyn, NY.
April 29, 2008
Aloka rolls out ProSound 3500SX in U.S.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound vendor Aloka will release its ProSound 3500SX ultrasound system at the 2008 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) meeting next week in New Orleans.
April 27, 2008
Telemammography project achieves success
By Wayne Forrest
After 37 months of trials and tribulations, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center in New York City have successfully established and validated the remote, real-time interpretation of digital mammographic images. The results of the telemammography project were presented at the 2008 American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting in Washington, DC.
April 27, 2008
Breast MRI with USPIO contrast helps assess lymph node metastases
By Cynthia E. Keen
Austrian researchers have found that breast MRI with a contrast medium based on ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO) particles could help avoid mastectomy for women whose breast cancer has not spread to the lymph nodes. But further development of the technique could be limited by the investigational nature of the contrast agent.
April 24, 2008
Carestream scores 7 Canadian contracts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health of Rochester, NY, has signed seven contracts for its computed radiography-based mammography products with healthcare providers in Canada.
April 23, 2008
Grable returns to IDSI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Linda B. Grable, co-founder of Imaging Diagnostic Systems (IDSI), has come out of retirement to again become chairman and CEO of the Plantation, FL, company.
April 23, 2008
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