Womens Imaging: Page 432

U-Systems raises $10M for trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound developer U-Systems has raised $10 million in funding that will be used toward its somo-InSIGHT clinical study to evaluate ultrasound breast screening in women with dense breasts.
March 25, 2010
Aspyra gets FDA nod for mammo capability
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT firm Aspyra has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for digital mammography viewing capabilities on its AccessNet PACS.
March 23, 2010
NovaRad installs PACS in Ky.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RIS and PACS vendor NovaRad has installed its NovaPACS at women's clinics Partners in Women's Health and Advocates for Women's Health, both in Louisville.
March 22, 2010
Breast cancer risk assessment starts with the right questions
By Kate Madden Yee
To effectively care for women at high risk for breast cancer, screening must become much more tailored, taking into account individual women's risk factors and using additional imaging modalities if necessary, according to a researcher from the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville.
March 22, 2010
Closer follow-up reduces postmammography diagnosis delays
By Kate Madden Yee
For low-income women with abnormal mammograms, using a case management approach for follow-up is an effective tool that can deliver a more timely diagnostic resolution, according to a study published online March 16 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
March 21, 2010
Naviscan teams with Alliance Imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services firm Alliance Imaging will provide positron emission mammography imaging services in Florida through San Diego-based PET developer Naviscan.
March 21, 2010
Can DBT unseat MRI for screening high-risk women?
By Kate Madden Yee
Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) has the potential to be a useful tool for screening women with dense breasts. But the fact that it adds more radiation exposure is problematic, especially when compared to MRI, according to a speaker at this week's National Consortium of Breast Centers conference in Las Vegas.
March 21, 2010
AuntMinnie.com Women's Imaging Insider
By Kate Madden Yee
March 17, 2010
MRI finds undetected tumors in second breast of older women
By Wayne Forrest
Postmenopausal women who have been newly diagnosed with cancer in one breast have higher cancer detection rates when the other breast is scanned for tumors with MRI compared to premenopausal women, according to a new study in the Breast Journal.
March 16, 2010
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Cryotherapy successfully freezes breast cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Using image-guided multiprobe cryotherapy, researchers in Detroit have successfully frozen breast cancer in patients who refused surgery, and, as a result, the women did not have to undergo surgery after treatment to ensure that the tumors had been killed.
March 15, 2010
Costs deflate Sectra's Q3 profit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Increased costs on the development of new radiological IT systems cut into the profit margin of Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra in its third fiscal quarter of 2010.
March 15, 2010
Orbital Therapy finishes prototype
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast cancer treatment products developer Orbital Therapy said it has built a proof-of-concept prototype for breast cancer irradiation, demonstrating the feasibility of operating an external-beam radiotherapy device without the use of a shielded bunker infrastructure.
March 15, 2010
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