Womens Imaging: Page 116

UKRC: How to achieve success with fetal MRI

By Philip Ward

MANCHESTER - There's a great need to optimize and standardize patient care and imaging parameters to realize fetal MRI's potential, avoid unnecessary repeat examinations and improve image quality and efficiency, according to research presented at this week's U.K. Radiological Congress (UKRC).

June 11, 2014

SNMMI: SPECT/CT shines at sentinel lymph-node imaging

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Presurgical SPECT/CT provides more effective sentinel node imaging than lymphoscintigraphy, according to results from an international multicenter trial presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) annual meeting.

June 9, 2014

Mammography breast density measurements need modifying

By Rebekah Moan

Standard breast density measurement thresholds derived from film-screen mammography don't port over well to full-field digital mammography (FFDM). Using breast density assessment software, however, Canadian researchers have found that lower percentage cut points for FFDM yielded comparable prognostic power.

June 9, 2014

FDG-PET/MRI fusion differentiates breast masses

By Erik L. Ridley

While breast MRI is highly sensitive for breast cancer, its specificity can be a little lackluster. Fusing FDG-PET and breast MRI can help, however, Brazilian researchers reported in an article published online on 27 May in the European Journal of Radiology.

June 1, 2014

DRK: Study shows MRI supports detection of endometriomas

By Michael Reiter

HAMBURG - MRI can be used to detect endometriomas, difficult-to-detect cells from the lining of the uterus found outside the uterine cavity, and also guide surgical intervention, according to a presentation from the 95th congress of the German Society of Radiology (DRK).

May 29, 2014

Mammography's roots and its long-running controversy

By Otha Linton

Today's debate over the value of breast screening is nothing new. Controversy has dogged mammography almost since the technique was invented. Otha Linton looks back at the early days of mammography in the U.S., including the influence of French radiologist Dr. Jean Pierre Bataini.

May 21, 2014

Barco unveils mammography display system at SIIM

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Barco has introduced a new 5MP diagnostic display system for digital breast imaging at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) meeting in Long Beach, CA.

May 15, 2014

AuntMinnieEurope.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Rebekah Moan

May 14, 2014

Breast MRI reliably excludes malignancy

By Rebekah Moan

Breast MRI can reliably exclude malignancy when it's applied as a problem-solving tool, and breast imaging guidelines should be adjusted accordingly, say researchers from the Medical University of Vienna.

May 14, 2014

Estimating dose for advanced mammography

By Jude Dineley

New conversion factors enable calculation of mean glandular dose resulting from contrast-enhanced digital mammography, and have been adopted for use in Europe and by the International Atomic Energy Agency, following pioneering work by researchers in the U.K.

May 7, 2014

Give mammography information, experts say

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The decision to participate in mammography for breast cancer screening needs to be an informed choice considering all factors, rather than an automatic process, according to doctors at the recent World Congress on the Menopause in Cancun, Mexico.

May 5, 2014

Get savvy on pelvic imaging, urge Spanish prize winners

By Philip Ward

Imaging professionals must brush up on their knowledge of the pelvis, particularly the normal anatomy and its correlation with multidetector-row CT images, award-winning researchers from Spain have asserted.

May 5, 2014

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