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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
Mercury touts 3D mammo reconstruction gains
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mercury Computer Systems said that image reconstruction time for the 3D mammography developed by partner Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston has been cut by five hours to five minutes.
March 3, 2005
CoActiv gets mammo approval for Exam-PACS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS firm CoActiv Medical Business Solutions has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance to deploy its Exam-PACS network for primary reading and storage of digital mammography exams.
March 2, 2005
InSiteOne launches breast archiving product
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Archiving services provider InSiteOne of Wallingford, CT, is launching a new archiving product targeted at breast imaging specialists at this week's National Consortium of Breast Centers meeting in Las Vegas.
February 28, 2005
Breast pad allows better images, higher patient volumes
By Shalmali Pal
Using a breast cushioning pad can improve breast positioning and increase the image acquisition, according to a poster presentation this week at the National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCBC) in Las Vegas.
February 28, 2005
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