Womens Imaging: Page 111

Statistics plain and simple: Is there such a thing?

By Dr. Peter Rinck, PhD

The lively debate over screening mammography has highlighted the importance of statistics, but many authors use the wrong methods, draw general conclusions from a small number of case studies, and confuse correlation and causation. The Maverinck investigates.

July 29, 2014

Volpara lauds Karolinska study

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Volpara Solutions is drawing attention to a clinical study conducted by the Karolinska Institute in Sweden validating the firm's VolparaDensity breast imaging software.

July 27, 2014

New chief of German breast group faces full agenda

Dr. Markus Müller-Schimpfle is the new chair of the Breast Imaging Working Group of the German Radiological Society. In this article, he maps out the challenges he envisages during his time in office. He is keen to ensure Europe does not blindly adopt every idea to come out of the U.S.

July 27, 2014

Belgians find subtle changes after mammography goes digital

By Rebekah Moan

After a Belgian breast screening program went digital, researchers found subtle differences in performance between digital and analog mammography systems. One of them was a major difference in radiation dose, based on whether sites used digital or computed radiography.

July 24, 2014

Breast cancer therapy market primed for growth

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Due to an increased use of targeted therapies, greater uptake of branded drugs, and a rising incidence of breast cancer, the breast cancer therapeutics market will grow from $9.2 billion in 2013 to $13.1 billion by 2020, according to a new report from market research firm GBI Research.

July 22, 2014

Europe's mammography market to double by 2020

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Europe's mammography systems market will more than double by 2020, from 115 million euros in 2013 to an estimated 313 million euros by 2020.

July 17, 2014

FFDM study not needed with contrast mammography exam

By Rebekah Moan

A separate full-field digital mammography (FFDM) study may not be necessary when performing contrast-enhanced digital mammography exams, as the low-energy image may be sufficient for interpretation, according to a new European Journal of Radiology study. This ultimately means a reduction in patient dose.

July 10, 2014

Cash injection brings teleradiology progress in Turkey

By Frances Rylands-Monk

A network of 100 mobile mammography units is due to be deployed across Turkey within the next year as part of a 183 million euro teleradiology screening project. Dr. Utku Şenol, president of the Turkish Medical Informatics Association, speaks about this and other developments.

July 2, 2014

Breast imaging market to hit $3B in 2019

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The global market for breast imaging technologies is expected to reach $3 billion by 2019, with a compound annual growth rate of 8.1% between 2014 and 2019, according to a new report from research firm MarketsandMarkets.

June 25, 2014

AuntMinnieEurope.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Rebekah Moan

June 25, 2014

'Priming' doesn't work for mammograms, study finds

By Rebekah Moan

When it comes to breast cancer screening, inserting additional malignant cases into datasets of screening mammograms may lead to a decrease in the performance of experienced breast radiologists, according to a new study in the British Journal of Radiology.

June 25, 2014

Kromek secures U.K. contracts

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation detection technology firm Kromek has been granted contracts worth 150,000 pounds (188,000 euros) in the U.K.

June 22, 2014

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