Breast Imaging: Page 79

More than 1M Germans now covered for echotherapy

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Ultrasound therapy developer Theraclion announced that more than 1 million Germans are now covered for echotherapy to treat breast fibroadenomas, the most common form of benign breast lesions.

April 28, 2015

Mammography quality rises sharply in Bulgaria

By Frances Rylands-Monk

In advance of the introduction of breast screening in Bulgaria, new quality control (QC) evidence reveals that issues affecting mammography practice have drastically improved since QC was introduced eight years ago across the country.

April 27, 2015

IMS targets tomo biopsy with coming launch of Giotto Class

By Brian Casey

Italian women's imaging vendor Internazionale Medica Scientifica (IMS) has developed a new flagship mammography system, called Giotto Class. The device was displayed at ECR 2015 and supports digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), and will be launched in the next few months.

April 26, 2015

MeVis posts revenue, net income growth in 2014

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Thanks to an increase in sales from its digital mammography segment, medical imaging software developer MeVis Medical Solutions posted 2014 revenues of 13.1 million euros, up 2% from the 12.8 million euros recorded in 2013.

April 23, 2015

Irish study: How low can breast MR recalls go?

By Rebekah Moan

Research conducted in Dublin finds the breast MRI recall rate is 10.8%, which compares well with other published data but is above U.K. national breast screening guidelines' minimum standard of less than 10% and an expected standard of less than 7%. Is that achievable? Maybe.

April 20, 2015

Volpara hits VolparaDensity installation milestone

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Breast imaging software developer Volpara Solutions has hit a milestone with its VolparaDensity breast density assessment tool, having installed the system in almost three dozen countries.

April 13, 2015

MRI pinpoints malignancy in extramammary disease

By Rebekah Moan

Assessing the entire field-of-view carefully for abnormalities on breast MRI studies is vital, because some incidental extramammary findings are malignant, and this alters diagnostic workup, staging, and treatment, Croatian researchers have found.

April 9, 2015

ABUS adds no value for BRCA carriers, Dutch say

By Rebekah Moan

Despite intensive annual surveillance, BRCA carriers still present with interval cancers. Dutch researchers found automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) detected no additional cancers, so it's back to the drawing board.

March 23, 2015

Low breast density worsens cancer prognosis

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Very low mammographic breast density worsens a woman's breast cancer prognosis, according to a recent study published online in European Radiology.

March 11, 2015

Volpara promotes ECR 2015 research

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Volpara Solutions is directing attention to 10 abstracts presented at ECR 2015 last week in Vienna on its breast density and quantitative breast imaging software.

March 11, 2015

Double-read DBT + digital mammo drops recall rates

By Rebekah Moan

VIENNA - Double reading of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) plus digital mammography reduces the recall rate by 40% when compared with digital mammography alone, Italian researchers reported at ECR 2015.

March 6, 2015

Philips ECR highlights include IntelliSpace Portal upgrade

By Brian Casey

VIENNA - The latest version of its IntelliSpace Portal platform is among the ECR 2015 highlights for Philips Healthcare. The company is also showing recently introduced technology ranging from its IQon spectral CT scanner to its DoseWise Portal radiation dose management program.

March 6, 2015

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