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Womens Imaging: Page 167
Sectra gets grant for low-dose mammography
By
AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra has received a grant for 3.6 million euros ($4.8 million) to investigate low-dose high-resolution mammography technology.
June 13, 2007
GE inks deal with International Aid
By
AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., has signed an agreement with global humanitarian agency International Aid covering the distribution of medical equipment to communities in developing countries.
June 11, 2007
Irish BreastCheck program orders FFDM units
By
AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Irish National Cancer Screening Service's BreastCheck program is ordering 29 full-field digital mammography (FFDM) units as part of its plan to improve access to mammography services in the country.
June 10, 2007
GE to supply FFDM to Irish breast cancer screening program
By
AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., said it has signed an agreement with the Irish National Cancer Screening Service to provide 13 of 29 digital mammography units to be installed across Ireland as part of that country's national breast cancer screening program, BreastCheck.
June 5, 2007
Sectra reports record sales
By
AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Increased direct sales and growing volume in support contracts in its medical systems business helped propel Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra to record sales in its 2006/2007 fiscal year.
May 22, 2007
Sectra signs Capio for FFDM
By
AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra has signed an agreement to digitize the mammography operations of European laboratory and radiology services provider Capio Diagnostics.
April 22, 2007
Excess ovarian cancer deaths attributed to HRT use
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Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 19 - Since 1991, there have been roughly 1,000 ovarian cancer deaths ascribed to the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in the U.K., according to a report in the April 19th issue of the
Lancet
. Previous reports have indicated that ovarian cancer is the fourth most common malignancy in women in the U.K., but there are few data regarding the proportion of cases related to HRT use.
April 18, 2007
Sectra adds Swedish FFDM order
By
AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra has received an order for its MicroDose Mammography full-field digital mammography (FFDM) systems from the County Council in Örebro, Sweden.
April 17, 2007
Age at endometriosis diagnosis is linked to breast cancer risk
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Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 12 - Women who are diagnosed with endometriosis at a young age tend to have a reduced risk for breast cancer, according to researchers, while women who are older when they receive a diagnosis of endometriosis have an increased breast cancer risk.
April 11, 2007
Sectra to distribute iCAD
By
AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer iCAD of Nashua, NH, said that it has signed a distribution agreement with healthcare technology developer Sectra of Linkoping, Sweden.
April 9, 2007
Medipattern integrates B-CAD with Sectra
By
AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) software developer Medipattern of Toronto has integrated its B-CAD application with Swedish technology developer Sectra's breast imaging workstation.
March 21, 2007
German group presents results with prototype breast CT scanner
By
Brian Casey
VIENNA - A German research group presented preliminary work on a dedicated breast CT scanner at this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR). While the group has only studied phantoms with the prototype system, their results so far indicate that the scanner can achieve twice the resolution of conventional mammography at an equivalent radiation dose.
March 10, 2007
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