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Siemens, Komen Foundation partner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation have collaborated to launch a Web site designed to promote mammography screening compliance.
October 1, 2006
Hologic expands European HQ
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's imaging vendor Hologic of Bedford, MA, has expanded its European headquarters, which also includes the company's service and parts depot and training center.
October 1, 2006
Private parts: Breast cancer screening and HIPAA compliance
By Shalmali Pal
What happens when a patient's emotional issues surrounding breast cancer screening come face-to-face with an imaging center's legal requirements surrounding HIPAA? AuntMinnie.com asked this question of Robert Tennant, a senior policy advisor in health informatics at the Washington, DC, office of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). Tennant offered his thoughts on how breast imaging centers can gain their patients' trust by making privacy paramount.
October 1, 2006
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Sectra receives FFDM sale from Swedish county
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Östergkötland County Council in Sweden will purchase $2.2 million in digital mammography systems from Sectra of Linköping, Sweden.
September 28, 2006
CAD boosts single reading of mammograms
By Erik L. Ridley
Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology can improve the performance of single reading of screening mammograms to match that of double reading, but it may also increase recall rates, according to U.K. researchers in a study published in the October issue of Radiology.
September 28, 2006
GAO finds U.S. mammo services on the decline
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
More mammography facilities have closed rather than opened in recent years, according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).
September 27, 2006
IDSI builds distribution network
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CT laser mammography (CTLM) developer Imaging Diagnostic Systems (IDSI) said it has signed three exclusive distributors and added five countries to its global distribution network.
September 25, 2006
Kodak shows mammo CR CAD at BIC show
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Eastman Kodak Health Group is showing a computer-aided detection (CAD) system as a work-in-progress for its computed radiography-based mammography platform at this week's Breast Imaging Conference (BIC) in Las Vegas.
September 25, 2006
iCAD releases new software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm iCAD has released version 7.2 of its CAD software.
September 20, 2006
Hold the parmesan: Eggplant doubles as low-cost breast phantom
By Shalmali Pal
Yes, that is an eggplant in the biopsy device. According to a report in the October American Journal of Roentgenology, this perennial fruit (also known as aubergine or brinjal) looks and feels so much like breast tissue, it can substitute for a pricey phantom in training exercises for residents.
September 18, 2006
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Dual-time-point PET spots local, distant breast metastases
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Dual-time-point FDG-PET can aid in the differentiation of malignant from normal tissue in the breast, as well as in the detection of locoregional and distant metastasis from primary breast cancer, according to scientists from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The technique involves scanning a patient at two distinct time intervals in order to quantify radiotracer uptake.
September 13, 2006
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CIVCO debuts new Mammotome cover
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound and radiotherapy vendor CIVCO Medical Solutions has introduced a newly designed Mammotome cover.
September 11, 2006
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