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ACR issues alert for mammo coverage changes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) is asking healthcare providers to notify the organization if they receive word of any changes in insurance coverage for mammography screening.
December 9, 2009
MRI, mammo help early breast cancer detection
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI coupled with mammography detects almost all cancers at an early stage, thereby reducing the incidence of advanced-stage breast cancer in high-risk women, according to a new study released at this week's San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
December 8, 2009
Study eyes breast screening of minority women
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Substantial percentages of minority women younger than 40 are getting screening mammograms, according to a new study presented this month at the American Association for Cancer Research conference.
December 8, 2009
Sectra sales, profits slip in Q2
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Net sales for Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra declined in its second fiscal quarter.
December 7, 2009
Medipattern, PenRad score install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection firm Medipattern and mammography information systems firm PenRad Technologies have installed their first PenLink connectivity package.
December 7, 2009
Go directly to biopsy for palpable breast lesions? Not necessarily
By Kate Madden Yee
Short-term follow-up is an appropriate alternative to biopsy of palpable breast lesions with benign imaging features, according to a new study published in the December issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
December 6, 2009
Raytheon licenses mammo technology to Fuji
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Raytheon BBN Technologies has licensed its stereo digital mammography (SDM) technology to Fujifilm Medical Systems USA for use in its Aspire HD full-field digital mammography system.
December 3, 2009
Panel of radiologists rejects USPSTF mammogram guidelines
By Charlene Laino
CHICAGO - A panel of breast cancer screening experts today told a special news briefing at the RSNA annual meeting that the new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines recommending against routine annual mammograms are flat-out wrong.
December 1, 2009
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Patients develop moderate distortion after breast cancer brachytherapy
By Cynthia E. Keen
CHICAGO - The majority of breast cancer patients who received MammoSite balloon brachytherapy treatment developed symptoms of moderate breast distortion within two years of treatment, according to an RSNA presentation on Tuesday.
December 1, 2009
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Matrox partners with Fuji Europe
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Display controller board provider Matrox Graphics has announced that Fujifilm Europe is shipping the Matrox Xenia Series display controller boards in several of its PACS and mammography systems using Fujifilm Synapse.
December 1, 2009
U-Systems rolls out somo.v upgrade
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound developer U-Systems is highlighting upgrades to its somo.v automated breast ultrasound system (ABUS) at the RSNA meeting in Chicago this week.
December 1, 2009
AIE introduces image enhancement software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced Image Enhancement (AIE) announced that its image enhancement technology for digital mammography will be introduced at the RSNA annual meeting this week.
December 1, 2009
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