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Aurora secures financing

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Breast MRI technology developer Aurora Imaging Technology has closed on a credit facility with Bank of America.

July 18, 2005

New draft of MQSA up for public review

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a draft of its modifications and additions to the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA). Comments on this latest version must be submitted within 90 days of July 15 to the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH).

July 14, 2005

Part I: Computer-aided detection marking new targets

By Wayne Forrest

When healthcare practitioners think of computer-aided detection (CAD) technology today, they usually consider using it with mammography for early breast cancer detection. As technology and research progress, however, there is a developing consensus among radiologists that CAD can aid in uncovering abnormalities in applications such as breast MRI, lung cancer screening, and virtual colonoscopy exams.

July 13, 2005

Infrared Sciences launches clinical study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Digital infrared imaging developer Infrared Sciences has begun a clinical study of its Sentinel BreastScan imaging system with the New York-Presbyterian Hospital and the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City.

July 12, 2005

iCAD, SourceOne renew contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer iCAD of Nashua, NH, and healthcare products distributor SourceOne Healthcare Technologies of Mentor, OH, have signed an extended two-year U.S. distribution agreement.

July 11, 2005

Fischer names new CEO

Fischer Imaging has promoted COO Steven Durnil to president and CEO, effective immediately.

July 10, 2005

Small hepatic lesions mostly benign in female breast cancer patients

By N. Shivapriya

In female breast cancer patients, interval follow-up imaging rather than imaging workup or biopsy should be performed for hepatic lesions that are "too small to characterize" (TSTC) on CT. More so if it is stage 0 breast cancer and there are no clinical findings supporting suspicion of liver metastasis, according to recommendations by researchers from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

July 10, 2005

Digital mammography presents PACS challenges

Implementing digital mammography requires a reasonable understanding of the challenges that a breast imaging facility must deal with in managing digital images compared to film-screen. Any PACS investment that includes digital mammography requires that the special needs of mammography versus other modalities be given careful consideration.

July 7, 2005

Ultrasound useful for evaluating early-stage breast cancer after chemo

By Erik L. Ridley

Sonography can play a role in detecting residual primary breast malignancy in patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy, yielding high sensitivity for tumors 7 mm or larger, according to an article published in the July issue of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

July 5, 2005

Digital mammo with CAD requires sharp eye for false negatives

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

In the past few years, traditional film-screen and digital mammography has benefited by the application of computer-aided detection (CAD) software. Although studies have shown that CAD use can increase the detection of early-stage malignancies, radiologist experience is needed to reduce the number of false negatives to a minimum, according to researchers from Italy.

June 29, 2005

Fischer/Hologic deal spells end for SenoScan FFDM unit

By Kate Madden Yee

Fischer Imaging of Denver surprised industry observers last week when it announced plans to sell its mammography intellectual property to Bedford, MA-based Hologic for $32 million. The deal will likely mean the end of Fischer's SenoScan full-field digital mammography (FFDM) product and effectively ends Fischer's participation in the mammography market.

June 29, 2005

Mammography use in U.S. meets national goals, study shows

By Shalmali Pal

The majority of women in the U.S. are maintaining their end of the bargain and undergoing breast cancer screening on a regular basis, according to a study on mammography utilization in the American Journal of Health Promotion. However, certain subgroups of women are still not meeting national screening goals.

June 29, 2005

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