Womens Imaging: Page 109

Consent problems hold back fetal autopsies

By Philip Ward

Global researchers who are eager to gain experience in fetal autopsies using CT and MRI are facing immense frustration due to ongoing difficulties over obtaining consent, and one investigator reports being "hamstrung" by the procedures and bureaucracy of ethics committees.

October 14, 2014

Spanish dismiss digital mammo's overdiagnosis risk

By Rebekah Moan

In a new 16-year study, Spanish researchers have found that switching to full-field digital mammography (FFDM) leads to early diagnosis, not overdiagnosis. The group found that cancer detection rates did not increase when compared with film-screen mammography, but going digital did lead to an increase in ductal carcinoma in situ detection rates.

October 13, 2014

Dual-energy CT develops greater role in brachytherapy

By Tami Freeman, PhD

A group of Canadian and Dutch researchers has developed a brachytherapy dosimetry method that accounts for dose heterogeneity. They have used dual-energy CT to extract these parameters, and the treatment is proving valuable in early stage prostate or breast cancer.

October 9, 2014

Koning secures Australian breast CT clearance

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Koning has received the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods Certificate for its Koning Breast CT system and biopsy add-on option.

October 2, 2014

Survey: 75% of adults unaware of breast density risk

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Three-quarters of adults around the world are unaware that dense breast tissue increases a woman's cancer risk, according to a survey performed by GE Healthcare.

October 1, 2014

AuntMinnieEurope.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Rebekah Moan

September 24, 2014

New studies underline promise of digital breast tomosynthesis

By Rebekah Moan

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is superior to conventional digital mammography when detecting breast cancer in women with dense breasts, according to research presented at this month's International Congress of Radiology. DBT also has an edge for the characterization of masses.

September 24, 2014

Mammo skeptics make new bid to stop U.K. breast screening trial

By Frances Rylands-Monk

A U.K. clinical trial examining whether mammography screening should be offered to a broader range of women must be halted due to ethical and medical concerns, according to a letter published in BMJ by a group of longtime opponents to breast screening. But not everyone agrees.

September 15, 2014

Philips supports fetal growth standards on ob/gyn

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare announced at this week's annual International Society for Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology meeting in Barcelona, Spain, that it has committed to include new international standards for fetal growth on every ob/gyn ultrasound machine in its portfolio.

September 15, 2014

3D Systems rolls out transvaginal ultrasound module

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Printing technology firm 3D Systems has launched Simbionix, a training module for transvaginal ultrasound.

September 15, 2014

Forget breast screening for women 70 and older, Dutch say

By Rebekah Moan

Routine breast cancer screening should not be performed on a large scale in women older than age 70 until more data are available, according to Dutch researchers who conducted a trial of more than 38,000 women. The prospective study, published online on 15 September, has attracted an angry response from some experts.

September 14, 2014

GE unveils Voluson E10

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

GE Healthcare released its Voluson E10 ultrasound scanner for the U.S., European, and Japanese markets at this week's World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Barcelona, Spain.

September 14, 2014

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