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Fuji CR mammo approval offers new option for breast imaging

By Kate Madden Yee

Fujifilm Medical Systems USA announced today that the FDA has given final approval to its premarket approval (PMA) application for a full-field digital mammography (FFDM) system based on computed radiography (CR) technology. The approval gives breast imaging facilities a new option for going digital that should prove to be more economical than FFDM systems currently on the market, according to this Technology Review article.

July 10, 2006

Hologic to sell Fischer biopsy assets to Siemens

By Brian Casey

Women's imaging vendor Hologic has signed a consent order with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to sell the breast biopsy assets it recently acquired from Fischer Imaging. Hologic has agreed to sell the assets to the parent company of Siemens Medical Solutions as part of the consent order.

July 6, 2006

Triumph helps build modular MA breast center

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Modular building firm Triumph Modular Construction of Littleton, MA, has completed installation of a new $1.2 million digital mammography center at Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge, MA.

July 6, 2006

CAD interval change analysis boosts mammogram accuracy

By Erik L. Ridley

Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology with an interval change classifier can improve the accuracy of radiologists in differentiating between benign and malignant breast lesions, according to an article in Radiology. An interval change classifier utilizes change information extracted from prior and current mammograms and estimates a malignancy rating.

July 6, 2006

Breast MR falls short for microcalcifications, but CAD helps in malignancies

By Shalmali Pal

Two new studies further examine the use of MRI for breast imaging. Researchers with the Italian Trial for Breast MRI of Microcalcifications tested dynamic MRI for evaluating microcalcifications that were deemed suspicious on mammography. Meanwhile, U.S. investigators compared the accuracy of breast MRI interpretation with and without a CAD system.

July 2, 2006

Planmed submits PMA for Nuance FFDM

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Planmed of Roselle, IL, has submitted a premarket approval (PMA) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Planmed Nuance full-field digital mammography (FFDM) system.

June 29, 2006

Breast CAD takes aim at architectural distortion

By Eric Barnes

OSAKA - Researchers from Japan and Canada discussed their prototype CAD systems for detecting and evaluating architectural distortions on mammograms at the Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) meeting on Thursday. Their success was dimmed by a relatively high rate of false positives, but the groups also found some cancers that mass-based systems overlooked.

June 29, 2006

Enhancing breast positioning, tissue acquisition with cushioning pad

The amount of breast tissue captured in a mammogram can make a crucial difference in detecting breast cancer. Yet tissue acquisition frequently is less than optimal. Using a cushioning pad in combination with breast positioning training for technologists can improve breast positioning and tissue acquisition.

June 26, 2006

Easing the pressure of compression for patients

Compression during a mammography examination can be very painful for some patients, due to breast sensitivity or a heightened perception of pain from anxiety and embarrassment. But some simple steps can help reduce patient discomfort during the exam.

June 26, 2006

Breast CAD put to the test in high-volume community practice

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

Computer-aided detection (CAD) for mammography has demonstrated its utility in a number of studies since its introduction in 1998. In what may be the largest test for the technology to date, radiologists at a hospital-based community practice in San Francisco used CAD in more than 100,000 consecutive screening mammograms at a single site over a period of 46 months.

June 25, 2006

Study: Few older American women get mammos

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The rate of mammography screening among elderly American women is significantly lower than what the women themselves are reporting.

June 22, 2006

ART files with Health Canada

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canadian optical molecular imaging developer ART Advanced Research Technologies said it has filed a Medical Device License Application with Health Canada to begin the commercialization of its SoftScan breast imaging device.

June 21, 2006

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