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RealTimeImage gets additional Prism clearance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image distribution technology provider RealTimeImage has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance to market its iPACS Prism v5.0 PACS network for primary mammography reading.
March 20, 2005
Sectra installs FFDM units at Swedish hospitals
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical technology firm Sectra has inked deals to install its Sectra MicroDose Mammography full-field digital mammography system at three hospitals in southeastern Sweden.
March 17, 2005
Mediscience inks R&D deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Photonic cancer detection device developer Mediscience Technology of Cherry Hill, NJ, has entered into a research and development agreement with the Research Foundation of City University of New York (RF-CUNY).
March 16, 2005
Suros gets FDA clearance for breast tissue removal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer Suros Surgical Systems has received additional Food and Drug Administration clearance for its ATEC breast biopsy system.
March 16, 2005
Planmed inks China screening deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mammography vendor Planmed of Roselle, IL, will supply more than 100 mammography systems, many equipped with stereotactic biopsy devices, for a breast cancer screening project in China.
March 14, 2005
Canadian breast cancer survey reveals patient hardship
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A recent study of women in Canada found that many had to travel more than 200 km (124.3 miles) to receive breast cancer treatment, according to the Canadian Breast Cancer Network (CBCN).
March 14, 2005
CAD offers promising second opinion, even in dense breasts
By Shalmali Pal
Advanced imaging techniques, such as computer-aided detection (CAD), can improve breast cancer detection, according to two new studies. The first examined how CAD performed in evaluating dense breast tissue, while the other put computer analysis to the test against clinical breast MR readings for characterizing lesions.
March 14, 2005
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DOBI reports year-end results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Optical breast imaging developer DOBI Medical International of Mahwah, NJ, reported financial results for fiscal 2004 that show the development-stage company beginning to generate revenue for the first time.
March 13, 2005
FDA denies Biofield regulatory request
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has turned down an appeal from breast technology developer Biofield that would have made it easier for the Atlanta-based company to get its flagship product through the regulatory approval process.
March 8, 2005
Breast MRI OK immediately following biopsy
By Shalmali Pal
There's no reason to delay breast MR after biopsy as the latter procedure does not hamper the modality's sensitivity to cancer size, according to a study in the Journal of Women's Imaging.
March 8, 2005
Anode/filter combination enables lower dose in FFDM
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
VIENNA - The overarching goal of all radiography is to produce high-quality images with the lowest possible radiation dose to the patient. Research unveiled on Sunday at the European Congress of Radiology presented evidence that varying the anode/filter combination can affect both image quality and patient dose in full-field digital mammography (FFDM).
March 5, 2005
US elastography shows promise as mammography adjunct
By Brian Casey
VIENNA - A pair of presentations at Friday's European Congress of Radiology demonstrated good results for ultrasound elastography, a new technique that measures the stiffness of breast tissue as a possible indicator of tumor malignancy.
March 4, 2005
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