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Preop breast MRI improves DCIS surgical planning

By Kate Madden Yee

Preoperative breast MRI improves the surgical planning and outcomes of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), according to a new study published online July 5 in Academic Radiology.

July 8, 2019

iSchemaView scores Japanese approval for Rapid software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cerebrovascular imaging software developer iSchemaView has received registration approval from the Japanese Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment for its Rapid imaging software platform.

July 7, 2019

Bruker acquires preclinical, molecular software provider

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MRI developer Bruker has acquired preclinical and molecular imaging software firm PMOD Technologies. Details of the transaction were not disclosed.

July 7, 2019

Siemens wins Canadian license for Mammomat Revelation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthineers has received a license from Health Canada for the sale of its Mammomat Revelation digital mammography system.

July 7, 2019

CT lung screening's benefits persist over time

By Abraham Kim

In an update to the National Lung Screening Trial, researchers from the U.S. are reporting a sustained reduction in cancer deaths from CT lung screening roughly 12 years after the initial screening exam. The findings were recently published online in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology.

July 7, 2019

Brain MRI may predict alcohol abuse in teens

By Wayne Forrest

Brain MR images have revealed large amounts of gray-matter volume in 14-year-olds who eventually go on to increase their alcohol consumption by age 19, according to a study published online July 2 in eLife.

July 7, 2019

Should elderly patients continue cancer screening?

By Kate Madden Yee

Many current cancer screening guidelines recommend against screening adults with less than 10 years of life expectancy. But clinicians often have difficulty communicating to elderly patients that screening isn't necessary anymore, according to two studies -- one published in the June issue of Gerontologist and the other in the Journal of General Internal Medicine on May 14.

July 7, 2019

Varian to buy 2 Boston Scientific product lines

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has signed an agreement to acquire Boston Scientific's portfolio of drug-loadable microsphere and bland embolic bead products designed to treat arteriovenous malformations and hypervascular tumors.

July 2, 2019

Cancer cost $94B in lost earnings in 2015

By Kate Madden Yee

In 2015, cancer cost $94.4 billion in lost earnings and took more than 8.7 million years of life among people ages 16 to 84 in the U.S. according to new research from the American Cancer Society, published online July 3 in JAMA Oncology.

July 2, 2019

Study shines more light on GBCA-related adverse reactions

By Wayne Forrest

Which factors are most likely to trigger an adverse event from administration of a gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA)? The GBCA itself as well as a patient's age, gender, and type of MRI scan could increase chances of an allergic reaction, according to a study published online July 2 in Radiology.

July 2, 2019

Teleradiology: Blessing or curse?

By Kate Madden Yee

Teleradiology offers some important benefits, such as after-hours and multispecialty coverage. But some say its cons outweigh its pros. So, is teleradiology a blessing or a curse? It's probably a mix of both, according to a study published online July 1 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

July 2, 2019

AI tops recent imaging informatics highlights

By Erik L. Ridley

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been the driving force behind the most important recent advances achieved in imaging informatics, according to a presentation last week at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual meeting in Denver.

July 2, 2019

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