Breast Imaging: Page 102

GE, Affibody to develop PET imaging agent

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

GE Healthcare and Swedish biopharmaceutical company Affibody are collaborating on the development of a HER2-targeted PET imaging agent for patients with breast or gastric cancer.

June 4, 2012

Sectra integrates with MRS7

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

PACS firm Sectra has inked a deal with Mammography Reporting System (MRS) to distribute the company's MRS7 mammography tracking and reporting system integrated with Sectra's Breast Imaging PACS multimodality workstation software.

May 31, 2012

Imaging market in Eastern Europe to near 2B euros in 2015

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The medical imaging market in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia recorded 1.15 billion euros in revenues in 2010 and is expected to reach 1.9 billion euros in 2015, according to market research firm Frost & Sullivan.

May 29, 2012

Night-shift work linked to greater breast cancer risk

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A long-term study based in Europe and the U.S. has found that women who work night shifts more than twice a week have a greater susceptibility of breast cancer, according to research published online by Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

May 28, 2012

Crystal-ball gazing: What's the outlook for breast screening?

By Stephen Holloway and Carly Reed

Mammography using conventional x-ray remains the industry standard for breast cancer screening, but ongoing concern over radiation dosage, combined with the diagnostic limitations of the standard procedure, has prompted a long-term search for a viable alternative.

May 28, 2012

IDSI signs Kuwaiti distributor

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Laser breast imaging firm Imaging Diagnostic Systems (IDSI) has inked a distribution agreement with Kuwaiti medical and pharmaceutical product distributor Mareen Group.

May 22, 2012

Armenia gets 3D digital mammo units

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Armenian American Cultural Association has installed a 3D digital mammography system from women's imaging vendor Hologic at the Armenian American Wellness Center in Yerevan, Armenia.

May 17, 2012

Fuji converts U.K. breast unit to digital technology

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Fujifilm Medical Systems has converted Barnsley Hospital's Breast Screening Unit from analog to digital imaging technology.

May 14, 2012

Barcelona delegates updated on breast irradiation brachytherapy

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Four year outcomes of early stage breast cancer patients who underwent accelerated partial breast irradiation brachytherapy treatment administered with a strut-based device were presented at the World Congress of Brachytherapy, held in Barcelona last week.

May 13, 2012

ESTRO: Study positive about APBI brachytherapy

By Cynthia E. Keen

Accelerated partial-breast irradiation (APBI) brachytherapy produces comparable local recurrence outcomes with much better cosmesis compared to whole-breast irradiation, according to research presented on Friday at the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) World Congress of Brachytherapy in Barcelona, Spain.

May 10, 2012

Dilon promotes declipseSPECT study results

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Breast-specific gamma imaging developer Dilon Diagnostics is highlighting clinical research regarding its declipseSPECT device presented in March at the Society of Surgical Oncology annual cancer symposium.

May 8, 2012

Dutch reveal success with experimental breast screening tool

By Cynthia E. Keen

Photoacoustic technology, the use of light-induced sound, is showing promise in imaging of breast cancer. It may be able to distinguish malignant tissue from normal tissue by providing high-contrast images of tumors, Dutch researchers said.

May 8, 2012

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