Breast: Page 527

Breast MRI expert offers tips

By Brian Casey

Breast MRI is a powerful but often misunderstood technology that is just beginning to come into its own. Careful selection of when to use breast MRI can help breast imaging facilities make the most of this technique, according to Dr. Bruce Porter of First Hill Diagnostic Imaging in Seattle.

March 20, 2003

Tips and techniques make MRI feasible for breast centers

By Deborah R. Dakins

Breast MRI is a valuable problem-solving tool in breast imaging, but even this highly sensitive technique can be humbled. Exam timing, indications, and technique are critical to success, according to Dr. Bruce Porter, medical director of First Hill Diagnostic Imaging in Seattle.

March 19, 2003

Confirma partners with Sectra

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image processing firm Confirma will be integrating its CADstream breast MRI computer-aided detection software into PACS software from Sectra of Linkoping, Sweden.

March 17, 2003

Bycast completes BCCA image distribution network

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image distribution provider Bycast has completed an installation of its GRID storage software technology at the BC Cancer Agency (BCCA) in Vancouver, BC.

March 17, 2003

FDA approves small thermography camera

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

IX-DR of Howell, MI, has received Food and Drug Administration clearance for its Mark I Thermal Imager thermography camera.

March 13, 2003

Breast center enlists radiographers for first look at mammograms

By Brian Casey

VIENNA - A hospital in the U.K. is reporting good results from a program that has specially trained radiographers providing initial interpretations of screening mammograms.

March 10, 2003