Womens Imaging: Page 163

Hologic joins forces with MagView

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Women's imaging vendor Hologic is partnering with mammography information systems developer MagViiew to develop automated software aimed at helping mammography facilities comply with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Enhancing Quality Using the Inspection Program guidance.

July 18, 2019

Breast pain may not need imaging workup

By Kate Madden Yee

Patients with isolated breast pain may not need imaging workup beyond regular screening mammography, according to a new study published online July 15 in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.

July 18, 2019

PET shows how women are more susceptible to Alzheimer's

By Wayne Forrest

PET images have uncovered consistently greater accumulation of tau protein in the brains of women compared with men, bolstering the current knowledge on how one's sex might affect a progression to dementia, according to a study presented at this week's Alzheimer's Association International Conference.

July 17, 2019

Preop breast MRI forecasts positive tumor margins

By Kate Madden Yee

Preoperative breast MRI features such as multifocal disease, a nonmass enhancement lesion, and greater background parenchymal enhancement can help forecast positive or close margins at breast-conserving surgery, according to a new study published in the August issue of the European Journal of Radiology.

July 15, 2019

Synthesized 2D mammography equal to FFDM, with a caveat

By Kate Madden Yee

The visibility of screen-detected cancers is generally equal to or higher on synthesized 2D mammography when compared with full-field digital mammography (FFDM), but caution should be used when evaluating asymmetries and lesions less than 2 cm in size, according to a new study published online July 12 in Academic Radiology.

July 14, 2019

ABVS distinguishes malignant from benign breast lesions

By Kate Madden Yee

The automated breast volume scanner (ABVS) performs just as well as handheld ultrasound for distinguishing between malignant and benign breast lesions, according to a literature review published in the August issue of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology.

July 14, 2019

FDA clears Koios Medical's breast cancer software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Koios Medical's machine-learning software for the classification and diagnosis of breast cancer.

July 10, 2019

CMR Molecular wins Egyptian breast PET install

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

CMR Molecular Imaging has signed a contract with an Egyptian imaging center network for one of its breast PET systems.

July 10, 2019

Men need breast cancer screening too

By Kate Madden Yee

Men at increased risk for breast cancer need regular screening mammography just as their female counterparts do, according to a new study published online July 6 in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.

July 9, 2019

Preop breast MRI improves DCIS surgical planning

By Kate Madden Yee

Preoperative breast MRI improves the surgical planning and outcomes of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), according to a new study published online July 5 in Academic Radiology.

July 8, 2019

Siemens wins Canadian license for Mammomat Revelation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthineers has received a license from Health Canada for the sale of its Mammomat Revelation digital mammography system.

July 7, 2019

Should elderly patients continue cancer screening?

By Kate Madden Yee

Many current cancer screening guidelines recommend against screening adults with less than 10 years of life expectancy. But clinicians often have difficulty communicating to elderly patients that screening isn't necessary anymore, according to two studies -- one published in the June issue of Gerontologist and the other in the Journal of General Internal Medicine on May 14.

July 7, 2019

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