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XCounter, Artemis to develop breast CT unit
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish 3D mammography developer XCounter and University of Erlangen spin-off Artemis Imaging said they are working to develop a 3D breast CT system.
July 8, 2009
MRI improves diagnosis of severe endometriosis
By Reuters Health
CHICAGO (Reuters), Jul 8 - An advanced type of MRI scan may help doctors more accurately diagnose a severe form of endometriosis, researchers said on Tuesday, potentially allowing some women to avoid invasive pelvic surgery.
July 7, 2009
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Sectra hires Carestream vet Varian
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra has tapped imaging veteran Chris Varian as senior business manager, international business development.
July 5, 2009
Childhood cancer survivors at risk for pregnancy complications
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Women who received radiation therapy for childhood cancers such as leukemia have a higher risk of complications during pregnancy and need to be closely monitored, researchers told attendees at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology annual conference this week.
July 1, 2009
UFE provides long-term relief of fibroid symptoms
By Kate Madden Yee
Uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) provides long-term relief for a variety of fibroid symptoms, according to a study by Austrian researchers to be published in the July issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
June 29, 2009
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CARS report: Novel conebeam CT cuts breast dose, improves accuracy
By Eric Barnes
BERLIN - Dual-resolution conebeam CT accentuates the positives of conebeam breast imaging and eliminates (some of) the negatives, said a team from Texas in a presentation at the Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery meeting.
June 28, 2009
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Sectra lands more U.K. FFDM orders
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra has received an order for two MicroDose Mammography full-field digital mammography (FFDM) systems from a breast screening service in the U.K.
June 14, 2009
MRA planning halves radiation, contrast dose during UAE
By Kate Madden Yee
German researchers have found that performing an MR angiography (MRA) scan for planning prior to uterine artery embolization (UAE) can cut both radiation and contrast dose in half, according to a study published in the June issue of Radiology.
May 27, 2009
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Sectra posts mixed year-end results
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Despite double-digit sales growth, continued expansion of its distribution channels and an increase in mammography device production capacity hampered profit margins for Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra in its recently concluded fiscal year.
May 25, 2009
Season may not alter cancer survival in short term
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 20 - Some studies have found that patients with certain cancers seem to survive longer when they're diagnosed during summer and autumn months, but it now appears that this may be largely due to higher death rates in general during winter months, report U.K. researchers from King's College London.
May 19, 2009
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ART nets German order
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Optical molecular imaging developer ART Advanced Research Technologies has received an order from the University Medical Center Göttingen in Germany for its SoftScan breast imaging system.
May 19, 2009
FFDM equals analog mammography in hard-copy reading
By Kate Madden Yee
A new study from the U.K. confirms previous research regarding the equivalency of full-field digital mammography (FFDM) with analog film-screen mammography. The two techniques had roughly equal detection rates when images were printed and read in a hard-copy environment.
May 6, 2009
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