Breast: Page 501

Hologic, UCLA to collaborate
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's imaging developer Hologic has signed a collaborative research agreement with the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles.
July 13, 2004
Confirma adds RadNet to client base
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection MRI developer Confirma of Kirkland, WA, has been chosen by California medical imaging provider RadNet as its exclusive breast MRI CAD system.
July 13, 2004
IDSI names Picker vet Hansen as CEO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CT laser mammography developer Imaging Diagnostic Systems of Plantation, FL, has named Tim Hansen as its new chief executive officer.
July 12, 2004
iCAD, Siemens sign distribution deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer iCAD of Nashua, NH, and Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA, have signed a three-year worldwide licensing and distribution agreement.
July 7, 2004
Varian, Proxima team up for partial breast irradiation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Varian Medical Systems and Proxima Therapeutics have formed an alliance. Under the terms of the deal, Proxima of Alpharetta, GA, will become the exclusive distributor of the Palo Alto, CA-based vendor's MammoSource HDR brachytherapy afterloader.
July 6, 2004
GE, Confirma partner on MR mammo CAD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE will be integrating Confirma's technology into its MRI systems.
June 30, 2004
Fuji finds success with breast density quantification
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fuji has a new algorithm that could be applied to automatically calculate and classify the density of breast tissue in CR mammography.
June 30, 2004
Siemens gets FDA nod for digital mammo
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions has received an approvable letter from the Food and Drug Administration for its Mammomat Novation DR full-field digital mammography system
June 30, 2004
Honing MRI, PET/CT protocols for larger patients
By Shalmali Pal
Excess body weight has been linked to a number of serious health complications, such as obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and a menu of cancers. It's a safe bet that imaging specialists are going to have to contend with these heavier patients at some point. Two recent papers focused on the role of weight-related imaging.
June 29, 2004
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Mamassist inks CAD deal with MedAssets
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CAD services provider Mamassist of Statesville, NC, has signed an agreement with group purchasing organization MedAssets of Atlanta.
June 28, 2004
In Canada, breast screening programs yield better outcomes
By Eric Barnes
MONTREAL - As in the rest of the world, breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer among Canadian women. But Canada has comprehensive breast cancer screening programs in each of its provinces and territories save for Nunavut. Could this enormous national screening and follow-up effort, begun in 1992, be part of the reason death rates are starting to fall?
June 25, 2004
Totoku gets FDA OK for flat-panel display
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Display manufacturer Totoku Electric has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for the use of its ME511L five-megapixel flat-panel display in the diagnostic reading of mammography images in PACS applications.
June 23, 2004
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