Breast Imaging: Page 47

Northern Ireland proposes closures to breast cancer centers

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Northern Ireland Department of Health is proposing the closure of two breast cancer centers, reducing the number in the region from five to three, according to a BBC report.

March 26, 2019

Volpara expands GE distribution agreement globally

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Breast imaging software developer Volpara Solutions has expanded the distribution agreement it holds with GE Healthcare for its VolparaDensity software.

March 26, 2019

Italian study finds higher recall rate with annual mammo

By Kate Madden Yee

Italian researchers found that younger women who were screened annually with mammography had higher recall rates than older women who had biennial screening, according to a study published online on 18 March in European Radiology.

March 21, 2019

Hologic moves ahead with learning facility in Belgium

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Women's imaging firm Hologic has announced a new learning and experience center in Zaventem, Belgium, near Brussels.

March 21, 2019

DBT slashes biopsy rates of benign breast lesions

By Kate Madden Yee

U.K. researchers have found that digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) reduces the benign biopsy rate by as much as 23 percentage points compared with the full-field digital mammography rate, according to a study published online on 19 March in Radiology.

March 19, 2019

Put screening units near shops & offices, U.K. expert urges

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

To boost take-up for cancer screening, it's vital to locate centers close to shops and offices, according to a leading U.K. cancer specialist.

March 17, 2019

AI can reduce mammography screening's workload

By Kate Madden Yee

Artificial intelligence (AI) could effectively reduce the workload involved in reading mammography screening exams by eliminating studies most likely to be normal from the radiologist's worklist, according to a presentation delivered at ECR 2019 in Vienna.

March 14, 2019

Breast screening rate remains low in Greater Manchester

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The National Health Service breast screening program in Greater Manchester, England, again failed to reach its target, with only 67% of eligible participants undergoing an exam in 2018, Rochdale Online has reported.

March 11, 2019

New MRI coil vest may improve breast cancer screening

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Researchers from Austria are developing a vest embedded with radiofrequency coils that would allow patients to lie face up during a breast MRI exam -- potentially improving the comfort and accuracy of breast cancer screening.

March 11, 2019

Faster breast MR protocol comparable to DBT for screening

By Kate Madden Yee

An accelerated breast MRI protocol, performed without contrast media, is comparable to digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) for breast cancer screening, according to a presentation delivered at ECR 2019 in Vienna.

March 6, 2019

JNCI: Breast screening AI software equals radiologists

By Erik L. Ridley

Artificial intelligence (AI)-based software can detect cancer on screening mammography studies as accurately as an average breast radiologist, according to research published online on 5 March in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI). But it could not beat the best radiologists in the study.

March 6, 2019

Swiss find that breast CT screening is feasible

By Kate Madden Yee

Swiss researchers performing a feasibility study with a new breast CT scanner found that the system turned in high-quality images at low radiation dose. The combination could mean that breast CT could be ready for cancer screening, according to a study published online on 2 March in Investigative Radiology.

March 5, 2019

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