Womens Imaging: Page 432

Hologic grows sales, though profit slips

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Women's healthcare vendor Hologic reported 4% growth in revenue for the company's third fiscal quarter, although net income fell slightly.

August 1, 2010

Technology, not biology, makes for lower mammo performance

By Kate Madden Yee

The limits of conventional mammography technology, rather than the biology of breast cancer, contribute more to the modality's lower performance in women between the ages of 40 and 49, according to a new study published in the August issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

August 1, 2010

RT doesn't impede breastfeeding by Hodgkin's lymphoma survivors

By Cynthia E. Keen

Radiation oncologists questioned by Hodgkin's lymphoma patients undergoing chest radiation therapy (RT) about their future ability to breastfeed can now reference a study published online in Cancer: Results showed that survivors had a breastfeeding success rate comparable to that of the general population of mothers.

July 29, 2010

Tool predicts breast cancer recurrence risk for DCIS patients

By Cynthia E. Keen

Physicians at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City have developed a predictability model for determining the risk of ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence after breast conservation surgery for women diagnosed with early-stage, low-risk ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).

July 28, 2010

iCAD posts gain in Q2 revenues

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection firm iCAD reported growth in revenues and a lower net loss for the company's second quarter.

July 28, 2010

Fuji combines units, hits FFDM milestone

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Fujfilm Medical Systems USA will absorb Fuji's Problem Solving Concepts (ProSolv) and Empiric Systems subsidiaries, effective August 2.

July 28, 2010

Hologic secures panel date for tomo PMA

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Women's healthcare vendor Hologic has received a date for review of its Selenia Dimensions 3D digital mammography tomosynthesis system by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

July 26, 2010

Study offers comparison of conebeam breast CT to mammo

By Kate Madden Yee

Conebeam breast CT can image the entire breast from chest wall to nipple with sufficient resolution and at a radiation dose within the range of conventional mammography, according to a new study published in the August issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

July 26, 2010

Double readers top CAD in finding breast tissue deformities

By Kate Madden Yee

A single reader using a computer-aided detection (CAD) system won't find parenchymal deformities in screening mammograms as well as double readers, according to new data from the Computer-Aided Detection Evaluation Trial II (CADET II) published in the August issue of Radiology.

July 25, 2010

Intelerad nets IntelePACS order

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS vendor Intelerad Medical Systems has implemented its IntelePACS breast imaging software at Insight Medical Imaging of Edmonton to screen and diagnose mammography studies.

July 19, 2010

Young women have highest cancer risk from body CT scans

By Erik L. Ridley

PHILADELPHIA - The age and gender of patients are significant determining variables in calculating the risk of radiation-induced cancer from body CT scans, with young women at highest risk, according to research presented Monday at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine annual meeting.

July 19, 2010

Former VA rad makes waves; FDA shuts down PET lab; SCCT and AAPM reports

By Brian Casey

July 19, 2010

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