Womens Imaging: Page 485

PET/CT for breast imaging; IORT for pregnant women
By Brian Casey
November 17, 2008
Dilon partners with Terason
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Scintimammography developer Dilon Technologies and Terason will combine their respective technologies in molecular breast imaging and ultrasound.
November 17, 2008
Dual-time-point FDG-PET/CT improves breast imaging accuracy
By Kate Madden Yee
Recent study results suggest that dual-time-point imaging with acquisition in the prone position improves PET/CT accuracy in patients with suspected breast cancer over single-time-point PET/CT. However, for lesions smaller than 10 mm, MRI shows higher sensitivity and should be preferred, according to the researchers.
November 17, 2008
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Parascript launches new CAD version
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) software developer Parascript has released version 2.0 of its AccuDetect mammography CAD application.
November 16, 2008
Aurora wins Texas install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast MRI technology developer Aurora Imaging Technology has made an installation of its 1.5-tesla breast MRI scanner at a women's health clinic in Texas.
November 16, 2008
TeraRecon continues ACR support
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization firm TeraRecon has extended its partnership with the American College of Radiology (ACR) to provide technologies for the ACR Education Center.
November 16, 2008
Single-session breast radiotherapy safe for pregnant women, study finds
By Cynthia E. Keen
Breast-conservation surgery becomes an option for pregnant women in their third trimester. For many of these women, radiation therapy can safely be postponed until after birth. But the option of breast-conserving surgery may become available to all pregnant women if electron-beam intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) is used.
November 16, 2008
Study reports link between breast toxicity and timing of rad therapy
By Cynthia E. Keen
The timing of treatment for breast cancer patients receiving external-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) following intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) may be an important factor in preventing toxicity. Patients who receive EBRT sooner than five or six weeks after receiving IORT may have a higher risk of developing chronic late toxicity, according to a study by German researchers.
November 16, 2008
Hologic posts mixed year-end results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The acquisitions of Cytyc and Third Wave added to Hologic's revenues in its fiscal year but also produced a net loss for the year and the fourth quarter.
November 11, 2008
GE debuts women's reproductive assessment software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has introduced SonoAVCfollicle software for its Voluson i ultrasound platform at this week's annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) in San Francisco.
November 10, 2008
Aurora touts positive clinical study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Aurora Imaging Technology said that its dedicated breast MRI system was used exclusively in a large clinical study that recommended the use of breast MRI for preoperative evaluation of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients.
November 9, 2008
Prior hysterectomy complicates optical colonoscopy
By Eric Barnes
In a study with important implications for colon cancer screening, Pennsylvania researchers found that both female gender and prior hysterectomy were associated with failed colonoscopy. Dr. Hanna Zafar discussed the results at last week's International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy in Boston.
November 6, 2008
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