Breast: Page 532

Mammography skills crisis needs concrete solutions
By Brian Casey
The debate over the quality of breast screening services flared anew this week after members of a U.S. Senate committee debated adding mandatory skills testing to the Mammography Quality Standards Act, which is up for reauthorization.
April 10, 2003
ACR pleased with Senate hearing on mammography
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
American College of Radiology officials are supporting voluntary self-assessment tests for mammographers, according to a statement released today.
April 9, 2003
Radiologists say training, not tests, will hone mammography skills
By Deborah R. Dakins
Better education and training, not regulation, are needed to improve mammography skills, according to radiologists reacting to a U.S. proposal to mandate periodic exams as a way of improving breast cancer screening.
April 9, 2003
R2, HPG sign deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection firm R2 Technology of Sunnyvale, CA, has signed a two-year, dual-source contract with Nashville, TN-based group purchasing organization HealthTrust Purchasing Group.
April 7, 2003
Siemens files PMA for FFDM system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA, has filed a premarket approval (PMA) application with the Food and Drug Administration for its first full-field digital mammography system, Mammomat NovationDR.
April 6, 2003
Planmed, SourceOne link up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mammography vendor Planmed of Addison, IL, and imaging equipment distributor SourceOne Healthcare Technologies have entered into an agreement to distribute Planmed’s line of products.
April 3, 2003
Confirma inks research deal with UCSD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-processing firm Confirma and the Robert M. Berk Magnetic Resonance Institute at the University of California, San Diego have signed an agreement to conduct research using Confirma’s CADstream system for breast MR image processing and analysis.
April 2, 2003
CADx inks deal with HPG
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer CADx Systems has signed a two-year, dual-source agreement to provide its Second Look mammography CAD system to group purchasing organization HealthTrust Purchasing Group (HPG) of Brentwood, TN.
March 31, 2003
iCAD delivers FFDM product
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection developer iCAD has made the European launch of CompanionCAD, a CAD system designed to work with full-field digital mammography (FFDM) units.
March 24, 2003
CADx and PenRad partner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection developer CADx Systems of Beavercreek, OH, and mammography management software developer PenRad Technologies of Plymouth, MN, have teamed up to integrate results from CADx’s Second Look CAD system with PenRad’s workstation.
March 24, 2003
Study questions predictive value of standard short-term follow-up for breast imaging
By Shalmali Pal
Dr. Shagufta Yasmeen from the University of California, Davis and colleagues looked at 2,957 mammograms for which a short-interval follow-up was recommended. Their concern was that "early recall for follow-up testing on screening mammography causes anxiety, psychological morbidity, and increased healthcare utilization in the year after a false-positive mammogram is reported."
March 20, 2003
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
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