Womens Imaging: Page 456

MammoSite brachytherapy comparable to whole-breast radiotherapy
By Kate Madden Yee
Tuesday, December 1 | 10:40 a.m.-10:50 a.m. | SSG20-02 | Room S102CBreast brachytherapy with the MammoSite device is comparable to whole-breast radiotherapy for breast cancer treatment, according to this Tuesday morning scientific session presentation to be given by researchers from the University of South Carolina in Charleston.
November 3, 2009
Conebeam breast CT, with and without contrast, offers diagnostic promise
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 30 | 3:30 p.m.-3:40 p.m. | SSE02-04 | Room E450AConebeam breast CT, when used with and without contrast, shows promise in the diagnostic workup of breast lesions, according to researchers from Elizabeth Wende Breast Care center in Rochester, NY.
November 3, 2009
ABUS plus DBT improves specificity of diagnosis
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 30 | 3:10 p.m.-3:20 p.m. | SSE02-02 | Room E450AA 3D breast imaging system that incorporates digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) and automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) may improve the specificity of tomosynthesis data, particularly in relation to cysts, according to this scientific session presentation by researchers from the University of Michigan Medical Center.
November 3, 2009
Digital breast tomosynthesis reduces callback rates
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 30 | 3:00 p.m.-3:10 p.m. | SSE01-01 | Arie Crown TheaterDigital breast tomosynthesis reduces callback rates and reading times of breast cancer screening, according to a study conducted by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
November 3, 2009
Radiologists reluctant to disclose mammography errors to patients
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 30 | 11:20 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | SSC07-06 | Room S102DRadiologists say they might not tell a patient if they made a mistake when reading mammograms that resulted in a delayed cancer diagnosis, according to this scientific session paper to be presented by Dr. Thomas Gallagher of the University of Washington School of Medicine and colleagues.
November 3, 2009
UFE effective for inner city population
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 30 | 11:10 a.m.-11:20 a.m. | SSC18-05 | Room E353BIn this Monday morning scientific session presentation, researchers from Mercy Philadelphia Hospital will present their study showing that uterine fibroid embolism (UFE) is an effective uterus-preserving therapy for treating fibroids in an inner city population.
November 3, 2009
FDG-PET plus breast MRI may reduce unnecessary biopsies
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 30 | 10:05 a.m.-10:15 a.m. | VM21-08 | Arie Crown TheaterThe combination of FDG-PET and breast MRI produces higher diagnostic accuracy than breast MRI alone, according to this scientific session presentation to be given by researchers from the University at Duisburg-Essen in Essen, Germany.
November 3, 2009
Ultrasound elastography falls short in reducing breast biopsies
By Brian Casey
Sunday, November 29 | 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. | LL-BR4058-B03 | Lakeside Learning CenterUltrasound elastography is a promising technique for a number of applications, one of which could be reducing the number of unnecessary breast biopsies by enabling clinicians to characterize suspicious tissue. However, Korean researchers on Sunday will discuss how they found that elastography fell short for this application.
November 3, 2009
Women with prior chest irradiation benefit from MRI plus mammography for screening
By Kate Madden Yee
Sunday, November 29 | 12:05 p.m.-12:15 p.m. | SSA01-09 | Arie Crown TheaterWomen who have had previous chest radiation benefit from the combination of mammography and breast MRI for screening, according to researchers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
November 3, 2009
GE awarded $1.2M NIH grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare sister company GE Global Research has been awarded a two-year $1.2 million grant under the U.S. government's stimulus program from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
November 2, 2009
Sectra installs mammo units in Norway
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra has installed three Sectra MicroDose Mammography full-field digital mammography units at a Norwegian imaging services provider.
November 1, 2009
Specialized RT unnecessary for some breast cancer patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CHICAGO - Breast cancer patients who receive radiation treatment to the lymph nodes located behind the breast bone do not have better survival outcomes than patients who don't receive radiation in this difficult-to-treat area.
November 1, 2009
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