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DBT plus FFDM boosts invasive cancer detection rates

By Kate Madden Yee

A new literature review published in The Breast has confirmed that adding digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) to breast screening with full-field digital mammography (FFDM) boosts invasive cancer detection rates, and it may reduce recall and false-positive rates as well.

April 5, 2016

BrightWater highlights studies at SIR

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical device technology developer BrightWater Medical said that three studies involving its ConvertX nephroureteral stent system will be presented this week at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) annual meeting in Vancouver, Canada.

April 5, 2016

DTI-MRI unlocks mysteries of insomnia

By Wayne Forrest

Chinese researchers using diffusion-tensor MRI (DTI-MRI) have found abnormalities in the neural white-matter tracts of patients with insomnia, according to a study published online April 5 in Radiology.

April 4, 2016

FDA warns Ga. mammo practice of MQSA violations

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent a warning letter to MRI Imaging Specialist in Norcross, GA, for what the agency called continued violations of the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA).

April 4, 2016

Surgical Theater debuts neurosurgery VR platform

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical virtual reality (VR) technology developer Surgical Theater will showcase a virtual reality surgical visualization platform for neurosurgery at the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference in Silicon Valley on Wednesday.

April 4, 2016

Mazor lands Renaissance orders

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Surgical visualization technology developer Mazor Robotics said it received five orders for its Renaissance surgical navigation system in the first quarter of 2016.

April 4, 2016