Womens Imaging: Page 133

Major Swiss infertility study deserves close scrutiny

By Rebekah Moan

Hysterosalpingography (HSG), a common technique in determining infertility in woman, should be more selectively indicated, Swiss researchers found. However, despite its high false-positive rate, it still remains a valuable tool, they noted.

August 12, 2012

Keep vigilant when it comes to hepatic adenoma

By Philip Ward

MRI can classify hepatocellular adenoma (HCA) into precise subgroups, and has become a robust diagnostic tool that is of great importance because HCA management is related -- aside from gender and tumoral size -- to the subtype, according to a top research group from France.

August 6, 2012

Komen mammography campaign criticized

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Professors from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice have criticized Susan G. Komen for the Cure's advertising campaign promoting mammography exams, claiming that the ads are inaccurate and generate false hope about mammography's benefits, in a commentary published online today in BMJ.

August 1, 2012

Sectra to distribute Merge CAD software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

PACS firm Sectra has inked a deal with Merge Healthcare to distribute the healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer's CADstream computer-aided detection (CAD) software.

July 29, 2012

AuntMinnieEurope.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Rebekah Moan

July 23, 2012

CAD could work as second reader, Dutch researchers say

By Rebekah Moan

Dutch researchers determined that a computer-aided detection (CAD) software they developed could be used as a second reader in breast cancer screening, with the CAD algorithm producing diagnostic performance comparable to that of residents, with low false-positive rates.

July 23, 2012

Radiology's graveyard: Extinct exams you may not know about

By Dr. Adrian Thomas

Modern imaging has replaced many of the older radiological techniques. These older examinations often involved considerable technical skills from both radiologists and radiographers, and they spent many years perfecting their skills.

July 22, 2012

Analysis of Swedish county data is off the mark

By Dr. László Tabár

In this week's study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, a research team claimed to find that mammography screening had no impact on mortality from breast cancer, based on their interpretation of data from Swedish counties. However, the group made a number of fatal mistakes in their analysis, according to Dr. László Tabár.

July 16, 2012

JNCI study revives debate over mammography's mortality benefit

By Brian Casey

Does mammography really save lives? That's the question raised by a new study from France published on 17 July in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, which analyzed data from Sweden to conclude that there is no evidence that mammography screening has an impact on mortality from breast cancer in the country.

July 16, 2012

Radiographers can play role in early breast cancer diagnosis

By Rebekah Moan

Many older women in the U.K. are coming into healthcare facilities with late-stage breast cancer primarily because they are unaware of the signs and symptoms of the disease. A pilot study shows that radiographers can help remedy the situation in a program that could have implications for breast care in Europe.

July 15, 2012

Sectra signs deal with Matakina

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

PACS firm Sectra announced it has signed an agreement with Matakina International to distribute Matakina's Volpara breast density software integrated with Sectra's breast imaging PACS.

July 10, 2012

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

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