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Many radiologists favor double reading over mammo CAD
By Erik L. Ridley
While mammography computer-aided detection (CAD) software has been proliferating in the U.S., double reading is thought to be in decline. Even so, many radiologists still believe that double reading yields a higher cancer detection rate than CAD, according to a study in the October issue of Academic Radiology.
September 22, 2010
Medipattern awarded U.S. patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) software developer Medipattern has received a U.S. patent for the core technology behind its CAD products.
September 21, 2010
Electronic breast brachytherapy does well for APBI and IORT
By Cynthia E. Keen
A pair of recently published studies reported encouraging outcomes for electronic brachytherapy, a relatively new technology that offers the possibility of performing more sophisticated breast radiation therapy without the radiation shielding requirements used in more conventional external-beam treatments.
September 21, 2010
ACR launches mammo education campaign
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has launched a campaign devoted to helping women determine when and how often they should receive mammograms.
September 20, 2010
Fuji signs St. Joseph's Hospital
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fujifilm Medical Systems USA has installed a complete turnkey digital imaging package at St. Joseph's Hospital in Elmira, NY.
September 15, 2010
Indicted Ga. technologist surrenders to authorities
By Kate Madden Yee
A radiologic technologist charged with submitting false mammogram results during her tenure at a Georgia hospital has turned herself in and is being held without bond at the Houston County, GA, detention center.
September 13, 2010
U-Systems somo.v nets EU clearance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound developer U-Systems has received approval to market its somo.v automated breast ultrasound system as an adjunct to mammography for screening asymptomatic women for breast cancer in the European Union.
September 12, 2010
Whole-breast ultrasound tomography shows promise
By Erik L. Ridley
Whole-breast ultrasound tomography has much to offer the world of breast imaging, with resolution approaching that of breast MRI, according to researchers from the Karmanos Cancer Institute at Wayne State University in Detroit.
September 12, 2010
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Ga. mammo tech indicted; radiation risk and pregnant women
By Brian Casey
September 8, 2010
Technologist indicted over false mammo results
By Kate Madden Yee
A radiologic technologist at a Georgia hospital has been indicted on 20 charges of submitting false mammogram results by marking mammography studies as completed even though they hadn't been reviewed by a physician.
September 8, 2010
Midtreatment boost during WBRT reduces skin dermatitis
By Cynthia E. Keen
A radiation boost scheduled midway through whole-breast radiation therapy (WBRT) for breast cancer patients significantly reduced the occurrence of grade III dermatitis, according to a study published in the August 1 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
September 8, 2010
CT and nuclear med radiation doses pose minimal risk to fetus
By Cynthia E. Keen
When a pregnant woman needs to undergo a CT or nuclear medicine procedure, the risk that her fetus will develop cancer as a child is less than one-tenth of 1%, according to a population-based cohort study of 1.8 million maternal-child pairs living in Ontario, Canada.
September 7, 2010
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