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MRI beats US for breast screening of at-risk women, but yields more biopsies
By Shalmali Pal
A new study in Radiology has found that MRI beats ultrasound when used as a complement to mammography in monitoring women at high risk of developing breast cancer. The study adds further weight to arguments that MRI should play a major role as an adjunct in screening high-risk women.
August 5, 2007
Breast CAD results vary based on mammography view
By Eric Barnes
If you count on your computer-aided detection (CAD) application to help you find breast lesions, you might want to pay attention to which mammography projections your CAD actually marked. And then look at them both again. A study from the Elizabeth Wende Breast Clinic in Rochester, NY, found CAD to be more sensitive for cancer detection in craniocaudal (CC) images than in mediolateral oblique (MLO) views, although CC views also produced more false-positives.
August 5, 2007
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Medipattern finalizes financing deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer Medipattern of Toronto has completed a deal to raise nearly $5 million (U.S.) by selling shares to a Canadian investment firm.
August 1, 2007
Hologic achieves record quarter
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Increased sales of its Selenia full-field digital mammography system and the inclusion of revenues from recent acquisitions powered women's imaging vendor Hologic of Bedford, MA, to record results in its fiscal third quarter (end-June 30).
July 30, 2007
EBM PACS receives FDA OK
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
EBM Technologies of Taipei, Taiwan, said it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its multimodality Web-based UniWeb PACS.
July 30, 2007
Guardian extends USC collaboration
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology informatics firm Guardian Technologies International yesterday announced an extension of its collaboration with the Medical Imaging and Informatics Laboratory at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
July 30, 2007
Biofield licenses rights to Hong Kong firm's CAD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast technology developer Biofield of King of Prussia, PA, has licensed rights to its breast cancer detection technology to MacKay Group of Hong Kong.
July 30, 2007
AccuBoost lands Texas install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy developer AccuBoost of Billerica, MA, has installed one of its systems at Texas Cancer Clinic (TCC) in San Antonio.
July 29, 2007
Mammography effectively detects recurrent DCIS postradiotherapy
By Kate Madden Yee
Mammography proved to be 97% effective in detecting ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence in women who had undergone breast-conserving surgery with radiation therapy for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), according to a recent study that investigated the mammographic features, detection method, and stage of recurrence.
July 26, 2007
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Dilon lands Pittsburgh installation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound and breast imaging facility Weinstein Imaging Associates of Pittsburgh has installed scintimammography technology from Dilon Technologies of Newport News, VA.
July 24, 2007
Breast cancer radiotherapy parameters, patient age up chances of radiogenic lung damage
By Shalmali Pal
Last month Philadelphia-based researchers confirmed that the risk of cardiotoxicity in women undergoing breast radiotherapy was quite low. Unfortunately, the same can't be said for potential damage to the lungs. In a new paper, Hungarian oncotherapists found connections between patient age -- and other factors -- with the risk of early and late lung sequelae after conformal radiation treatment of breast cancer.
July 23, 2007
CAD still not out of the woods, despite Oregon payor's reversal
By Cynthia E. Keen
An Oregon insurance provider's decision to withdraw its proposal to cancel reimbursement for computer-aided detection is a short-term win for proponents of CAD technology. But whether the victory is longer lasting remains to be seen, as CAD proponents continue to grapple with the fallout from the New England Journal of Medicine article that prompted the Oregon cutbacks.
July 23, 2007
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