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Carestream to highlight DBT upgrades at ECR 2015
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health plans to highlight enhancements to its digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) software module at the upcoming ECR 2015 in Vienna.
February 4, 2015
How does breast tomosynthesis affect screening recall rates?
By Kate Madden Yee
Data from digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) studies dominated the recent RSNA 2014 meeting, with a special emphasis placed on how the technology affects screening recall rates. For example, one study explored how radiologists' experience might affect recall rates with DBT, while another investigated how DBT could affect recall rates in women undergoing baseline breast cancer screening.
January 29, 2015
Annual DBT screening could slash health costs, study finds
By Kate Madden Yee
By reducing recalls and catching breast cancer earlier, digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) could yield hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. healthcare cost savings if it were added to mammography for annual breast cancer screening, according to a new study conducted by Truven Health Analytics.
January 13, 2015
Tomo plus digital mammography decreases recalls by 37%
By Kate Madden Yee
Adding tomosynthesis to digital mammography for breast cancer screening reduces recall rates by 37%, with the technique recording better performance for certain types of breast abnormalities, according to a new study in the January issue of Radiology.
January 4, 2015
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Hitachi Aloka signs on to distribute iVu breast ABUS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Hitachi Aloka Medical America has inked a deal to become the exclusive distributor of automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) developer iVu Imaging's Sofia system in North America.
December 15, 2014
Tomosynthesis classifies breast lesions more accurately
By Kate Madden Yee
Adding digital breast tomosynthesis to digital mammography for screening appears to have many benefits, including greater sensitivity in dense breast tissue and fewer recalls. But the technology also classifies noncalcified breast lesions more accurately in the diagnostic setting, according to research presented at RSNA 2014.
December 14, 2014
Not all tomo recalls benefit from mammography evaluation
By Kate Madden Yee
CHICAGO - Patients recalled from screening with full-field digital mammography plus digital breast tomosynthesis do not all benefit equally from additional mammography for diagnostic evaluation, according to a presentation given on Wednesday at RSNA 2014.
December 3, 2014
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TMIST: Coming soon to a center near you?
By Kate Madden Yee
CHICAGO - In many cases, testifying to the benefits of digital breast tomosynthesis is like preaching to the choir: There's no need to win over any skeptics in the room. But the fact is that tomosynthesis data come from a limited number of studies, all conducted with a single device and many performed at a single site.
December 2, 2014
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RSNA 2014
Dr. Nachiko Uchiyama from Tokyo takes a moment to look through the RSNA 2014 program guide to pick out which sessions she wants to attend. Dr. Uchiyama presented her study "Assessing Radiologist Performance and Microcalcifications Visualization Using Combined 3D Rotating Mammogram (RM) and Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT)" on Tuesday morning at RSNA 2014.
December 2, 2014
DBT finds 30% more cancer than mammo in dense breast tissue
By Kate Madden Yee
CHICAGO - Adding digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) to full-field digital mammography improves cancer detection in women with dense breast tissue by 30% versus mammography alone, according to research presented on Tuesday at the RSNA 2014 meeting.
December 1, 2014
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GE revives Signa MRI brand, launches CT and DBT
By Brian Casey and Erik L. Ridley
CHICAGO - The return of its storied Signa brand in MRI, a new family of Revolution CT scanners, and a new digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) system with market clearance are among the new product introductions at RSNA 2014 for multimodality vendor GE Healthcare.
December 1, 2014
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Post-Connecticut, how is breast ultrasound performing?
By Kate Madden Yee
CHICAGO - Five years after the first breast density notification law was passed in Connecticut, 18 other states have inked their own versions of the legislation. In this context, how is screening breast ultrasound actually performing? The results are mixed, according to research presented on Sunday at RSNA 2014.
November 29, 2014
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