Womens Imaging: Page 111

Study: DBT plus 2D mammography boosts specificity

By Rebekah Moan

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) combined with 2D mammography, or synthetic mammography, has better specificity than 2D mammography alone, a large study of more than 7,000 patients has found. However, there was only a marginal improvement in sensitivity.

February 2, 2015

Portuguese shed new light on neuroendocrine tumors

By Rebekah Moan

Gynecological neuroendocrine tumors are rare and aggressive, but they share certain characteristics radiologists need to know about, according to new research published in Insights into Imaging. It's also vital to differentiate these tumors from metastatic disease and other carcinomas.

January 27, 2015

Keep aware of pitfalls in abdominal radiography

By Philip Ward

What must you do when you find a calcified lesion on an abdominal x-ray? To answer a tricky question like this, it's vital to learn how and when to diagnose calcified lesions on plain film and to know when another examination is required, say Spanish radiologists.

January 18, 2015

CT's expansion puts emphasis on dose in Middle East

By Frances Rylands-Monk

At least 11 new CT scanners are due to be installed between now and March across Dubai and the north of the United Arab Emirates, and such rapid growth means the authorities are putting renewed emphasis on radiation protection and patient safety.

January 13, 2015

Barcelona team gives positive verdict on postmortem MRI

By Philip Ward

MRI is as accurate as autopsy in demonstrating macroscopic details of brain abnormalities and postmortem MRI may represent a valuable extra tool in cases in which autopsy cannot be performed, according to award-winning Spanish research.

January 11, 2015

Germany's new quality guidelines: What has changed?

By Dr. Georg Stamm

An updated set of quality assurance guidelines took effect in Germany on 4 November 2014. Significantly, they include a new standard on acceptance and consistency testing of image display systems.

December 18, 2014

Swiss reveal progress in classifying breast microcalcifications

By Cynthia E. Keen

A new method for classifying breast microcalcifications using x-ray phase-contrast imaging was presented at the RSNA 2014 meeting. The technique may help improve early breast cancer diagnosis, increase diagnostic accuracy, and reduce the number of biopsies of suspicious lesions.

December 17, 2014

FEC-PET/CT boosts cervical and endometrial diagnoses

By Wayne Forrest

PET/CT with the radioisotope F-18 fluoroethylcholine (FEC) is a feasible and promising imaging alternative to FDG-PET/CT in detecting cervical and endometrial tumors, according to a pilot study from the U.K. presented last week at RSNA 2014.

December 10, 2014

DBT finds 30% more cancer than mammo in dense breasts

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 mammo alone, according to Norwegian research presented on Tuesday at RSNA 2014.

December 3, 2014

DWI adds little to PET/MRI for female pelvic malignancies

By Wayne Forrest

CHICAGO - Adding diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) to FDG-PET/MRI to stage women with primary or recurrent pelvic malignancies contributes minimal value and is not worth the additional scan time, according to a study from Germany presented on Sunday at RSNA 2014.

December 1, 2014

Researchers develop device to ease mammo discomfort

By Kate Madden Yee

Dutch researchers have developed a new mammography paddle that they believe will ease the compression discomfort that patients experience during mammography exams, according to a study to be presented at the upcoming RSNA 2014 meeting.

November 26, 2014

Volpara to aid Norway's breast screening program

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Volpara Solutions' quantitative breast imaging software will be used at seven of 16 screening sites in the Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Program.

November 19, 2014

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