Breast Imaging: Page 75

AuntMinnie.com Women's Imaging Insider
By Kate Madden Yee
September 22, 2010
U-Systems somo.v nets EU clearance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound developer U-Systems has received approval to market its somo.v automated breast ultrasound system as an adjunct to mammography for screening asymptomatic women for breast cancer in the European Union.
September 12, 2010
Whole-breast ultrasound tomography shows promise
By Erik L. Ridley
Whole-breast ultrasound tomography has much to offer the world of breast imaging, with resolution approaching that of breast MRI, according to researchers from the Karmanos Cancer Institute at Wayne State University in Detroit.
September 12, 2010
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DWI-MRI improves breast MRI's accuracy at 3 tesla
By Kate Madden Yee
Diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DWI-MRI) and apparent diffusion coefficient maps have demonstrated their value in improving the accuracy of breast MRI at 1.5 tesla compared to conventional scanning protocols. But do these techniques also work at 3 tesla?
June 23, 2010
Lesions 'probably benign' on breast MRI may not need biopsy
By Kate Madden Yee
Breast lesions that are classified as "probably benign" on breast MRI scans turn out to be malignant at about the same rate as similarly classified lesions on conventional mammography images, according to a study published in the June issue of Radiology.
May 26, 2010
Solis enrolls patients for ABUS study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Solis Women's Health has joined a national clinical study designed to evaluate automated breast ultrasound (ABUS).
May 3, 2010
Breast MRI improves cancer staging for newly diagnosed women
By Kate Madden Yee
Contrast-enhanced breast MRI finds breast lesions missed on mammography and ultrasound, and can help surgeons plan the best surgical treatment, improving patient outcomes, according to a study presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society meeting this week in San Diego.
May 2, 2010
ACR launches breast MRI program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) will launch a breast MRI accreditation program on May 10.
April 8, 2010
Hybrid breast imaging unit melds molecular and x-ray tomo
By Kate Madden Yee
Digital mammography tomosynthesis is one of the hottest new breast imaging technologies, but what if you added a molecular-based functional tomosynthesis capability to it? University of Virginia researchers did just that, and reported on their findings in a new study published in the April issue of Radiology.
April 4, 2010
Can DBT unseat MRI for screening high-risk women?
By Kate Madden Yee
Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) has the potential to be a useful tool for screening women with dense breasts. But the fact that it adds more radiation exposure is problematic, especially when compared to MRI, according to a speaker at this week's National Consortium of Breast Centers conference in Las Vegas.
March 21, 2010
Breast MRI CAD yields high sensitivity, specificity
By Erik L. Ridley
VIENNA - Breast MRI computer-aided detection (CAD) technology can effectively distinguish between benign and malignant lesions, according to research from Germany presented at the 2010 European Congress of Radiology.
March 7, 2010
Breast MRI excels at high-risk screening; mammo not needed
By Kate Madden Yee
Breast MRI is three times as accurate as other modalities for diagnosing breast cancer early in high-risk women, and it's so good that mammography isn't needed for annual screening of these women, according to a new study by German researchers published online this week in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
February 25, 2010
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