Womens Imaging: Page 101

False positives translate to higher breast cancer risk

By Kate Madden Yee

Women who have false-positive results on mammography are at almost twice the risk of breast cancer than women with negative mammography exams, according to a new study published online in Radiology. And it gets worse: Women who have had more than two false-positive exams have nine times the risk of breast cancer compared to those with negative exams.

February 29, 2016

MR-guided HIFU: A good alternative to lumpectomy

By Kate Madden Yee

MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is safe for breast tumor ablation, offering an even less invasive alternative to lumpectomy -- as well as other forms of ablation -- for women with early-stage invasive breast cancer, according to a new study.

February 24, 2016

MR-guided HIFU: A good alternative to lumpectomy

By Kate Madden Yee

MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is safe for breast tumor ablation, offering an even less invasive alternative to lumpectomy -- as well as other forms of ablation -- for women with early-stage invasive breast cancer, according to a new study.

February 24, 2016

Fuji secures U.K. Nuffield Health contract for FFDM

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Fujifilm Medical Systems has signed a contract with the U.K.'s Nuffield Health to provide its Amulet Innovality full-field digital mammography system (FFDM).

February 17, 2016

Synchrotron-based breast CT advances

By Tami Freeman, PhD

Performing breast CT with synchrotron radiation enables the use of phase-contrast techniques, which produce images with high soft-tissue contrast. Researchers in Italy are planning the first clinical study of phase-contrast breast CT with synchrotron radiation.

February 17, 2016

Primax, IMS sign distribution deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

French radiography vendor Primax and Italian women's imaging vendor Internazionale Medico Scientifica (IMS) have finalized a new distribution agreement.

February 16, 2016

Screening makes no difference for advanced breast cancers

By Rebekah Moan

Researchers from Norway have found that organized mammography screening detected more early-stage cancers, with no change in advanced-stage cancers, calling into question the effectiveness of mass screening programs. But the study has drawn the ire of a screening advocate, who calls the findings a "biased guess."

February 11, 2016

AuntMinnieEurope.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Rebekah Moan

February 1, 2016

Watch out for 'false friends' in breast imaging

By Rebekah Moan

Usually benign imaging findings may hide a malignant lesion such as medullary carcinoma, so it's vital to be aware of these "false friends," according to researchers from Madrid who have provided some tips and tricks in award-winning work.

February 1, 2016

EU funds project to develop new PET/MRI mammo device

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A new breast cancer screening device that will combine PET and MR technology is being supported by the European Union (EU), according to the European Institute for Biomedical Imaging Research.

January 27, 2016

BJR: Automated breast density shows fresh promise

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Researchers in Canada have found that an automated breast density measurement software outperforms conventional risk factors for predicting the risk of cancer, according to research published on 20 January by the British Journal of Radiology.

January 24, 2016

U.K. litigation figures come under close scrutiny

By Philip Ward

A total of 791 litigation claims involving radiology in the U.K. National Health Service and covering a 20-year period have come under the microscope. Chest x-rays, CT, and mammography accounted for two-thirds of these claims.

January 19, 2016

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