Womens Imaging: Page 372

Mindray unwraps DC-8 ultrasound system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical equipment manufacturer Mindray Medical International will unveil its new DC-8 ultrasound system at the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists annual meeting to be held May 5-9 in San Diego.
May 3, 2012
QSUM unveils new gel ice packs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast biopsy accessories developer QSUM Biopsy Disposables has introduced a new customized gel ice pack and also the Mammo Ribbon gel ice pack.
May 3, 2012
ARRS: No family history no reason to deny breast screening
By Kate Madden Yee
More than half of women between the ages of 40 and 49 who are diagnosed with breast cancer on screening mammography report no family history of the disease, according to a study presented on Thursday at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) annual meeting.
May 3, 2012
DBT cuts recalls 40%; how to measure productivity; RADExpo on May 15
By Brian Casey
May 2, 2012
iCAD nets Calif. Xoft order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
iCAD has taken an order from the Pink Lotus Breast Center in Beverly Hills, CA, for the company's Xoft Axxent electronic brachytherapy system.
May 2, 2012
ARRS: Digital tomo cuts breast exam recall rates by 40%
By Cynthia E. Keen
Adding digital breast tomosynthesis to a screening mammography exam reduced recall rates for patients by 40% at Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, CT, according to a study presented on Thursday at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting.
May 2, 2012
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ARRS: Positive USNB cases need axillary dissection
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast cancer patients with positive ultrasound findings and a positive ultrasound-guided axillary node biopsy (USNB) should then receive axillary dissection, according to a study presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting.
May 2, 2012
ARRS: ABUS reduces interpretation time
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) studies need only an average of approximately three minutes of physician interpretation time, according to research presented Thursday at the annual American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting.
May 2, 2012
JAMA paper reignites debate over APBI treatment
By Cynthia E. Keen
The debate over the effectiveness of breast cancer treatment with accelerated partial-breast irradiation (APBI) brachytherapy has resurfaced with the publication of a paper critical of the technology in the May 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
April 30, 2012
Hologic posts Q2 results, $3.7B deal to buy Gen-Probe
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's imaging vendor Hologic swung to a net loss for the company's second quarter, despite 7% growth in the firm's revenues for the period. Separately, Hologic announced a $3.7 billion deal to buy diagnostics firm Gen-Probe.
April 29, 2012
Younger high-risk women may benefit from biennial breast screening
By Kate Madden Yee
For women between the ages of 40 and 49 who are at high risk for breast cancer, the benefits of mammography screening every other year outweigh the potential harms, according to a new study published in the May 1 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.
April 29, 2012
ARRS: ABVS ups cancer detection in Asian women
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An automated breast volume sonography (ABVS) system led to significantly improved breast cancer detection in Asian women, researchers from the Bangkok Breast Cancer Center in Thailand told attendees on Saturday at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting in Vancouver.
April 27, 2012
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