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Tomosynthesis adds to mammography interpretation time
By Kate Madden Yee
Tuesday, December 3 | 10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m. | VSBR31-10 | Arie Crown TheaterAdding tomosynthesis to mammography for breast cancer screening increases interpretation time when compared with conventional digital mammography alone, according to researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital.
November 4, 2013
Synthetic 2D mammograms comparable to conventional FFDM with tomo
By Kate Madden Yee
Tuesday, December 3 | 10:00 a.m.-10:10 a.m. | VSBR31-08 | Arie Crown TheaterRadiologists reviewing synthetic 2D mammograms produced on a tomosynthesis system had reading performance comparable to those interpreting standard full-field digital mammography (FFDM) in combination with tomosynthesis, according to a study to be presented Tuesday.
November 4, 2013
Tomo makes final cancer assessment categories more accurate
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, December 2 | 3:50 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | SSE02-06 | Room E450AUsing tomosynthesis for diagnostic breast imaging can reduce the number of patients categorized as BI-RADS 3 -- and therefore reduce the number of women who return for follow-up, according to research to be presented in this Monday afternoon session.
November 4, 2013
Tomosynthesis identifies BI-RADS 2 and 3 density cancers
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, December 2 | 3:30 p.m.-3:40 p.m. | SSE02-04 | Room E450ABreast tomosynthesis performs particularly well at visualizing noncalcification breast cancers in patients who are in the middle of the dense tissue spectrum, Connecticut researchers have found.
November 4, 2013
MRgFUS therapy for fibroids leads to long-term relief
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, December 2 | 3:20 p.m.-3:30 p.m. | SSE11-03 | Room E353BMR-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) for symptomatic uterine fibroids leads to long-term symptom relief, according to study results to be discussed in this Monday afternoon presentation.
November 4, 2013
Tomo beats mammography for finding early-stage cancers
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, December 2 | 3:20 p.m.-3:30 p.m. | SSE02-03 | Room E450AIn this scientific session, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital will present a study that compared the performance of tomosynthesis and conventional mammography in finding and characterizing biopsy-proven invasive cancers.
November 4, 2013
Abridged breast MRI protocol finds cancer just fine
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, December 2 | 9:30 a.m.-9:40 a.m. | VSBR21-06 | Arie Crown TheaterA shorter breast MRI protocol is better tolerated by patients, improves throughput, and has high sensitivity for detecting known ductal carcinoma in situ and invasive carcinoma, New York-based researchers have found.
November 4, 2013
7-tesla MRI matches 3-tesla for breast imaging
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, December 2 | 8:50 a.m.-9:00 a.m. | VSBR21-02 | Arie Crown Theater7-tesla MRI matches or surpasses 3-tesla imaging in terms of quality and uniformity in breast imaging, according to researchers from NYU Langone Medical Center.
November 4, 2013
Tomo is accurate in measuring invasive breast cancer
By Kate Madden Yee
Sunday, December 1 | 12:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m. | LL-BRS-SU1A | Lakeside Learning CenterIn this poster presentation, British researchers will discuss how digital breast tomosynthesis can help clinicians identify the size of invasive cancers and therefore choose the most appropriate treatment.
November 4, 2013
Outpatient UAE viable alternative to inpatient procedures
By Kate Madden Yee
Sunday, December 1 | 12:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m. | LL-GUS-SU1A | Lakeside Learning CenterPatients say that outpatient uterine artery embolization (UAE) for fibroids is a viable alternative to inpatient procedures, according to Canadian research to be presented during this Sunday poster session.
November 4, 2013
Shear-wave elastography indicates lymph node involvement
By Kate Madden Yee
Sunday, December 1 | 11:55 a.m.-12:05 p.m. | SSA01-08 | Arie Crown TheaterShear-wave elastography is a predictor of lymph node metastasis in women with invasive breast cancer, according to researchers from the U.K.'s University of Dundee.
November 4, 2013
3D ultrasound feasible for breast cancer screening
By Kate Madden Yee
Sunday, December 1 | 10:55 a.m.-11:05 a.m. | SSA01-02 | Arie Crown Theater3D ultrasound is a reliable imaging technique for the detection and classification of benign and malignant breast tumors, according to Dutch researchers.
November 4, 2013
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