Womens Imaging: Page 117

FDG-PET/MRI aids patients with suspected pelvic malignancy

By Wayne Forrest

Evidence for the efficacy of whole-body FDG-PET/MRI continues to mount, as the hybrid modality outperformed MRI alone for staging women with suspected pelvic malignancies in a German study presented at this month's RSNA meeting in Chicago.

December 15, 2013

For tomosynthesis, 2D synthetic images could replace FFDM

By Kate Madden Yee

Synthetically reconstructed 2D images with digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) was comparable to conventional 2D mammography with DBT for breast cancer screening, in a Norwegian study presented at this month's RSNA meeting in Chicago.

December 12, 2013

PIP founder Jean-Claude Mas receives prison sentence

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Poly Implant Prosthèse (PIP) founder Jean-Claude Mas has been sentenced to four years in prison for fraud, according to a report by United Press International (UPI).

December 10, 2013

Saudi hospital successfully implements IORT for breast cancer

By Rabia Mughal

Intraoperative radiation therapy for early-stage breast cancer was successfully implemented in a hospital in Saudi Arabia, spurring more installations in the region, according to a presentation by Dr. Yasir Bahadur at last week's RSNA meeting.

December 9, 2013

Breast tomosynthesis, density research highlighted at RSNA

By Kate Madden Yee

CHICAGO - Study findings on the benefits of digital breast tomosynthesis and how tissue density affects a woman's breast cancer risk as she ages were highlighted on Tuesday at the RSNA meeting. Dr. Nicholas Perry, from the London Breast Institute, was one of the speakers at the session.

December 4, 2013

Shear-wave elastography, ABUS help classify breast lesions

By Kate Madden Yee

CHICAGO - High tumor stiffness at shear-wave elastography appears to predict lymph node metastasis in women with invasive breast cancer, and automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) turned in a similar diagnostic performance to handheld ultrasound, according to two studies presented on Sunday at the RSNA meeting.

December 1, 2013

Ultrasound improves prenatal care in rural Uganda

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A recent study has shown that providing pregnant women in rural Uganda with access to ultrasound screenings resulted in overall improved quality of maternal and newborn care.

November 21, 2013

Kuhl: To thrive, radiology must be visible to patients and referrers

Earlier this month, Dr. Christiane Kuhl became the first female president of the Radiological Society of Rhineland-Westphalia in Germany. In this interview, she speaks about her hopes for the future and her fear that radiology is vanishing from the consciousness of patients and referrers.

November 19, 2013

Installed base grows for MR-guided ultrasound

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Spire Parkway Hospital in Solihull, U.K., has received a new MR-guided focused ultrasound system.

November 4, 2013

AuntMinnieEurope.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Rebekah Moan

November 3, 2013

Dutch strive to cut costs by avoiding preoperative breast MRI

By Philip Ward

Before preoperative breast MRI, it's feasible to work out which patients are most likely to show similar results on mammography and ultrasound, and this may help to save on the expense of an MRI exam, Dutch researchers have found.

November 3, 2013

Doctors are not informing patients of overdiagnosis risk

By Kate Madden Yee

Patients are not being told about the possibility of overdiagnosis and overtreatment as a result of cancer screening programs, and many say they wouldn't start a screening program if the overdiagnosis rate is too high, according to a German survey of patients in the U.S.

October 27, 2013

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