Womens Imaging: Page 575

FDA posts guidance for mammo centers hit by Katrina

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) has issued guidelines on how to manage mammography programs in the wake of a natural disaster, such as Hurricane Katrina.

September 8, 2005

Diffusion-weighted MR noninvasively monitors uterine fibroid therapies

By Shalmali Pal

When combined with MR, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) produces a quantitative biophysical parameter called the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of water. ADC maps have been successfully employed to monitor the progression of ischemic tissue in stroke. Imaging and interventional specialists are now proposing the use of ADC maps to monitor uterine fibroid therapy.

September 8, 2005

Merge debuts Baby Explorer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiology software developer Merge Healthcare of Milwaukee has launched Baby Explorer, a 3D fetal imaging software application developed by its Cedara Software subsidiary.

September 7, 2005

US detection of endometrial mass aids RPOC diagnosis

By Erik L. Ridley

An endometrial mass is the most sensitive finding for diagnosing retained products of conception (RPOCs), according to an article in the September Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

September 7, 2005

New York hospital buys iCAD unit

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection developer iCAD of Nashua, NH, has sold a Second Look 300 CAD system to Hudson Valley Hospital Center in Cortlandt Manor, NY.

September 6, 2005

Sectra shows sales, earnings growth in Q1

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Swedish imaging informatics and digital mammography developer Sectra reported fiscal 2005 first-quarter net sales of 100.8 million Swedish kronor ($13.5 million U.S.), a 27% upturn when compared with net sales of 79.4 million kronor ($10.6 million) in same quarter last year, according to the firm.

September 6, 2005

Compression US plus computer analysis classifies solid breast masses

By Shalmali Pal

Korean and Taiwanese physicians have proposed imaging breast elasticity with ultrasound, in combination with computer-aided analysis. They found that continuous ultrasound images, obtained during compression, could accurately classify benign and malignant lesions.

September 6, 2005

AuntMinnie.com Women's Imaging Radiology Insider

By Shalmali Pal

September 5, 2005

CAD marks: To save or not to save?

By Cynthia E. Keen

The use of computer-aided detection (CAD) has become part of the diagnostic component of a mammography exam. And while there is no legal or professional requirement to keep CAD markings, radiologists may want to save them, according to some healthcare legal experts.

August 31, 2005

Sectra adds Australian PACS site

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Swedish PACS vendor Sectra has won a deal to provide its PACS technology for breast imaging to the BreastScreen New South Wales Central Reading Facility in Sydney, Australia.

August 29, 2005

Online games urge Native American women to b-i-n-go for mammograms

By Shalmali Pal

Native Americans have the poorest cancer screening rates of any ethnic group. But now radiologists and minority health specialists who serve these communities have devised a creative patient outreach plan involving another word that is often associated with American Indian tribes: gaming.

August 29, 2005

ART cites equivalency with mammo

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Optical molecular imaging developer ART Advanced Research Technologies reported that a study in the August issue of the journal Academic Radiology demonstrated the sensitivity of near-infrared (NIR) optical techniques to the metabolic functions of breast tissue in comparison with traditional mammography.

August 25, 2005

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