Breast Imaging: Page 52

Technologists handle ABUS just as well as sonographers

By Kate Madden Yee

Sunday, November 27 | 10:55 a.m.-11:05 a.m. | SSA02-02 | Room N228Mammography technologists' performance with diagnostic automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) is comparable to that of sonographers, according to research being presented on Sunday morning at RSNA 2016.

November 1, 2016

NYC official seeks more access to DBT

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

New York City Public Advocate Letitia James has called on New York City and the state of New York to expand access to digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT).

October 25, 2016

Nautilus Medical partners with AltusLearn

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nautilus Medical has partnered with AltusLearn in an agreement aimed at improving clinical education for digital breast tomosynthesis.

October 19, 2016

Hologic installs breast tomo unit in Texas

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Women's imaging vendor Hologic has installed its Genius 3D Mammography digital breast tomosynthesis unit at a clinic in Dallas.

October 5, 2016

Contrast US boosts diagnostic power of breast ultrasound

By Erik L. Ridley

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound can be an effective method for the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant breast lesions, offering improvements in diagnostic accuracy over conventional breast ultrasound, according to research published in the October issue of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

October 5, 2016

DBT improves lesion categorization in diagnostic setting

By Kate Madden Yee

Studies have shown that using digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) for breast cancer screening reduces recall rates and increases the detection of invasive cancers. But it also offers benefits in the diagnostic setting, such as helping breast imagers categorize lesions more accurately, according to a new study published in the October issue of Radiology.

October 4, 2016

Study finds adding DBT to mammography is cost-effective

By Kate Madden Yee

Adding screening digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) to annual mammography is cost-effective when compared with mammography alone -- particularly in women between the ages of 40 and 49, according to a new study published online August 22 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

August 25, 2016

Fuji applies for DBT software upgrade

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Fujifilm Medical Systems USA has submitted the final module of its premarket approval (PMA) application for digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

August 24, 2016

Cigna revises policy, will now pay for screening DBT

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Reversing a decision made late last year, health insurer Cigna said it will now cover breast screening exams performed with digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT).

August 23, 2016

Synthetic 2D mammo gets thumbs up in screening role

By Brian Casey

Synthetic 2D mammograms received the thumbs up for breast cancer screening from researchers at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in a July 28 article published in Radiology. They say the exams are good enough to replace conventional digital mammography studies as a complement to digital breast tomosynthesis.

August 9, 2016

New NCCN guidelines include breast tomo

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

New guidelines published by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recommend that physicians consider digital breast tomosynthesis exams as an option for their patients' annual breast cancer screening.

July 31, 2016

DBT finds more cancers, but also boosts false positives

By Kate Madden Yee

Combining 3D digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) with 2D mammography images -- both actual and synthetic -- finds more cases of breast cancer than mammography alone, especially in younger women and those with dense breasts. But it also increases recall rates, according to a study published online in Lancet Oncology.

July 18, 2016

Previous Page

Page 52 of 89

Next Page