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CTI names VP of international sales

Computerized Thermal Imaging has appointed Joseph Labenek as vice president of international sales.

February 7, 2001

Harkin will introduce bill to raise screening mammography payments

By Eric Barnes

Legislation to raise Medicare payments for mammography screening could be introduced in the U.S. Congress as early as next week, according to a spokesman for the bill's principal sponsor, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA). The legislation will also address a shortage of qualified mammography technologists.

February 5, 2001

Breast conference to address mammogram availability

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

As medical insurance cutbacks make it harder for women to get mammograms, breast cancer screening is facing a reimbursement crisis, according to the National Consortium of Breast Centers.

January 31, 2001

Del fires president, CFO of medical imaging group

Del Global Technologies has terminated both the president and chief financial officer of its Medical Systems Group.

January 30, 2001

Auto spot compression mammography could aid imaging of dense breast tissue

By Shalmali Pal

Investigators from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor are working on an automated spot compression mammography technique that could take the guesswork out of imaging women with dense breasts.

January 29, 2001

A year after breast conservation therapy, MRI shows high diagnostic confidence

By Shalmali Pal

For patients who have undergone breast conservation therapy, MRI may be the best bet for excluding lesions, but not for differentiating them, according to a researcher from University Hospital in Tuebingen, Germany.

January 25, 2001