Breast: Page 509

Cedara, Medipattern team up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian medical imaging software developer Cedara Software has formed a strategic partnership with computer-aided-detection developer Medipattern.
June 16, 2004
Sectra acquires rest of Mamea
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra has purchased the remaining shares in its digital mammography unit, Mamea Imaging.
June 15, 2004
Barco mammo display gets FDA OK
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Monitor provider Barco has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) marketing clearance for its cathode ray tube-based MGD 521M dedicated mammography display.
June 14, 2004
ACR rejects Institute of Medicine's mammo tech proposal
By Tracie L. Thompson
The Washington, DC-based institute had not even released its report last week before the American College of Radiology sent out a press statement announcing its opposition to the reading suggestion. The proposal is one of 10 recommendations made in an IOM report titled "Saving Women's Lives: Strategies for Improving Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis."
June 14, 2004
Reports to FDA allege damage to breast implants during screening
By Shalmali Pal
When a woman with breast implants arrives for mammography, there's a chance the imaging specialists will have to contend with a rupture, leakage, or at the very least, more demanding positioning requirements. But how often do adverse events involving breast implants occur during mammography?
June 14, 2004
Fischer signs San Francisco General
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's imaging vendor Fischer Imaging will be installing three of its SenoScan full-field digital mammography (FFDM) systems and two physician-review workstations at the Avon Foundation Comprehensive Breast Center at San Francisco General Hospital.
June 9, 2004
DOBI reaches agreement with FDA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Optical imaging developer DOBI Medical International has reached agreement with the Food and Drug Administration on a clinical study to be conducted with regard to a pre-market approval (PMA) application.
June 7, 2004
MRI shows strength in breast tumor detection and quantification
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
NEW ORLEANS - Data from the International Breast MRI Consortium (IBMC), presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting, showed MRI to be significantly better than traditional mammography for detecting the presence and extent of disease in patients who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.
June 6, 2004
Dilon gets second chance with release of scintimammography unit
By Kate Madden Yee
Not many companies get a second chance at commercial success. But after nearly going out of business just a few years ago, gamma camera developer Dilon Technologies appears to have beaten the odds with the commercial introduction of a new dedicated scintimammography system.
June 6, 2004
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iCAD, Confirma form mammo/MR alliance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer iCAD of Nashua, NH, and MRI CAD developer Confirma of Kirkland, WA, have formed a strategic alliance, the firms reported.
June 2, 2004
Fischer obtains $4.25 million payment, CE Mark reinstated
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's imaging vendor Fischer Imaging of Denver said it has reached an agreement with Thermo Electron of Waltham, MA, to accelerate remaining payments owed the firm from a 2002 patent settlement into a single payment of $4.25 million.
June 2, 2004
iCAD gets FDA nod for Second Look 200
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection developer iCAD has received Food and Drug Administration clearance for its Second Look 200 breast cancer CAD system.
June 2, 2004
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