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NaF-PET/CT detects more skeletal lesions in advanced breast cancer cases
By Wayne Forrest
Monday, November 26 | 11:00 a.m.-11:10 a.m. | SSC09-04 | Room S504CDF-18 sodium fluoride (NaF) PET/CT detects more skeletal lesions than technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate SPECT in patients newly diagnosed with breast cancer, according to researchers from India.
November 7, 2012
FDG-PET/CT predicts response to chemo in breast cancer patients
By Wayne Forrest
Sunday, November 25 | 11:55 a.m.-12:05 p.m. | SSA18-08 | Room S505ABIn this presentation, Japanese researchers will discuss the ability of FDG tumor uptake at baseline and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy to predict pathological complete response and disease-free survival after surgery.
November 7, 2012
PET/CT helps with bone scans in staging breast cancer
By Wayne Forrest
Sunday, November 25 | 11:45 a.m.-11:55 a.m. | SSA18-07 | Room S505ABPET/CT can provide sufficient information from bone scans for the staging or restaging of breast cancer, according to a retrospective study by researchers from University Hospital Mannheim.
November 7, 2012
PET/MRI offers diagnostic accuracy for lymph node staging
By Wayne Forrest
Sunday, November 25 | 11:15 a.m.-11:25 a.m. | SSA12-04 | Room S504CDPET/MRI provides sufficient diagnostic accuracy for lymph node metastases detection, while diffusion-weighted MRI images are inaccurate for staging in head and neck cancer patients, according to researchers from the University of Düsseldorf.
November 7, 2012
FDG-PET/CT beats conventional imaging for breast cancer staging
By Wayne Forrest
Sunday, November 25 | 11:15 a.m.-11:25 a.m. | SSA18-04 | Room S505ABGerman researchers retrospectively compared the diagnostic accuracy of whole-body FDG-PET/CT for initial breast cancer staging with the accuracy of conventional imaging using several different modalities. They will present their findings in this Sunday presentation.
November 7, 2012
MRI, EEG could identify kids' epilepsy risk
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MR brain imaging and recordings of brain activity through electroencephalography (EEG) could help identify children who are at greater risk for epilepsy later in life, according to a study published online on November 7 in Neurology.
November 6, 2012
Misonix reports Q1 gains
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Therapeutic ultrasound vendor Misonix reported revenue increases in its first quarter of 2013 due to increased sales of its BoneScalpel, SonicOne, and SonaStar products.
November 6, 2012
Medipattern arranges $1M debt funding
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection developer Medipattern said it has arranged a term debt facility to provide up to $1 million of working capital.
November 6, 2012
Antidepressant rinse reduces pain for cancer patients after RT
By Cynthia E. Keen
When used as a rinse, doxepin, a tricyclic antidepressant, reduces oral mucositis pain in patients who receive radiation therapy (RT) for head and neck cancer, according to research from the Mayo Clinic presented at the recent American Society for Radiation Oncology annual meeting.
November 6, 2012
Facility-wide program cuts CT dose by up to 90%
By Eric Barnes
A San Diego imaging center was able to reduce CT radiation dose by as much as 90% using a combination of dose reduction strategies with or without iterative reconstruction techniques, thus minimizing patient risk, researchers wrote in the November Journal of the American College of Radiology.
November 6, 2012
Mindray co-CEO resigns
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mindray Medical International's co-CEO Xu Hang has resigned, effective immediately.
November 6, 2012
CAD may improve breast ultrasound specificity
By Erik L. Ridley
Wednesday, November 28 | 3:00 p.m.-3:10 p.m. | SSM01-01 | Arie Crown TheaterThis scientific session will describe how a computer-aided detection (CAD) scheme can help distinguish between benign and malignant masses on breast ultrasound exams.
November 6, 2012
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