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DMS Imaging enters mobile FFDM market

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Mobile imaging services provider DMS Imaging has added another service to its portfolio.

October 17, 2007

Solis secures funding

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Breast imaging services provider Solis Women's Health of Austin, TX, has secured additional funding in the form of a $12 million line of credit and $10 million in follow-on equity funding.

October 15, 2007

Carestream Health India debuts breast cancer program

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Carestream Health subsidiary Carestream Health India has launched a breast cancer awareness campaign in seven cities across the country.

October 10, 2007

Walking the tightrope: The legal and regulatory impact of digital mammography

By Kate Madden Yee

The Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (DMIST) established the benefits of digital mammography over film-screen, indicating that certain women would benefit from the digital technology. But even so, transitioning to digital can be challenging for facilities on many levels: financially, operationally, and legally. Bonnie Rush, president of Breast Imaging Specialists (BIS) of San Diego, discusses the legal and regulatory issues that arise when converting to digital mammography.

October 10, 2007

Hologic hit with patent suit from J&J's Ethicon Endo-Surgery

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Women's imaging vendor Hologic acknowledged in an October 9 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that Cincinnati-based Ethicon Endo-Surgery has filed a patent infringement complaint against Hologic and its wholly owned subsidiary, Suros Surgical Systems of Indianapolis.

October 9, 2007

NDMA launches Google gadget

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

National Digital Medical Archive (NDMA) of Berwyn, PA, has launched two new Google Desktop gadgets designed to remind women about breast health.

October 9, 2007

Positioning is the key to making the most of FFDM

For the breast healthcare facility, making the leap to full-field digital mammography (FFDM) means many changes. For radiologic technologists, FFDM does require some adjustment to their positioning technique. Mammography consultant Tammy Coryell highlights some of the main differences between scanning patients on a digital unit and an analog one, and how to make the most of this new technology.

October 9, 2007

ACR revises breast US accreditation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Due to recent revisions in the American College of Radiology's (ACR) practice guideline for the performance of breast ultrasound examinations, the Reston, VA-based organization's Committee on Breast Ultrasound Accreditation has updated the program requirements for breast ultrasound accreditation.

October 8, 2007

US breast trial leaders aim to discuss ACRIN 6666 data at RSNA

By Shalmali Pal

Breast imaging specialists at the 2007 RSNA meeting can look forward to detailed results from a three-year trial examining the role of ultrasound in breast cancer screening. Dr. Wendie Berg, Ph.D., lead investigator for the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) trial told AuntMinnie.com that the group hopes that the Chicago presentation will coincide with the publication of trial data before the end of 2007.

October 7, 2007

CAD systems differ in detecting small noncalcified breast masses

By Erik L. Ridley

Two computer-aided detection (CAD) systems yielded varying sensitivity in detecting small invasive breast carcinoma, according to a study published in the October issue of Radiology. The researchers compared two CAD systems for detecting invasive breast cancers manifesting as noncalcified masses smaller than 16 mm.

October 4, 2007

Top 10 considerations for FFDM and PACS integration

The Sansum Clinic in Santa Barbara, CA, adopted full-field digital mammography (FFDM) about four years ago, and they've been 100% filmless from the get-go, performing about 20,000 FFDM screening exams annually. Dr. Michael Trambert, lead radiologist for PACS re-engineering at the clinic, offers tips on how to make the most of the FFDM/PACS mergence.

October 3, 2007

Avoiding cardiac irradiation key to breast cancer patients' long-term survival

By Kate Madden Yee

The use of radiotherapy to treat early-stage breast cancer has proved effective in decreasing local-regional recurrence rates and improving a woman's chances of long-term breast-cancer specific survival. But it can also boost her risk of heart disease if the heart is in the irradiated field. Avoiding the heart during radiation therapy for breast cancer patients may be crucial to their survival.

October 3, 2007

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