Womens Imaging: Page 165

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

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

European mammo market on the rise

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European mammography systems market produced $219 million in revenue in 2007 and is expected to reach $346 million in 2014, according to market research firm Frost & Sullivan.

May 5, 2009