Womens Imaging: Page 178

Sectra secures NC contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS provider Sectra has won a contract with Charlotte Radiology of North Carolina to install its Sectra PACS for breast imaging software in 15 of the company's breast centers.

January 9, 2019

QT Ultrasound launches commercial scanning centers

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound technology developer QT Ultrasound has opened three commercial breast scanning centers that will feature its QTscan breast imaging technology.

January 9, 2019

Cancer death rates decline, but economic gap remains

By Kate Madden Yee

The overall cancer death rate in the U.S. dropped by 27% over the past 25 years, but more needs to be done to reduce deaths among Americans of lower socioeconomic status, according to a report from the American Cancer Society published online January 7 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

January 8, 2019

IZI buys Cook biopsy, breast localization needle assets

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional radiology technology provider IZI Medical Products has purchased several soft-tissue biopsy and breast localization needle assets from interventional technology developer Cook Medical.

January 7, 2019

Can prenatal ultrasound predict Zika infection outcomes?

By Kate Madden Yee

Abnormal results on prenatal ultrasound scans in women infected with the Zika virus may help predict how the virus will affect the fetus after birth -- but they can't be considered definitive, according to a study published online December 28 in JAMA Network Open.

January 7, 2019

Hologic looks forward to revenue growth in Q1

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Women's imaging firm Hologic reported increases in revenue in its first-quarter preliminary results due to large growth in its molecular diagnostics, U.S. breast health, and international businesses.

January 6, 2019

Use mammography to leverage CT lung cancer screening

By Kate Madden Yee

Breast cancer screening offers radiology practices the opportunity to encourage women to get screened for lung cancer and receive smoking cessation counseling, according to research delivered at the RSNA 2018 meeting.

January 1, 2019

False positives boost a woman's breast cancer risk

By Kate Madden Yee

Women who have a false-positive result on a screening mammography exam have twice the risk of being diagnosed with a screen-detected or interval breast cancer later compared with women with a negative result, according to a study published on December 19 in the British Journal of Cancer.

December 19, 2018

Are better clinical results from DBT worth the cost?

By Kate Madden Yee

The transition from digital mammography to digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) for routine breast cancer screening has its benefits, such as lower recall rates and better cancer detection. But DBT also leads to higher healthcare costs, according to research presented at the recent RSNA 2018 meeting.

December 13, 2018

U.K. study underscores mammography's effectiveness

By Kate Madden Yee

Breast cancer screening with digital mammography is effective at finding life-threatening cancers early without increasing recall rates, according to a study published December 11 in Radiology. The findings offer further evidence of the benefits of routine screening mammography.

December 13, 2018

AuntMinnie.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Kate Madden Yee

December 11, 2018

Dual-energy mammography plus AI could reduce biopsies

By Kate Madden Yee

A new mammography technique that uses an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to map the biological tissue composition of tumors on dual-energy mammography images could help reduce unnecessary biopsies, according to a study published online December 11 in Radiology.

December 11, 2018

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