Womens Imaging: Page 410

PEM more specific than MRI for presurgical breast cancer planning

By Kate Madden Yee

CHICAGO - Positron emission mammography (PEM) is more specific than breast MRI for presurgical planning of the ipsilateral breast in women with breast cancer. And this specificity could mean fewer unnecessary biopsies, researchers report.

November 29, 2010

Uncertainty trumps riskiness in raising waiting room anxiety

By Edward Susman

CHICAGO - Women waiting to undergo a breast cancer biopsy suffer more anxiety than those waiting to undergo palliative cancer procedures, according to a study from Harvard Medical School presented at the RSNA meeting.

November 29, 2010

Real Time Tomography, NVIDIA team up

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Real Time Tomography debuted its new AndaraGPU breast image processing software at this week's RSNA meeting in Chicago. The software is designed to speed image reconstruction and improve clinical workflow in breast imaging, according to the Philadelphia-based firm.

November 28, 2010

Siemens sets RSNA pace with PET/MRI, FFDM, CT dose reduction

By Brian Casey and Wayne Forrest

CHICAGO - A new hybrid PET/MRI scanner, as well as a recently cleared full-field digital mammography (FFDM) system and new CT dose-reduction packages, are pacing the RSNA launches in the booth of Siemens Healthcare of Malvern, PA.

November 28, 2010

Texas Breast Specialists adds Naviscan PEM

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Texas Breast Specialists has added PET developer Naviscan's positron emission mammography (PEM) technology to its services.

November 28, 2010

Preoperative breast MRI doesn't raise overall mastectomy rate

By Kate Madden Yee

CHICAGO - Increased use of preoperative breast MRI does not raise the overall mastectomy rate, according to researchers from the University of Genoa in Italy -- good news as the modality comes under scrutiny as a tool for diagnosing and managing breast cancer in high-risk populations.

November 27, 2010