Womens Imaging: Page 161

One-third of breast cancers overdiagnosed, European study finds

By Kate Madden Yee

Nine years ago, researchers from the Nordic Cochrane Centre roiled the women's imaging community with a study challenging the usefulness of mammography screening. Their new study, which indicates that screening mammography programs contribute to overtreatment of cancers that are actually harmless, is likely to have the same effect.

July 12, 2009

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

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

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

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

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

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

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