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Breast tomo proves value for detecting calcifications

By Rebekah Moan

Digital breast tomosynthesis is superior to full-field digital mammography for detection of microcalcifications, according to an Italian researcher, who believes the study marks another step toward the evolution of more routine use of 3D mammography in breast imaging.

April 29, 2015

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

SuperSonic promotes meta-analysis from Frankfurt

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

French ultrasound technology developer SuperSonic Imagine said a recent large meta-analysis concluded its ShearWave elastography technology was accurate for staging liver disease in a broad range of patients.

April 28, 2015

Safety-net hospital lifts the lid on child abuse

By Philip Ward

Fresh data about suspected cases of abuse show that about a quarter of children evaluated at an inner city hospital by means of a skeletal survey with radiography were found to be the victims of abuse. Furthermore, of the abused children, around 39% had skeletal trauma and 61% did not.

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

MRI reveals muscular dystrophy variant's toll on hearts

By Eric Barnes

Duchenne muscular dystrophy carriers, even when asymptomatic, show severe cardiac abnormalities on MRI, according to new research from Germany. Cardiac MRI showed all asymptomatic carriers had significant cardiac pathologies, the researchers found.

April 26, 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

Automated analysis aids lung nodule management

By Eric Barnes

The solid component of subsolid pulmonary nodules can be detected automatically -- making it easier to assess the potential malignancy of lung lesions detected on CT, according to researchers from the Netherlands.

April 23, 2015

EOS gets 1st Hong Kong installation

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

EOS Imaging has delivered its EOS digital radiography system to the Chinese University of Hong Kong's department of orthopedics and traumatology.

April 22, 2015

Tübingen team wins award for cardiac MR study

By Philip Ward

Prize-winning German research has provided compelling new evidence that in many patients with coronary artery disease, late gadolinium enhancement cardiac MRI can depict previously unknown myocardial infarction.

April 22, 2015

Fuji, Hitachi sign distribution deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Fujifilm Europe has signed an agreement for Hitachi Medical Systems Europe to distribute Fujifilm's Synapse 3D Liver resection planning software through subsidiaries in Europe.

April 21, 2015

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