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Breast: Page 557
Breast clinic to begin R2 CAD study
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers at the Elizabeth Wende Breast Clinic in Rochester, NY will compare the accuracy of computer-aided detection (CAD) to that of radiologists in reading mammography studies.
May 13, 2001
Instrumentarium nets deal with Sharp HealthCare
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mammography vendor Instrumentarium Imaging has signed a three-year partnership agreement with San Diego healthcare delivery system Sharp HealthCare.
May 10, 2001
Fischer names Abboud to engineering post
X-ray and mammography firm Fischer Imaging has appointed Bill Abboud as vice president of engineering.
May 9, 2001
Compound ultrasound scores big in breast imaging
By
Dan Krotz
Compound ultrasound is better than conventional ultrasound when it comes to imaging breast masses, according to a pair of studies presented at the 2001 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine meeting in Orlando, FL.
May 8, 2001
Swedish trials reiterate mammography’s effectiveness for most women
By
Shalmali Pal
The latest news on long-term outcomes in the Swedish mammography trials is a mixed bag: The reported risk reduction of death from breast cancer was as high as 42% in one arm of the study. But overall, the effects of breast cancer screening on women ages 50-54 was not as promising.
May 7, 2001
Hologic files PMA for Lorad digital mammography system
By
Erik L. Ridley
Hologic has moved closer to its goal of commercializing a full-field digital mammography system. The Bedford, MA-based vendor has filed a premarket approval application with the Food and Drug Administration for its Lorad charge-coupled device (CCD)-based unit.
May 3, 2001
Speedier exam time gives digital mammography an edge over analog
By
Shalmali Pal
SEATTLE - Full-field digital mammography shaves crucial minutes off exam times when compared with screen-film procedures, resulting in higher productivity for breast imagers, according to Canadian researchers at the American Roentgen Ray Society conference on Thursday.
May 3, 2001
Practice makes perfect when it comes to stereotactic breast biopsy, according to ARRS paper
By
Shalmali Pal
SEATTLE - For radiologists looking to improve on their stereotactic breast biopsy skills, 15 and 20 could be the magic numbers, according to investigators from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
May 1, 2001
US compound imaging offers more breast lesion detail than traditional sonography
By
Shalmali Pal
SEATTLE - If you're looking for the posterior echo patterns of breast nodules, go with pulse-inversion harmonic ultrasound. If it’s the margin and internal echotexture of the nodule that you're after, compound harmonic imaging is the better bet.
April 30, 2001
Researchers join race to develop optical breast imaging device
By
Kate Madden Yee
While mammography remains the unchallenged gold standard for breast imaging, there is increasing interest in developing alternatives to x-ray-based techniques. Such technologies could provide clinical information useful for cancer screening, without mammography’s radiation exposure and breast compression.
April 26, 2001
Scantek plans European partnership
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast-sensor company Scantek has signed a letter of intent to form a European joint venture with Arturo Madariaga Mazzinghi, principal of Commercial Balear De Multipropiedad, of Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
April 26, 2001
Software pairs MRI and mammography to detect subtle pathology
By
Eric Barnes
A new image fusion method is being developed at the University of Oxford in the U.K. The technique matches dual-view mammograms with contrast-enhanced MRI images to correlate subtle pathological indicators that would otherwise be missed.
April 26, 2001
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