Womens Imaging: Page 448

Naviscan touts NIH study findings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Positron emission mammography (PEM) developer Naviscan is touting the results of a multiyear study of 388 women that found that PEM scanners significantly out-performed MRI to differentiate between benign and cancerous lesions.
October 29, 2009
U-Systems signs California hospital for study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound developer U-Systems has announced that the Breast Care Center at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula will serve as the initial site in California to participate in a national study of breast cancer screening sponsored by the company.
October 28, 2009
Mammo, PACS on Sectra's list of RSNA launches
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra plans to show a range of new technologies at the upcoming RSNA meeting in Chicago.
October 26, 2009
Intelerad to show PACS updates at RSNA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor Intelerad Medical Systems plans to show a range of new upgrades and enhancements for its IntelePACS software at this year's RSNA meeting in Chicago.
October 26, 2009
Broadwest and Three Palm ink deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mammography viewing station developer Broadwest has agreed to distribute WorkstationOne software from Three Palm Software across the U.S.
October 26, 2009
Time Medical to develop breast MRI scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MR firm Time Medical is establishing an R&D center in Singapore to develop a breast MRI scanner using its high-temperature superconducting (HTS) radiofrequency (RF) coil technology.
October 26, 2009
Breast cancer care delayed for African-Americans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers in South Carolina found a significant increase in the time interval between first clinical abnormal breast exam and completion of diagnostic follow-up among African-American women compared to their European-American counterparts.
October 26, 2009
Ignoring breast CAD detections cuts sensitivity
By Eric Barnes
Computer-aided detection (CAD) is effective at finding breast cancers -- including lesions that would have otherwise been missed by experienced radiologists. Unfortunately, CAD's overall benefit is diluted by the downside of radiologists ignoring true-positive CAD marks.
October 22, 2009
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Wake Radiology exits UNC registry in hacker aftermath
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
On the heels of a recent hacker attack on a mammography research computer server at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), North Carolina radiology group Wake Radiology has decided to suspend its participation in the Carolina Mammography Registry study.
October 22, 2009
Is breast screening oversold? And, GE to buy ONI; FDA issues CAD rules
By Brian Casey
October 21, 2009
Shock and awe over JAMA editorial
By Dr. Daniel Kopans
The University of California, San Francisco researchers who authored this week's JAMA editorial on screening have disregarded the facts regarding the value of screening mammography, according to Dr. Daniel Kopans, who shares his view in this AuntMinnie Second Opinion.
October 21, 2009
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JAMA editorial raises questions about breast, prostate screening
By Kate Madden Yee
The effectiveness of breast and prostate cancer screening programs has been overstated, according to an editorial published October 21 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
October 21, 2009
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