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AuntMinnie.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Kate Madden Yee

March 27, 2018

Hologic wins FDA approval for new DBT technologies

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Women's imaging firm Hologic said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its premarket approval application for the Clarity HD and Intelligent 2D digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) technologies.

March 26, 2018

DBT know-how boosts FFDM recall, cancer detection rates

By Kate Madden Yee

A study in the March issue of Radiology indicates that experience with digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) may change the way breast imagers interpret 2D mammograms in subtle but significant ways. Researchers found higher recall rates in this scenario, but also a boost in cancer detection rates and positive predictive value.

March 14, 2018

Deep learning may produce sharp reductions in DBT dose

By Erik L. Ridley

An artificial intelligence algorithm may enable breast imagers to sharply reduce radiation dose from digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) exams -- perhaps by as much as 80%, according to research presented last month at the SPIE Medical Imaging 2018 conference in Houston.

March 13, 2018

Fujifilm files patent, antitrust suit against Hologic

By Kate Madden Yee, Erik L. Ridley

Fujifilm Medical Systems USA and parent company Fujifilm Corporation have filed a patent and antitrust lawsuit against women's imaging firm Hologic, opening a new front in their ongoing legal battle over digital breast tomosynthesis intellectual property.

March 6, 2018

Contrast-enhanced mammography prepares to enter clinical mainstream

By Rebekah Moan

Contrast-enhanced spectral mammography (CESM) is gaining momentum, and like it or not, the technique will be a part of the workup for breast imaging in the future, not least because CESM rivals breast MRI in many ways, according to European breast imaging specialists.

March 2, 2018

Evidence-based medicine 'misused' in breast MRI

By Rebekah Moan

VIENNA - During a refresher course at ECR 2018, breast MRI expert Dr. Christiane Kuhl said the principles of evidence-based medicine have been misused in the case of preoperative breast MRI, and that's part of the reason why the modality hasn't been adopted more widely by the surgical community.

March 2, 2018

Top 3 tips for achieving success in breast imaging

By Rebekah Moan

Breast imaging can be a tricky business. Luckily for ECR 2018 delegates, a slew of experts have provided their top three tips for imaging. You can expect to learn about digital breast tomosynthesis, automated breast ultrasound, and more at today's Special Focus Session.

February 28, 2018

DBT catches 50% more breast cancers than standard mammo

By Rebekah Moan

VIENNA - A large study out of Norway presented at ECR 2018 demonstrated that the rate of screen-detected breast cancer was about 50% higher for women screened with synthesized 2D mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) compared with digital mammography alone.

February 27, 2018

ScreenPoint to show mammo, DBT AI software at ECR 2018

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Dutch women's imaging software developer ScreenPoint Medical will present its Transpara artificial intelligence (AI)-based software for mammograms and digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) exams at ECR 2018 in Vienna.

February 26, 2018

Fuji wins 9 mammography contracts

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Fujifilm Medical Systems USA has won nine installation contracts for its Aspire Cristalle full-field digital mammography system with digital breast tomosynthesis.

February 25, 2018

Breast MRI technique helps cancer detection without contrast

By Wayne Forrest

German researchers have developed a novel breast MRI technique that greatly reduces false-positive findings and increases the detection of breast cancer -- without the need for a gadolinium-based contrast agent, according to a study published online February 20 in Radiology.

February 19, 2018

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