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iCAD debuts SecondLook with Planmed FFDM
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm iCAD announced that its SecondLook digital CAD technology is now available outside the U.S. with Planmed's Nuance full-field digital mammography (FFDM) system.
December 30, 2008
Internal mammary node biopsies needed for better RT planning
By Cynthia E. Keen
A large study of breast cancer patients reveals that only 5% of patients with cancer-positive internal mammary nodes who receive radiation therapy (RT) will die of breast cancer recurrence within five years. This survival rate is comparable to patients with positive axillary lymph nodes who receive radiation therapy.
December 30, 2008
Ultrasound-guided marker placement improves breast lesion identification
By Radiology Review
(Radiology Review) For patients with mammographically occult breast lesions, an additional lesion marker placed at needle localization may enable immediate confirmation of lesion excision, according to radiologists at New York University School of Medicine in New York City.
December 29, 2008
Pediatric Hodgkin's survivors face high risk of breast cancer as young adults
By Cynthia E. Keen
Girls who received treatment for Hodgkin's disease between 1960 and 1990 and are now adult women have a 37-fold increased risk of developing breast cancer compared to the general population. The U.S. study also found that these patients had a high likelihood of developing bilateral breast cancer at an early age.
December 29, 2008
iCAD supports Agfa CR in Europe
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm iCAD has launched in Europe a version of its SecondLook software that analyzes images acquired by computed radiography (CR) mammography systems from Agfa HealthCare.
December 28, 2008
U-Systems, Siemens to collaborate
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U-Systems has inked a technology licensing agreement with the Ultrasound Business Unit of Siemens Healthcare.
December 21, 2008
Medipattern teams with iPACS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection firm Medipattern has signed a nonexclusive original equipment manufacturing agreement allowing iPACS of Singapore to integrate B-CAD into its product line.
December 21, 2008
Interactive use of mammo CAD may improve mass detection
By Erik L. Ridley
Interactively employing computer-aided detection (CAD) technology while reading mammograms may lead to increased detection of breast masses, according to research from Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre in the Netherlands.
December 21, 2008
Naviscan ends trial enrollment, gets FDA OK
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET developer Naviscan recently completed enrollment for a 400-patient randomized prospective trial, which the company is sponsoring with the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
December 18, 2008
Breast MRI pinpoints residual disease after chemotherapy
By Caroline Helwick
Breast MRI accurately reflects the pathologic extent of residual disease following neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and tumor size and contrast kinetics measured by MRI may be useful early predictors of treatment response, according to a study presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
December 18, 2008
Medipattern receives China CAD order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm Medipattern has received an order for 200 B-CAD systems from the China Primary Health Care Foundation.
December 9, 2008
Echoserve teams with SenoRx
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound and x-ray equipment firm Echoserve has reached a nonexclusive agreement to copromote SenoRx's EnCor minimally invasive vacuum-assisted breast biopsy system.
December 8, 2008
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