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Planned Parenthood expands breast program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Planned Parenthood announced that it's expanding its breast health education, outreach, and services across the U.S.
August 20, 2012
Molecular signature predicts radiotherapy's benefit
By Cynthia E. Keen
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL, working with colleagues in Sweden, the Netherlands, and Puerto Rico, have validated a radiosensitivity molecular signature that could lead to better radiation therapy decisions for patients with breast cancer.
August 20, 2012
New PET/CT facilities power utilization growth
By James Brice
The growing acceptance of PET/CT as an essential part of oncology services has helped increase its use in step with the hybrid modality's expanding installed base, according to a new report on PET/CT and PET market conditions.
August 20, 2012
New risk model predicts need for CT lung screening
By Eric Barnes
A new risk model for lung cancer goes where Framingham dared to tread for heart disease: providing sophisticated assessments of which individuals would most likely benefit from CT lung screening, according to a report in the August 21 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.
August 20, 2012
Breast density doesn't increase death risk from breast cancer
By Cynthia E. Keen
Women with dense breasts have a much higher risk of developing breast cancer than other women; however, greater density does not seem to be linked to death from the disease, according to a study published on Monday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
August 19, 2012
Siemens nets 1st U.S. Perspective CT scanner install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has completed the first U.S. installation of its 128-slice Somatom Perspective CT scanner.
August 19, 2012
FDA OKs InSightec ExAblate clinical trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Focused-ultrasound developer InSightec has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin a phase I clinical trial to evaluate its ExAblate Neuro system for treating patients with tremor-dominant Parkinson's disease.
August 19, 2012
China could become 20% of world ultrasound market
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Substantial investment in healthcare could increase China's share of the global ultrasound market to 20% by 2016, according to a new study from market research firm InMedica.
August 19, 2012
Iterative reconstruction cuts CT dose for urinary stone disease
By Eric Barnes
Iterative reconstruction allows steep CT radiation dose reductions in urolithiasis imaging without loss of image quality or diagnostic confidence, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital have found. The results may help allay fears of potentially excessive radiation in these oft-repeated scans.
August 19, 2012
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ASRT launches online breast imaging series
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) has launched Breast Imaging Basics, a new online breast imaging educational series.
August 16, 2012
Acertara upgrades US testing device
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound acoustic measurement and testing firm Acertara Acoustic Laboratories has upgraded its Artis time-delay spectrometry (TDS) ultrasonic test device to be able to quantitatively assess the receive sensitivity of ultrasound transducers used in photoacoustic imaging.
August 16, 2012
Adding ultrasound boosts radiotherapy for prostate cancer
By Tami Freeman
Combining pulsed nonthermal focused ultrasound with radiotherapy could increase the efficacy of prostate cancer treatment, according to a presentation at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine annual meeting held in Charlotte, NC, earlier this month.
August 16, 2012
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