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SenoRx CEO takes medical leave
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lloyd Malchow, chairman and CEO of breast brachytherapy developer SenoRx, is taking an indefinite medical leave of absence due to illness.
February 8, 2010
Agfa plans ECR 2010 product releases
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare plans to show new products and an expanded portfolio at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna, Austria.
February 8, 2010
Digisonics upgrades products
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has upgraded its OB-View and OB-Windows image management and structured reporting systems.
February 7, 2010
Editorial: Research flaws make USPSTF guidelines obsolete
By Kate Madden Yee
Guidelines for mammography screening published by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in November not only are based on flawed methodology, they also fail to address current breast imaging practice and data, making them obsolete, according to a critique published in this month's Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography.
February 7, 2010
Does breast MRI boost mastectomies? And, new VC CAD algorithm
By Brian Casey
February 3, 2010
Presurgical breast MRI increases mastectomy rate
By Kate Madden Yee
A new research study may fire up the debate over a possible link between preoperative breast MRI and higher mastectomy rates. Texas researchers found that at their facility, patients were almost twice as likely to have a mastectomy if breast MRI was used before surgery. But breast MRI didn't delay treatment, they found.
February 3, 2010
Mātakina tackles breast density problem with Volpara software
By Brian Casey
Breast tissue density is emerging as a major risk factor for breast cancer, but existing methods for measuring density can be cumbersome and depend on the skill of the operator. A New Zealand start-up company called Mātakina Technology hopes to change that.
February 2, 2010
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Poor economy hits Hologic's Q1 numbers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The lack of healthcare spending in a lackluster economy adversely affected revenues for women's imaging vendor Hologic in its fiscal first quarter.
February 1, 2010
FFDM measurement errors; cutting pediatric PET/CT dose
By Brian Casey
February 1, 2010
IDSI gets Australia nod
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging Diagnostic Systems (IDSI) will have its CT laser mammography system included in the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods.
February 1, 2010
Cervical cancer RT causes pelvic fractures, study suggests
By Cynthia E. Keen
Postmenopausal women who are older and thinner are more susceptible to developing pelvic fractures following radiation therapy (RT) for cervical cancer than younger, premenopausal women with larger body mass indexes, if patients treated at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center over a six-year span are representative.
February 1, 2010
FFDM magnification causes problems with lesion measurement
By Kate Madden Yee
One of the great things about full-field digital mammography (FFDM) is the ability to manipulate images in ways not possible with hard-copy analog film. But one image manipulation tool can produce inaccurate measurements of lesion size.
February 1, 2010
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