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False positives boost a woman's breast cancer risk

By Kate Madden Yee

Women who have a false-positive result on a screening mammography exam have twice the risk of being diagnosed with a screen-detected or interval breast cancer later compared with women with a negative result, according to a study published on December 19 in the British Journal of Cancer.

December 19, 2018

Global lung screening project shows early promise

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer is reporting promising results with its Early Lung Imaging Confederation.

December 18, 2018

MRI provides unique views of youth concussion

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

By combining structural and functional MRI (fMRI), Canadian and Dutch researchers have identified three unique patterns in the brain to better monitor concussions in young female athletes, according to a study published online December 3 in NeuroImage: Clinical.

December 18, 2018

IRadimed gets FDA nod for blood pressure module

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MRI accessories developer IRadimed has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its 3883 MRI-compatible invasive blood pressure module.

December 18, 2018

Avinger touts early results of OCT vs. IVUS

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Intravascular imaging technology developer Avinger is touting preliminary results from its SCAN clinical study that compared optical coherence tomography (OCT) with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) for evaluating peripheral arteries.

December 18, 2018

South African isotope firm dismisses reports of sale

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

South African radioisotope producer NTP Radioisotopes is taking exception with media reports stating that its board planned to secretly privatize the company and sell its assets to U.S.-based radiopharmaceutical firm Lantheus Medical Imaging.

December 18, 2018

NorthStar names Estrem as CFO

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

NorthStar Medical Technologies has named Paul Estrem to the posts of senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO).

December 18, 2018

Detection Technology to acquire French x-ray detector firm

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Detection Technology is expanding with a soon-to-be-completed acquisition of French x-ray detector technology firm MultiX.

December 18, 2018

InSightec gets expanded indication for Exablate Neuro

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MR-guided focused ultrasound developer InSightec has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an expanded indication of its Exablate Neuro device to treat patients with tremor-dominant Parkinson's disease.

December 18, 2018

Many knee MRI scans may not be clinically indicated

By Wayne Forrest

For at least one healthcare system, there is plenty of room for improvement when it comes to following the American College of Radiology's Appropriateness Criteria for the use of MRI in nontraumatic knee pain, according to a study published online December 12 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

December 18, 2018

AI uses features outside nodules to predict malignancy

By Brian Casey

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm was able to distinguish benign from malignant nodules in cases of suspected non-small cell lung cancer on CT scans by analyzing the area immediately outside of the nodule, according to a December 18 paper in Radiology by researchers from Case Western Reserve University.

December 18, 2018

2D shear-wave elastography diagnoses cirrhosis

By Kate Madden Yee

2D shear-wave elastography is an effective tool for ruling out liver fibrosis or cirrhosis in people with chronic liver disease, German researchers wrote in a study published online December 11 in the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

December 18, 2018

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