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Sentinelle Medical

By Brian Casey

Sentinelle was formed to commercialize products developed through research at Sunnybrook and Women's Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, and at the 2006 RSNA show the firm will demonstrate a new table dedicated to breast and interventional MRI studies.

October 31, 2006

Aurora Imaging Technology

By Brian Casey

This North Andover, MA, developer of dedicated breast MRI systems will emphasize SpiralRODEO, a new image acquisition technique based on the company's RODEO (rotating delivery of excitation off-resonance) technology.

October 31, 2006

FDG-PET predicts response, survival in postchemo breast cancer patients

By Shalmali Pal

While the survival rates for neoadjuvant therapy are on par with those of adjuvant treatment, the same can't be said for high-dose chemotherapy regimens. Two published papers from the U.K. and Australia looked for ways to single out responders to treatment. The first used FDG-PET to predict breast cancer's pathologic response to therapy, while the second used the modality for prognostic stratification after high-dose chemotherapy.

October 29, 2006

British firm Dexela focuses on 3D mammography workstation

Tomosynthesis is one of the most promising new mammography technologies, applying 3D imaging techniques to what has historically been a 2D modality. A British start-up firm is so taken with the potential of tomosynthesis that it has based its business plan on the technology.

October 26, 2006

RITA initiates RFA lumpectomy study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Oncology and medical device developer RITA Medical Systems of Fremont, CA, reported that it has begun collecting data in a radiofrequency ablation (RFA)-assisted lumpectomy feasibility study.

October 25, 2006

BioLucent to launch breast brachytherapy device

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Mammography device developer BioLucent will introduce its SAVI applicator, a multicatheter device for use in accelerated partial-breast irradiation (APBI), at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology (ASTRO) meeting in Philadelphia next week.

October 25, 2006

Optimizing the method, moment for reconstructing the irradiated breast

By Shalmali Pal

From the plastic surgeon's point of view, reconstructing an irradiated breast is hardly a simple nip and tuck. At the recent 2006 American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) meeting in San Francisco, four physicians shared their thoughts on postmastectomy radiation therapy and breast reconstruction.

October 25, 2006

Sectra PACS in Australia mammo project

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

An Australian national breast cancer screening program will use Swedish PACS vendor Sectra's technology in its three-year pilot project to explore the feasibility of digital mammography.

October 24, 2006

GE Healthcare launches Voluson E8 ultrasound scanner

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., has unveiled its new Voluson E8 ultrasound system.

October 24, 2006

Digital mammography: Not just plug-and-play

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

Digital mammography, both with digital radiography (DR) and computed radiography (CR) technology, provides many benefits over traditional film-based mammography. But simply plugging in a digital mammography unit and realizing its benefits is an unrealistic expectation. A successful implementation requires thoughtful planning and preparation.

October 22, 2006

Cochrane update: Breast cancer screening curtails mortality, but at what cost?

By Shalmali Pal

In the latest review by the Nordic Cochrane Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, of seven screening trials and half a million women worldwide, the researchers report that breast cancer screening appears to lower breast cancer mortality, but ultimately state that "there is no clear evidence that screening does more good than harm."

October 19, 2006

Bioptics receives NCI grant

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Digital x-ray developer Bioptics said that it has received a small business grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to complete the development of its direct digital mammography cassette.

October 19, 2006

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