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Quest to display 12-bit mammo images at SIIM show

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Monitor distributor Quest International of Irvine, CA, plans to show 12-bit grayscale mammographic images utilizing an Apple Mac system, OsiriX PACS software, and Totoku ME551i2 medical LCD display at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) meeting in Seattle in May.

April 3, 2008

MRI and FDG-PET/CT recommended for advanced breast cancer

By Cynthia E. Keen

FDG-PET/CT should be used in conjunction with breast MRI as a complementary imaging tool for patients with locally advanced breast cancer, because the hybrid imaging modality can detect distant metastases outside the field-of-view of breast MRI, according to researchers from Stanford University in California.

April 3, 2008

Naviscan signs M. D. Anderson

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PET developer Naviscan PET Systems has added the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston to its client list.

April 2, 2008

Siemens to market Carestream digitizer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare will now sell Carestream Health's mammography digitizing system.

April 1, 2008

iCAD nets CAD patent

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer iCAD has received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

March 31, 2008

Fuji hits FCRm milestone

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Fujifilm Medical Systems USA has reached an installation milestone for its FCRm mammography computed radiography system in the U.S.

March 30, 2008

ART revenues slide in 2007

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical device firm ART Advanced Research Technologies' transition to a direct distribution sales model adversely affected revenues at the Montreal-based company in 2007.

March 30, 2008

Study: If biopsy shows lobular neoplasia, proceed to surgery

By Kate Madden Yee

For many women with suspicious mammogram findings, minimally invasive biopsy has become the accepted clinical approach. But this protocol leaves some women vulnerable to underestimation of the extent of disease. U.S. researchers studied the rate and variables linked with cancer underestimation when lobular neoplasia is diagnosed with tissue-sampling biopsy, and concluded that all patients with lobular neoplasia at core or vacuum biopsy should undergo surgical excisional biopsy.

March 26, 2008

Hologic edges DBT mammo system to market in Europe

By Brian Casey

Women's imaging vendor Hologic is taking a measured approach to commercializing its digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) technology, with the company starting to take orders for a limited number of the mammography systems from European customers. The Bedford, MA, firm is navigating a tricky course as it endeavors to manage multiple international markets with varying regulatory requirements.

March 25, 2008

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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