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Womens Imaging: Page 107
Low-res monitors not so low after all in breast scans
By
Rebekah Moan
Experience is not a factor when it comes to interpreting mammograms on lower resolution, cheaper viewing devices. And LCD monitors with image manipulation software are suitable for viewing mammograms for training purposes, found a U.K. study that included findings on iPhone use.
June 11, 2015
SNMMI: FDG-PET/CT predicts ovarian cancer survival
By
Wayne Forrest
BALTIMORE - FDG-PET/CT scans can help predict disease progression and overall survival of ovarian cancer patients for as long as several years after treatment, according to a German presentation made on 9 June at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) annual meeting.
June 10, 2015
German breast experts set to discuss U.S. standards
By
AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
More than 300 experts are due to gather in Frankfurt, Germany, this weekend for a consensus meeting on breast cancer diagnosis, according to the German Radiological Society (DRG).
June 8, 2015
Technique comes under scrutiny in breast cancer therapy
By
Cynthia E. Keen
Dose delivery in radiotherapy must be verified for quality assurance to high accuracy, preferably by independent systems. This also applies to other applications of small x-ray sources, such as intraoperative radiotherapy, according to Swedish and Dutch researchers.
June 4, 2015
GE brings Vscan Access to Africa, Southeast Asia
By
AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has unveiled its Vscan Access portable ultrasound system for developing regions at the 68th session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva.
May 26, 2015
Study finds higher breast recall rates in U.S. vs. Denmark
By
Frances Rylands-Monk
New evidence has shown that women screened for breast cancer in the U.S. were recalled for workup much more frequently than women screened in Denmark, and cancer detection rates also varied significantly, according to a study published by the
International Journal of Cancer
.
May 26, 2015
New breast tomo CAD shows high sensitivity
By
Eric Barnes
A new computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithm for digital breast tomosynthesis studies delivers high sensitivity and an acceptably low false-positive rate, according to Italian researchers. In a retrospective study of nearly 200 women who underwent DBT for breast cancer screening, CAD demonstrated sensitivity of 89% with a false-positive rate of 2.7 per breast.
May 25, 2015
Family breast cancer history doesn't mean poor prognosis
By
AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Women with a family history of breast cancer who develop the disease face no worse of a prognosis than others who develop breast cancer, according to a new study published in
BJS
.
May 20, 2015
Synthetic 2D can add value to breast tomo
By
Rebekah Moan
Synthetic 2D images can bring additional value to digital breast tomosynthesis, overcome the limitation in comparison with prior studies without additional radiation dose exposure, and lead to no increase in exam times, Italian researchers found.
May 10, 2015
Swedish study finds one-view DBT detects more breast cancers
By
Brian Casey
One-view digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) detected 40% more breast cancers than traditional two-view mammography, with lower radiation dose, in a study of more than 7,500 women in Sweden that was published on 1 May in
European Radiology
.
May 5, 2015
Breast tomo proves value for detecting calcifications
By
Rebekah Moan
Digital breast tomosynthesis is superior to full-field digital mammography for detection of microcalcifications, according to an Italian researcher, who believes the study marks another step toward the evolution of more routine use of 3D mammography in breast imaging.
April 29, 2015
More than 1M Germans now covered for echotherapy
By
AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Ultrasound therapy developer Theraclion announced that more than 1 million Germans are now covered for echotherapy to treat breast fibroadenomas, the most common form of benign breast lesions.
April 28, 2015
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