Womens Imaging: Page 130

FFDM fails to lower missed-cancer percentage, study shows

By Kate Madden Yee, Erik L. Ridley

Full-field digital mammography (FFDM) does not improve upon the performance of film-screen mammography, at least in terms of the percentage of missed interval and screening-detected cancers, Norwegian researchers reported in a study published online June 14 in Radiology.

July 4, 2012

Researchers find novel way to image women with breast implants

By Rebekah Moan

Imaging women with silicone breast implants with diffusion-weighted MR imaging is a challenge, but a possible solution is to combine short-tau inversion recovery and slice-select gradient reversal to eliminate or reduce silicone signal, according to a study published online in European Radiology on 16 June.

July 1, 2012

Breast cancer risk after supradiaphragmatic radiation persists past 40 years

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The increased risk of breast cancer in women who received above-the-diaphragm radiotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma persists for at least 40 years, a U.K. cohort study shows.

June 29, 2012

Siemens announces progress with S1000 ultrasound system

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare has completed the first installation of an Acuson S1000 diagnostic ultrasound system in the U.K. at the Liverpool Women's National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust hospital.

June 26, 2012

Breast tomo surpasses digital mammography in diagnostic accuracy

By Kate Madden Yee

One-view breast tomosynthesis shows higher diagnostic accuracy as compared with two-view digital mammography, helping interpreting radiologists find 10% more cancers, according to a new study from an influential group of researchers in Sweden.

June 14, 2012

Communication proves vital to success in screening mammography

By Rebekah Moan

Researchers from Italy and Spain have found that communication affects whether women will return for their annual mammogram, and, similarly, a false-positive result deters them from coming back. The findings were published in this month's issue of the European Journal of Public Health.

June 13, 2012

Digital breast tomo boosts accuracy for soft-tissue abnormalities

By Rebekah Moan

Adding digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) to mammography increases the accuracy for detecting soft-tissue mammographic abnormalities, whether DBT is compared with film-screen mammography alone or film-screen mammography plus full-field digital mammography, U.K. researchers have reported.

June 5, 2012

GE, Affibody to develop PET imaging agent

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

GE Healthcare and Swedish biopharmaceutical company Affibody are collaborating on the development of a HER2-targeted PET imaging agent for patients with breast or gastric cancer.

June 4, 2012

Sectra integrates with MRS7

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

PACS firm Sectra has inked a deal with Mammography Reporting System (MRS) to distribute the company's MRS7 mammography tracking and reporting system integrated with Sectra's Breast Imaging PACS multimodality workstation software.

May 31, 2012

AuntMinnieEurope.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Rebekah Moan

May 28, 2012

IDSI signs Kuwaiti distributor

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Laser breast imaging firm Imaging Diagnostic Systems (IDSI) has inked a distribution agreement with Kuwaiti medical and pharmaceutical product distributor Mareen Group.

May 22, 2012

What to look for in gynecological emergencies

By Rebekah Moan

Gynecological emergencies don't just happen during pregnancy. Researchers from a top London hospital have compiled an overview of the imaging appearances of emergencies in nonpregnant patients, and they found MRI is particularly helpful in identifying the site of origin of large pelvic masses such as torsion.

May 20, 2012

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