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Medipattern will provide B-CAD [computer-aided detection] software that uses breast ultrasound imaging at the Ocean Medical Imaging Center in Toms River, N.J.
Philips Healthcare unveiled several women’s health solutions at RSNA including Integral Breast Workspace and new capabilities for its mammography, ultrasound and MRI imaging systems at the 2009 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference in Chicago last week.
In a reversal of its 2002 recommendations, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has issued new guidelines against routine screening mammography in women aged 40 to 49 years, against teaching women breast self-examination and advocating biennial screening mammography only for women aged 50 to 74 years.
Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington Schools of Public Health and Pharmacy have received $16 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds to lead four research projects based on cancer genomics, cancer diagnostics, breast imaging and cancer screening.
Wayne State University in Detroit has received nearly $18 million in research grants under the federal government’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 program.
A team of nanomaterial scientists, medical physicists and cancer biologists at the University of North Carolina has developed smaller, lower-cost x-ray tubes packed with sharp-tipped carbon nanotubes for cancer research and treatment. The technology was presented this week at the 2009 meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), in Anaheim, Calif.
Dilon Technologies' newest software update for its Dilon 6800 gamma camera includes enhancements for both breast and general nuclear medicine image processing.
InSite One has acquired National Digital Medical Archive (NDMA) clients who have leveraged its technology for long-term image management in women's health to InSite One's InDex services.
Solis Women's Health has appointed Marla R. Lander, MD, as its chief medical officer (CMO). Lander replaces Timothy Freer, MD, the founder of Solis' predecessor organization, and the first CMO of Solis, who has now retired, the firm said.
The aging of the U.S. population will take a toll on the ability of healthcare providers to deliver mammography screening in a timely manner; according to data presented in the February issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology, drastic reductions in the number of mammography professionals over the next 20 years could impact service delivery.
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Siemens Healthcare highlighted its women’s health portfolio, featuring its integrated mammography workstation, digital biopsy system, ultrasound and digital mammography at the 2009 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual conference last week.
Written by Mike Bassett
CHICAGO--Targeting suspicious areas of the breast with ultrasound can reduce the need for biopsies in young women, according to the findings of two studies presented Wednesday at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
GE Healthcare (Booth 4029) is highlighting technologies in a variety of modalities--including MR, ultrasound and molecular imaging--at the 2009 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference in Chicago.
Siemens Healthcare has released new MR breast imaging software.
The combined use of digital breast tomosynthesis with full-field digital mammography (FFDM) for breast cancer screening may result in a substantial decrease in recall rates by an average of 30 percent, according to a retrospective observer study in the August issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
Pharmalucence, a supplier of radiopharmaceutical products, has received approval from the FDA's Office of Generic Drugs for its abbreviated new drug application to manufacture and market its kit for the preparation of technetium Tc-99m Sestamibi injection.
A prototype breast imaging system combining PET and MRI technologies could greatly improve breast cancer imaging capabilities, according to a study presented on Monday at the 2009 SNM meeting in Toronto.
X-ray mammography procedures in the United States saw a 2 percent dip last year, from 37.3 million procedures in 2007 to 36.7 million procedures in 2008, according to a report published by healthcare marketing research company IMV Medical Information Division.
Dilon Technologies has released two new collimators, the Slant15 Collimator for breast imaging and the Low Energy High-Resolution (LEHR) Collimator, as attachment options for its 6800 Gamma Camera.
Radiologists who work in breast imaging tend to overestimate the actual risk of medical malpractice lawsuits, according to a study published in the February issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
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The use of health IT to reduce rehospitalizations will be welcome but also disruptive, said Stephen Jencks, an independent consultant in healthcare safety during a Feb. 24 webinar on the potential use of health IT to mitigate rehospitalizations, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
During the Health IT Standards Committee meeting on Feb. 24 in Washington, D.C., the Clinical Operations Workgroup sought to gather comments on proposed recommendations on implementation specifications for content exchange, vocabulary and code set standards for the Interim Final Rule of meaningful use.
In 2006, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), a branch of the FDA, began examining the number of medical device reports they received. Over the past two years, the number of submitted reports has increased, sparking a demand for the CDRH to make a move to electronic reporting.
A new hospital breaking ground usually isn’t breaking news. But the vision of patient care at one new facility, tentatively named Palomar Medical Center West (PMC West), is currently illegal under California state law.
When officials at Howard Memorial Hospital in Nashville, Ark., started drawing up plans for a new facility that opened in July 2009, Cindy York, the hospital’s director of radiology, had to make some decisions.