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Reimbursement crunch throttles breast MRI CAD users
By Cynthia E. Keen
Imaging facilities using breast MRI computer-aided detection (CAD) software say that insurance payors are declining to reimburse for the technology. The payment crunch could put the brakes on the growing use of breast MRI, and may make it more difficult for breast centers to meet rising demand.
April 7, 2008
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FDA OKs iCAD SecondLook with Fuji FCRm
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
iCAD of Hudson, NH, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to market its SecondLook Digital computer-aided detection (CAD) product with Fujifilm Medical Systems USA's Computed Radiography for Mammography (FCRm) system.
April 6, 2008
Quest to display 12-bit mammo images at SIIM show
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Monitor distributor Quest International of Irvine, CA, plans to show 12-bit grayscale mammographic images utilizing an Apple Mac system, OsiriX PACS software, and Totoku ME551i2 medical LCD display at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) meeting in Seattle in May.
April 3, 2008
MRI and FDG-PET/CT recommended for advanced breast cancer
By Cynthia E. Keen
FDG-PET/CT should be used in conjunction with breast MRI as a complementary imaging tool for patients with locally advanced breast cancer, because the hybrid imaging modality can detect distant metastases outside the field-of-view of breast MRI, according to researchers from Stanford University in California.
April 3, 2008
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Naviscan signs M. D. Anderson
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET developer Naviscan PET Systems has added the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston to its client list.
April 2, 2008
Siemens to market Carestream digitizer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare will now sell Carestream Health's mammography digitizing system.
April 1, 2008
iCAD nets CAD patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer iCAD has received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
March 31, 2008
Fuji hits FCRm milestone
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fujifilm Medical Systems USA has reached an installation milestone for its FCRm mammography computed radiography system in the U.S.
March 30, 2008
ART revenues slide in 2007
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device firm ART Advanced Research Technologies' transition to a direct distribution sales model adversely affected revenues at the Montreal-based company in 2007.
March 30, 2008
Study: If biopsy shows lobular neoplasia, proceed to surgery
By Kate Madden Yee
For many women with suspicious mammogram findings, minimally invasive biopsy has become the accepted clinical approach. But this protocol leaves some women vulnerable to underestimation of the extent of disease. U.S. researchers studied the rate and variables linked with cancer underestimation when lobular neoplasia is diagnosed with tissue-sampling biopsy, and concluded that all patients with lobular neoplasia at core or vacuum biopsy should undergo surgical excisional biopsy.
March 26, 2008
Hologic edges DBT mammo system to market in Europe
By Brian Casey
Women's imaging vendor Hologic is taking a measured approach to commercializing its digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) technology, with the company starting to take orders for a limited number of the mammography systems from European customers. The Bedford, MA, firm is navigating a tricky course as it endeavors to manage multiple international markets with varying regulatory requirements.
March 25, 2008
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Medipattern completes Austrian installation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer Medipattern has installed its B-CAD 2.2 software at General Hospital in Salzburg, Austria.
March 24, 2008
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