Womens Imaging: Page 139

Digital breast tomo; IT success in Hamburg; Paris strives to go filmless

By Philip Ward

January 31, 2012

French breast implant boss arrested

By Reuters Health

MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Jean-Claude Mas, the Frenchman who has sparked a global health scare by selling substandard breast implants, was arrested on Thursday and could be charged with manslaughter, the public prosecutor in the city of Marseille said.

January 25, 2012

Naviscan completes PET/mammo installations

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

PET developer Naviscan has installed its positron emission mammography scanner in two European healthcare facilities.

January 24, 2012

Digital mammo market could top $1.3B in 2017

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The global market for full-field digital mammography could expand at a compound annual growth rate of 8% over the next five years, according to a new report by market research firm GlobalData.

January 19, 2012

Women doctors urged to join breast screening trial

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A comment posted on the British Medical Journal (BMJ) website asserts that more randomized controlled trials are needed on breast screening and suggests that female doctors should enroll.

January 17, 2012

Debate grows over study linking HRT with breast cancer

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Evidence from the Million Women Study, an analysis used to establish that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) causes breast cancer, is not definitive, according to an article published online on 16 January in the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care.

January 16, 2012

Fetal MRI can complement prenatal ultrasound

By Philip Ward

MRI is proving useful in the prenatal diagnosis and evaluation of complex fetal thoracic pathologies, and is invaluable in assisting surgical planning where complicated anatomical abnormalities exist, Irish radiologists have discovered.

January 16, 2012

Analysts issue positive report for global mammo market

By Rebekah Moan

The global market for full-field digital mammography (FFDM) is expected to exceed 1 billion euros in the next five years, market research firm GlobalData is predicting. The 8% compound annual growth rate will be driven primarily by increased preference for FFDM systems over analog units, increases in reimbursement, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reclassification of the devices.

January 9, 2012

EU medicines head urges tougher implant rules

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters) - The new head of Europe's drugs watchdog said on Friday there was an acute need to tighten regulations on medical devices, adding to pressure for radical change in the wake of a global scandal over French-made breast implants.

January 8, 2012

Czechs say women should replace PIP implants

By Reuters Health

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech women with silicone breast implants manufactured by a French firm accused of using unapproved industrial-grade material should have them replaced, a Health Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.

January 5, 2012

Portuguese team creates mammography image database

By Cynthia E. Keen

A new mammography database of full-field digital images has been developed by a Portuguese group for public use by researchers. It is described in the February issue of Academic Radiology with the objective of providing a new reference for future work relating to breast cancer imaging.

January 4, 2012

U.K. wants results of breast implant review this week

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain expects the results of a review of breast implant safety to come this week following a global health scare focused on products from a now defunct French company, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said on Wednesday.

January 3, 2012

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