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Mammography CAD beats double reading in Norwegian study

By Erik L. Ridley

Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology may improve the breast cancer detection rate for full-field digital mammography (FFDM) and film-screen mammography exams in facilities employing double reading, according to a new study by researchers in Norway.

February 1, 2007

Hologic revenues surge in Q1

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Record sales of its Selenia full-field digital mammography (FFDM) systems helped propel Hologic to record revenues and earnings in its 2007 fiscal first quarter.

January 30, 2007

NovaRad gets mammo clearance

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS vendor NovaRad has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for reading and interpreting mammography studies on its NovaPACS product.

January 23, 2007

Hansen re-ups with IDSI

CT laser mammography (CTLM) developer Imaging Diagnostic Systems (IDSI) has renewed the contract of CEO Tim Hansen through January 2010.

January 22, 2007

Sectra receives first Spanish mammo order

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Swedish healthcare technology and device developer Sectra has received an order from Clinica Tesla, a mammography clinic in Alicante, Spain, for the Linkoping-based firm's full-field MicroDose digital mammography system.

January 21, 2007

Kodak, Confirma ink deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Eastman Kodak Health Group and computer-aided detection (CAD) developer Confirma have signed an integration and reseller agreement.

January 16, 2007

Isilon signs Texas center chain

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Digital storage developer Isilon Systems of Seattle said that the Austin Radiological Association (ARA) has deployed its Isilon IQ storage system for storing digital mammography images.

January 15, 2007

Global Resource files microwave thermotherapy patent

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Global Resource, a West Berlin, NJ-based microwave device developer, reported that it has completed its filing for U.S. and international patents for microwave thermotherapy technology for treating cancerous tumors, particularly breast tumors.

January 15, 2007

GE lands Mississippi Senographe install

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., has completed installation of its DS Senographe digital mammography product at Oceans Springs Hospital in Ocean Springs, MS.

January 11, 2007

Breast MR shows exceptional sensitivity for spotting DCIS

By Shalmali Pal

MRI has been unfairly labeled as insensitive for diagnosing ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). In fact, DCIS cases found on MR are reflective of an advanced biological disease profile and not necessarily overdiagnosis, according to researchers in Germany. They performed a study of more than 5,000 women, comparing MRI to mammography for DCIS diagnosis.

January 11, 2007

Breast imagers have the edge, but general rads hold their own in mammo reads

By Shalmali Pal

In a community practice setting, breast imaging specialists detect more cancers than general radiologists who do some mammographic interpretation, but the major difference ends there, according to a study in the American Journal of Roentgenology. The San Francisco-based investigators also found that both readers identified more early-stage, favorable-prognosis cancers in the screening population.

January 10, 2007

Part 3 - Learn how to enhance breast MRI image processing workflow

Join Dr. Steven Harms and Aurora Imaging Technology for a free, sponsor-supplied Online Symposium discussing how the AuroraCAD™ system enhances your breast MRI viewing and image processing workflow.

January 10, 2007

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