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Breast brachytherapy shows good results

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A study presented at this week's American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) meeting in Denver reported good results for accelerated partial-breast irradiation using balloon brachytherapy.

October 18, 2005

Sectra notches digital mammo install

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Swedish IT and medical device vendor Sectra has received an order for its MicroDose Mammography product from the Swedish private-care provider Medicinsk Röntgen.

October 17, 2005

Scintimammography-SPECT valid as secondary test for ambiguous breast cancer

By Shalmali Pal

Thus far, scintimammography's value has been proved in women with dense breasts or those who have breast cancer recurrence. Now researchers from Belgium have studied the impact of scintimammography in a clinical setting for women with inconclusive or contradictory results on routine breast imaging workup.

October 17, 2005

DOBI inks research deal with Dartmouth

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Optical breast imaging technology developer DOBI Medical International has signed a research agreement with the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH.

October 12, 2005

US-guided optical breast imaging separates benign from malignant tumors

By Shalmali Pal

When paired with other modalities, breast ultrasound can reduce the need for biopsy, but imaging lesions with sonography alone may not be reliable enough to completely bypass the procedure. By the same token, optical tomography reveals vital information on tumor angiogenesis and hypoxia, but imaging resolution is limited by technical issues. The combination of the two modalities may be the ticket to differentiating benign and malignant breast masses.

October 12, 2005

IDSI sells five scanners, posts net sales surge

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

CT laser mammography (CTLM) developer Imaging Diagnostic Systems sold a record five CTLM systems in its fiscal first quarter.

October 11, 2005

ACR's breast imaging accreditation expands on MQSA

Mammography facilities have raised concerns about the American College of Radiology's (ACR) breast imaging accreditation questionnaire, such as how to answer questions that ask for information not required by the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA). Priscilla Butler, senior director of the ACR's Breast Imaging Accreditation Programs, explains that some of these questions are for data collection purposes, but notes that facilities should not regard this information as unimportant.

October 10, 2005

Kodak repeats mammography theme for NASCAR

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Eastman Kodak Health Group will again be using its NASCAR sponsorship to promote the importance of annual mammograms.

October 9, 2005

iCAD debuts new TotalLook

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) and digitizer vendor iCAD has introduced TotalLook, a software and digitizer package aimed at aiding users in their conversion to digital mammography.

October 6, 2005

SoftScan trial under way

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Optical molecular imaging developer ART Advanced Research Technologies said that a clinical study of its SoftScan breast imaging system has begun at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

October 6, 2005

RamSoft gets mammo clearance

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canadian PACS vendor RamSoft has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for use of its PowerServer 4.0 software suite in digital mammography applications.

October 5, 2005

CAD boosts outcomes in regional screening program

By Erik L. Ridley

Computer-aided detection (CAD) can lead to higher breast cancer detection rates, a younger age at diagnosis, and a significantly earlier stage of invasive cancer at detection, according to research published in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

October 4, 2005

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