Womens Imaging: Page 117

Europeans balance pros and cons of relocating to Middle East

By Frances Rylands-Monk

Lucrative financial packages in the Gulf States, along with the prospect of a high-quality lifestyle, continue to attract radiologists to the Middle East, but there are trade-offs to be aware of when working in the region. Radiologists from Austria and Italy share their experiences and know-how.

September 2, 2014

CAD with single reader works for breast screening, Spanish say

By Rebekah Moan

An institution in Spain has adopted single reading with computer-aided detection (CAD) software to screen for breast cancer in light of recent study results indicating that it works just as well as double reading with arbitration. The only caveat is the readers must be experienced radiologists.

September 1, 2014

Swiss docs fire back at report against breast screening

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Two Swiss doctors are criticizing a report released in February and published in JAMA Internal Medicine that suggested Switzerland should abolish its organized mammography screening programs.

August 27, 2014

European breast imaging market slated for growth

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The growth in the number of women being screened in national population-based breast cancer screening programs in many European countries will fuel the need for breast imaging systems over the next decade, according to market research firm Frost & Sullivan.

August 25, 2014

Shorter scan protocol could make breast MRI screening a reality

By Rebekah Moan

Breast MRI pioneer Dr. Christiane Kuhl has demonstrated that an abbreviated scanning protocol of just three minutes could make breast MRI a reality for population-based screening. The protocol worked well in a research study of more than 400 women that was published in the August issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

August 25, 2014

Researchers discover new breast cancer gene

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

An international team of researchers has discovered a new breast cancer gene, according to a study published online in the New England Journal of Medicine.

August 7, 2014

AuntMinnieEurope.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Rebekah Moan

August 6, 2014

CT proves value for pulmonary embolism in pregnancy

By Rebekah Moan

A relatively large U.K. study has provided fresh evidence that CT pulmonary angiograms result in positive outcomes when diagnosing pulmonary embolism in pregnant women, for whom the incidence of venous thromboembolism is four times greater than in the nonpregnant population.

August 6, 2014

Standard mammography image processing best for calcifications

By Kate Madden Yee

Standard image processing algorithms help mammography detect calcification clusters more effectively than low-contrast or film-screen algorithms and could reduce false positives, according to a U.K. study published in the August issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

August 4, 2014

Dutch use registration scheme to tackle 'missing structures'

By Tami Freeman, PhD

Adding a geometrical penalty term to a nonrigid registration algorithm allows registration of structurally dissimilar medical images, according to new research from Utrecht in the Netherlands.

July 31, 2014

Radiology interpretation performance may slip late in sessions

By Erik L. Ridley

Radiologists may take less time to interpret images and see changes in their performance over the course of a long reading session, according to analysis from Warwick, U.K. But it's not clear if that dynamic represents an actual clinical concern or merely effects attributable to the study designs.

July 29, 2014

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

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