Womens Imaging: Page 434

Role-playing helps rads convey news about fetal abnormalities
By Cynthia E. Keen
BOSTON - Advanced ultrasound and MRI procedures are making it easier for radiologists to identify fetal abnormalities. But telling a pregnant woman the news, often early in a pregnancy, is increasingly becoming the responsibility of pediatric radiologists, who are assuming roles as front-line physicians.
April 15, 2010
Merge wins NY contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare has won a contract with a breast imaging center based in New York state.
April 15, 2010
ACR launches breast MRI program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) will launch a breast MRI accreditation program on May 10.
April 8, 2010
Digisonics nabs OB-Windows contracts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has inked two contracts for its OB-Windows software.
April 8, 2010
Ontario group funds new breast cancer probe
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research has made an investment in the development of a radiolabeled insulin probe for the early detection of breast cancer.
April 6, 2010
TechniScan nets bridge financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast ultrasound imaging developer TechniScan has closed on the first $1.85 million of a proposed $2.5 million in bridge financing.
April 5, 2010
Controversy dogs Nordic mammo group; molecular breast tomosynthesis
By Brian Casey
April 5, 2010
BRCA carriers have higher risk of contralateral breast cancer
By Kate Madden Yee
Women who develop breast cancer before the age of 55 and who carry BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes are four times as likely to develop cancer in the other breast, according to a new study published online April 5 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
April 5, 2010
Authors of Nordic mammo study no strangers to controversy
By Kate Madden Yee
The debate over mammography got hotter last month with the publication of a study by Nordic researchers claiming there's no evidence that mammography screening reduces death rates. Some mammography advocates have taken issue with what they say is an antiscreening bias on the part of the research group.
April 5, 2010
Hybrid breast imaging unit melds molecular and x-ray tomo
By Kate Madden Yee
Digital mammography tomosynthesis is one of the hottest new breast imaging technologies, but what if you added a molecular-based functional tomosynthesis capability to it? University of Virginia researchers did just that, and reported on their findings in a new study published in the April issue of Radiology.
April 4, 2010
Naviscan to export PEM to Colombia
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET developer Naviscan has received approval from the Colombian Ministry of Health for the commercial introduction of its positron emission mammography (PEM) scanner into Colombia.
March 29, 2010
Ethicon to sell biopsy unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Ethicon Endo-Surgery (EES) has received an offer from Devicor Medical Products to acquire EES' Breast Care business.
March 29, 2010
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