Womens Imaging: Page 441

U.K. scientist wins medal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A U.K. scientist who founded a firm that is developing a new computer-aided detection software application has received a prestigious award from the country's Royal Academy of Engineering.
January 18, 2010
Healthcare bill likely to require mammo coverage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Final healthcare reform legislation is likely to require coverage for more mammograms than controversial new guidelines after radiologists, imaging equipment makers, and women's groups stepped up pressure on lawmakers.
January 18, 2010
Adding DBT to mammo increases cancer detection in dense breasts
By Kate Madden Yee
Using digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) with digital mammography increases radiologists' ability to detect cancer in both fatty and dense breast tissue, but the technology works particularly well with dense tissue, according to researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
January 17, 2010
InSightec gets Japanese clearance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Focused-ultrasound developer InSightec said that its ExAblate MR-guided focused ultrasound system has received clearance from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare for the treatment of women with uterine fibroids.
January 12, 2010
Breast cancer rate in Georgia affected by mammo availability
By Kate Madden Yee
Researchers from Georgia have found that areas of the state with less access to mammography have higher mortality rates for breast cancer -- although areas with the best access don't necessarily have the lowest mortality rates.
January 12, 2010
Carestream debuts CR mammo screen
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has introduced a new screen for its computed radiography (CR) mammography systems.
January 11, 2010
Hologic targets cervical cancer screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's imaging vendor Hologic is expanding its Promise to Me women's health initiative.
January 11, 2010
MRS teams with Myriad Genetics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mammography Reporting System (MRS) is partnering with Myriad Genetics to help identify patients at high risk for hereditary breast cancer.
January 6, 2010
Study finds sharp rise in prenatal ultrasound use in Canada
By Rosemary Frei
There was a 55% increase in the rate of ultrasound utilization among pregnant women between 1996 and 2006 in the Canadian province of Ontario, according to a study published online January 4 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
January 6, 2010
DNA defect predicts RT outcome for endometrial cancer
By Cynthia E. Keen
Radiation therapy (RT) may not be an effective treatment for women diagnosed with endometrioid endometrial cancer whose tumors have a DNA deficiency, according to preliminary research from the Canary Institute for Cancer Research in Las Palmas, Spain.
January 5, 2010
Calif. bill would restore low-income screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
California state senator Jenny Oropeza has introduced a bill that aims to reverse recent cuts to that state's low income breast cancer screening program.
January 5, 2010
QSUM debuts new brachy bandage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast biopsy accessories developer QSUM Biopsy Disposables has introduced its new Brachy Bandage.
January 5, 2010
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