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Top 5 trends from ECR 2017 in Vienna

By Philip Ward, Erik Ridley, Kate Madden Yee, and Brian Casey

The stunning flower-and-skull display that formed the centerpiece of ECR 2017 certainly looked impressive in everybody's photos, on social media, and in the daily newspaper. But what were the truly lasting impressions and meaningful issues to take away from this year's congress in Vienna? Our editorial team has put together a list of five key themes.

March 6, 2017

Clinical trials to shed new light on preoperative breast MRI

By Rebekah Moan

Is breast MRI really diagnosing more false positives than mammography? What changes for preoperative breast MRI can be expected after the latest clinical trials? These are among the important unanswered questions in breast MRI that will be discussed at today's master class at ECR 2017.

March 4, 2017

DBT reduces breast surgery re-excision rates

By Kate Madden Yee

VIENNA - Adding digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) to preoperative digital mammography and ultrasound reduces the re-excision rate of surgical treatment for breast cancer -- good news for women and also for imaging centers seeking to render cost-effective care, according to research presented at ECR 2017.

March 4, 2017

Neural networks read mammograms as well as radiologists

By Kate Madden Yee

VIENNA - Deep artificial neural networks can read mammograms as well as radiologists, according to research from Switzerland presented at ECR 2017 on Thursday. Neural networks can also be trained with a relatively small amount of data, the group found.

March 2, 2017

Is DBT ready to replace digital mammography for screening?

By Kate Madden Yee

VIENNA - Enthusiasm for digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) continues to grow, with adherents lauding its increased cancer detection and reduced false-positive rates. Thus far, the technology has been used as an adjunct to digital mammography -- but could it replace it? Two presentations given on Wednesday at ECR 2017 addressed the question.

March 1, 2017

EU funds project for new ultrasound, tomo device for breast cancer

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A new European Union (EU)-funded project will develop a device for multimodal tomography using ultrasound and optical tomography to improve breast cancer diagnosis.

February 28, 2017

Volpara debuts updated breast imaging software at ECR

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Breast imaging software developer Volpara Solutions has released its updated VolparaEnterprise 2.0 software at ECR 2017.

February 28, 2017

Breast MRI benefits women across all risk categories

By Kate Madden Yee

Screening breast MRI boosts early diagnosis of cancer in all women, not just those at high risk, according to a new study from Germany published online this week in Radiology. So why isn't the modality being used more frequently?

February 20, 2017

Italians put finishing touches to image quality method

By Rebekah Moan

Italian researchers have proved a combination of phantoms, an automatic software tool, and a statistical process are effective and applicable on a large scale to vet the image quality and reproducibility for any type of digital mammography system.

February 6, 2017

Breast screening organizers get creative to boost uptake

By Frances Rylands-Monk

A new study from Lebanon of 2,400 women older than 40 has found that fewer than half the women sent a breast screening invitation underwent mammography. To overcome the hit-and-miss nature of screening adherence in the region, new campaigns and promotions are being used.

February 5, 2017

Elekta gets FDA clearance for brachytherapy applicator

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation oncology vendor Elekta has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its image-guided brachytherapy applicator for treating advanced gynecological cancers.

February 1, 2017

Mechanical imaging can cut breast screening recalls

By Rebekah Moan

Adding a technique called mechanical imaging to mammography breast cancer screening could lower the number of false positives and recalls by a third, according to a new Swedish study. The researchers call the results "surprising."

January 30, 2017

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