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NuView, Thomas Jefferson to collaborate
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
NuView Radiopharmaceuticals of Park City, UT, has entered an agreement with Thomas Jefferson University to distribute and commercialize a tumor-specific imaging agent used in the diagnosis of breast and prostate tumors.
February 5, 2008
Cytyc acquisition boosts Hologic revenues
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's imaging vendor Hologic said its revenue more than doubled for the first quarter of 2008 (end-December 29) as the addition of sales from its recent acquisition of Cytyc boosted top-line growth.
January 30, 2008
Hologic readies stock split
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's imaging vendor Hologic said that its board of directors has approved a two-for-one stock split.
January 29, 2008
DMIST: Women under 50 with dense breasts benefit from FFDM
By Kate Madden Yee
Full-field digital mammography (FFDM) performs significantly better than film-screen in one particular subgroup of women, according to researchers of the Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (DMIST). They examined the DMIST data for 10 subgroups of women, and found that women younger than 50 with dense breasts benefited the most from FFDM.
January 28, 2008
Breast sonoelastography aids in evaluating breast lesions
By Erik L. Ridley
Real-time breast sonoelastography supports other imaging modalities in the evaluation of breast lesions, and shows promise for reducing biopsy rates, according to results from an Italian multicenter study. Researchers performed high-resolution ultrasound and sonoelastography on 784 women with a total of 874 lesions.
January 27, 2008
Cochrane review studies mammo discomfort
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
In a review of studies conducted to evaluate ways to reduce mammography exam discomfort, women's imaging vendor Hologic's MammoPad breast cushions were found to reduce pain, according to the Cochrane Collaboration of Oxford, U.K.
January 24, 2008
Studies support breast CT's ability to heighten tissue contrast, resolution
By Shalmali Pal
The search for an alternative to mammography continues with two recent studies that evaluated the role of CT in breast imaging. First, a group from the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston sought to determine how conebeam CT fared for breast tissue contrast and overall exam results. Then, researchers from the University of California, Davis, updated their ongoing investigation with the modality, looking specifically at improving image quality.
January 24, 2008
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ScImage gets FDA nod for digital mammo viewing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor ScImage said that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the primary diagnostic review of digital mammography images on its PicomEnterprise PACS offering.
January 22, 2008
Selenium FFDM cuts glandular radiation dose, study finds
By Kate Madden Yee
Full-field digital mammography (FFDM) is increasingly being accepted in clinical circles for its comparable or better diagnostic performance compared to film-screen mammography (FSM), as well as for reducing the glandular dose of cesium iodide-based detectors. But does FFDM also provide a lower glandular dose than FSM when used with selenium-based detectors? Researchers from Germany addressed this question in a recent study comparing the average glandular doses of selenium-based FFDM and FSM.
January 22, 2008
CAD spots missed breast cancers without inflating recalls
By Edward Susman
By adding computer-aided detection (CAD) to its mammography exams, a team from a Salt Lake City-based institution found that it was able to boost cancer detection without a significant increase in the recall rate. The group tracked mammographic findings of more than 43,000 patients over a one-year period.
January 21, 2008
Map of FFDM reimbursement rates
January 17, 2008
Screening mammograms for elderly women encouraged
By Edward Susman
Women at age 70 have a life expectancy of 15.9 years, according to statistics compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As the population ages, the risk for developing breast cancer increases. A review of mammography outcomes among elderly women shows that breast cancer screening for this population should be encouraged.
January 15, 2008
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