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Closer follow-up reduces postmammography diagnosis delays

By Kate Madden Yee

For low-income women with abnormal mammograms, using a case management approach for follow-up is an effective tool that can deliver a more timely diagnostic resolution, according to a study published online March 16 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

March 21, 2010

Naviscan teams with Alliance Imaging

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging services firm Alliance Imaging will provide positron emission mammography imaging services in Florida through San Diego-based PET developer Naviscan.

March 21, 2010

GE adds two ultrasound execs

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has added two imaging veterans to its ultrasound business.

March 21, 2010

Toshiba launches V-TRACE for MRA

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Toshiba America Medical Systems has introduced variable true rate angiography with combined encodings (V-TRACE), an MR angiography (MRA) sequence available on all Vantage Titan and Vantage Atlas MRI systems.

March 21, 2010

Study offers more nuanced view of U.S. imaging use rates

By Kate Madden Yee

Substantial regional variations in imaging utilization rates exist across the U.S., but the differences are not as high as reported in previous studies, according to new research published in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

March 21, 2010

Can DBT unseat MRI for screening high-risk women?

By Kate Madden Yee

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) has the potential to be a useful tool for screening women with dense breasts. But the fact that it adds more radiation exposure is problematic, especially when compared to MRI, according to a speaker at this week's National Consortium of Breast Centers conference in Las Vegas.

March 21, 2010