Breast Imaging: Page 85

Mammography's roots and its long-running controversy

By Otha Linton

Today's debate over the value of breast screening is nothing new. Controversy has dogged mammography almost since the technique was invented. Otha Linton looks back at the early days of mammography in the U.S., including the influence of French radiologist Dr. Jean Pierre Bataini.

May 21, 2014

Barco unveils mammography display system at SIIM

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Barco has introduced a new 5MP diagnostic display system for digital breast imaging at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) meeting in Long Beach, CA.

May 15, 2014

Breast MRI reliably excludes malignancy

By Rebekah Moan

Breast MRI can reliably exclude malignancy when it's applied as a problem-solving tool, and breast imaging guidelines should be adjusted accordingly, say researchers from the Medical University of Vienna.

May 14, 2014

Estimating dose for advanced mammography

By Jude Dineley

New conversion factors enable calculation of mean glandular dose resulting from contrast-enhanced digital mammography, and have been adopted for use in Europe and by the International Atomic Energy Agency, following pioneering work by researchers in the U.K.

May 7, 2014

Give mammography information, experts say

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The decision to participate in mammography for breast cancer screening needs to be an informed choice considering all factors, rather than an automatic process, according to doctors at the recent World Congress on the Menopause in Cancun, Mexico.

May 5, 2014

Screening mammography: The sequel

By Dr. Peter Rinck, PhD

After two recent reports -- one Canadian and one Swiss -- screening mammography is in the news again. In fact, it's all over the media. The latter study clearly recommends the abolition of screening mammography in Switzerland.

April 29, 2014

Phase-contrast CT boosts tissue contrast

By Jude Dineley

In screening for breast cancer, conventional mammography carries a finite risk of false positives and undetected lesions. Phase-contrast CT is a promising candidate that exploits variations in x-ray phase, instead of absorption, to produce superior soft-tissue contrast to conventional CT imaging.

April 28, 2014

Contrast-enhanced mammo effective in detecting breast lesions

By Rabia Mughal

While contrast-enhanced spectral mammography is a relatively new technique, two Egyptian studies are showing the advantage of using the technology for the detection of breast lesions, and compare it favorably with more established imaging modalities.

April 24, 2014

Opposition builds in Europe over Swiss breast screening report

By Frances Rylands-Monk

A report by Swiss medical authorities to recommend a halt to breast screening is drawing fire from radiologists, who said the recommendation is based on faulty science. The Swiss position is gaining renewed attention after publication of an online article on 16 April in the New England Journal of Medicine.

April 15, 2014

Swiss board repeats call to abolish breast screening

By Rebekah Moan

Breast cancer screening programs in Switzerland should be wound down, as screening does not clearly produce more benefits than harms, according to an editorial by two members of the Swiss Medical Board published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

April 15, 2014

Seno Medical obtains CE Mark for Imagio

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Seno Medical Instruments has received the European CE Mark for its Imagio ultrasound/optoacoustic imaging system.

April 10, 2014

Women find DBT comparable to standard mammography

By Rebekah Moan

The benefits of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) have received a lot of press coverage, but what is less well-known is how women feel about the modality. Norwegian researchers discovered that women receiving DBT didn't find it to be more painful than standard mammography, nor were they concerned about its radiation health effects.

April 10, 2014

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