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AI beats density for predicting breast cancer risk

By Erik L. Ridley

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that analyzes negative screening mammography exams yielded better predictions for a woman's future risk of breast cancer than risk models based on breast density measurements in a recent study, published online December 17 in Radiology.

December 16, 2019

Spanish researchers score big in RSNA awards

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Researchers from Spain received 29 awards at the recent RSNA 2019 meeting in Chicago, according to an announcement posted by the Spanish Society of Medical Radiology.

December 15, 2019

Report: Hospital in India ignores imaging safety protocols

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Clinicians at the Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital in India have not been complying with basic rules to protect patients and staff from radiation exposure during x-ray and CT exams, according to an article posted on Sunday in the Times of India.

December 15, 2019

Elekta gets FDA nod for DWI-MR radiation therapy

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation oncology vendor Elekta has received 510(k) premarket notification from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the clinical use of a diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) MRI protocol with the company's Unity MR radiation therapy system.

December 15, 2019

Biopsy protocol rules out surgery for women after chemo

By Rebekah Moan

Vacuum-assisted image-guided breast biopsy can reliably predict which breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy have responded well enough that follow-up surgery is not required to remove residual cancer, according to a December 13 presentation at the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

December 15, 2019

ITC upholds ruling in Jubilant-Bracco case

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has upheld an administrative law judge's ruling that Jubilant DraxImage did not violate unfair competition law by exporting its rubidium elution systems into the U.S., as alleged in a suit from contrast developer Bracco Diagnostics.

December 12, 2019

Death risk higher for government-insured breast cancer patients

By Melissa Busch

Women with breast cancer who were insured with Medicare or Medicaid had lower survival rates than those patients who had private insurance in two large treatment clinical trials, according to a study presented on December 13 at the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

December 12, 2019

GenesisCare acquires 21st Century Oncology

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Australian cancer and cardiac care company GenesisCare has acquired U.S.-based radiation therapy and integrated cancer treatment provider 21st Century Oncology.

December 12, 2019

AI can accurately predict uterine fibroid embolization outcomes

By Erik L. Ridley

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm's analysis of MRI exams performed prior to uterine fibroid embolization can be more accurate than radiologists in predicting whether the procedure will be successful, according to research presented at the recent RSNA 2019 meeting in Chicago.

December 12, 2019

Japanese partnership targets radiotherapeutics

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine has signed a collaborative research agreement with Fuzionaire Diagnostics to develop anticancer radiotherapeutic agents.

December 12, 2019

AG Mednet adds research eligibility module

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging exchange network AG Mednet has added new functionality for handling patient enrollment in clinical trials to its Judi software.

December 12, 2019

PET/MRI tops MRI in breast lesion comparisons

By Wayne Forrest

PET/MRI is better than MRI alone for the detection and staging of nodes and distant metastases in women with breast cancer, according to a study presented by German researchers at the recent RSNA 2019 meeting.

December 12, 2019

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