Womens Imaging: Page 357

Komen mammography campaign criticized
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Professors from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice have criticized Susan G. Komen for the Cure's advertising campaign promoting mammography exams, claiming that the ads are inaccurate and generate false hope about mammography's benefits, in a commentary published online today in BMJ.
August 1, 2012
iCAD reports Q2 financial results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm iCAD reported a decline in revenue for its second quarter but reduced both its net loss and operating expenses, thus citing mixed results.
August 1, 2012
AAPM: Spectral mammography could measure breast density
By Kate Madden Yee
Spectral mammography used during breast screening can measure tissue density with high accuracy -- potentially improving the assessment of breast cancer risk, according to research presented at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) annual meeting in Charlotte, NC.
August 1, 2012
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Hologic completes Gen-Probe buy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's imaging vendor Hologic has completed its acquisition of Gen-Probe for a total net purchase price of approximately $3.8 billion, making Gen-Probe a wholly owned subsidiary.
July 31, 2012
JACR: Pakistani women face barriers to breast health
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Among most women in Pakistan, there is limited awareness of breast cancer occurrence, detection, and screening practices, or of the importance of breast self-exams and clinical breast exams, according to a study in the August issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
July 31, 2012
AAPM: Stationary DBT boosts resolution, scan speed
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Replacing the rotating mammography x-ray tube of a digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) device with a stationary design increases the system's spatial resolution and reduces scanning time, according to data presented on July 31 at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) annual meeting.
July 31, 2012
Naviscan brings PEM to Japan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET developer Naviscan has received Shonin approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare to market its high-resolution PET technology, including its positron emission mammography (PEM) breast application.
July 30, 2012
Hologic revenue up, net income down in Q3
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Service revenue related to its installed base of full-field digital mammography systems powered women's imaging vendor Hologic to higher revenue in the company's third quarter of fiscal 2012.
July 29, 2012
Sectra to distribute Merge CAD software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS firm Sectra has inked a deal with Merge Healthcare to distribute the healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer's CADstream computer-aided detection (CAD) software.
July 29, 2012
Faxitron donates to breast cancer care in Latin America
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Specimen radiography vendor Faxitron will donate $500,000 worth of equipment and financial assistance toward improving the standard of care in breast cancer diagnosis across Latin America, the company said on Friday at the Inter-American Breast Cancer Conference in Cancun, Mexico.
July 26, 2012
iCAD debuts new mammo CAD platform
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm iCAD has unveiled its next-generation mammography CAD system, PowerLook Advanced Mammography Platform.
July 23, 2012
ABUS equals MRI as screening option for dense tissue
By Kate Madden Yee
Automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) shows promise as a cost-effective adjunct screening modality compared to MRI for women who have dense breast tissue at mammography, according to a study published this month in the Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography.
July 23, 2012
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