Keywords: Mammogrpahy
03/07/2010
Everything for radiology
First introduced at ECR 2010, Agfa HealthCare’s DX-M is a CR solution able to handle both needle-based detector plates (NIP), as well as standard phosphor plates (PIP). The …
03/05/2010
Meeting women halfway
Within Germany’s mammography screening programme, more than 10 million women, aged between 50 and 69 years, are entitled to a breast examination. It’s taken just over a year …
03/05/2010
Clinicial trial participation in breast cancer patients
An international survey of women with metastatic breast cancer conducted to evaluate their perceptions of quality of life and what additional medical information and support was …
03/02/2010
Sectra’s cross-enterprise products roll out at ECR
Sectra’s RIS/PACS enables workload sharing across multiple sites as well as handling of very large image stacks over strained networks. At this year’s ECR, the company is …
02/18/2010
Sectra to show latest advancements in wide area radiology
At ECR 2010 in Vienna, Sectra focus on solutions for increased productivity. Sectra RIS/PACS is a performance solution for wide area radiology. Built on the latest Sectra …
02/04/2010
Mammography with lower dose
Digital mammograms deliver an average of 22% less radiation than film mammograms, according to a study partially funded by the National Cancer Institute and published in the …
01/20/2010
Link between mortality rates and mammography
More women die of breast cancer in areas where mammography centers are few and far between, according to research by a Medical College of Georgia radiology resident. Breast …
01/06/2010
How do you improve mammogram accuracy? Add noise
Members of a Syracuse University research team in the USA have shown that an obscure phenomenon called stochastic resonance (SR) can improve the clarity of signals in systems such …
11/30/2009
GE Healthcare is presenting ways to see more
At RSNA 2009 GE Healthcare is presenting a big basket filled with trends and innovations for the radiology department: …
11/30/2009
Elastography reduces unnecessary breast biopsies
Elastography is an effective, convenient technique that, when added to breast ultrasound, helps distinguish cancerous breast lesions from benign results, according to an ongoing …
11/30/2009
Sectra launches next-generation mammography workstation
At RSNA 2009, Sectra launches a new breast imaging PACS workstation built on Sectra RapidConnect technology. With this next-generation mammography workstation, Sectra focuses on …
11/24/2009
Sweden in Chicago
At RSNA 2009 in Chicago, Sectra focus on solutions for increased productivity. Sectra RIS/PACS is a performance solution for wide area radiology. Built on the Sectra RapidConnect …
11/18/2009
Integrated diagnostics and therapy in oncology
Cancer imaging is one of the most promising medical fields. Hybrid technologies, such as PET/CT or future MRI/PET, are the tools radiologists and oncologists use to gain ever …
10/29/2009
Outsourcing diagnostic services
Alliance Medical is Europe´s largest provider of outsourced diagnostic imaging services, with over 15 years of unparalleled operational and service excellence, with offices in …
09/30/2009
GE Healthcare launches Global initiative for digital mammography
In addition to being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this October is the tenth anniversary of digital mammography, a technology introduced by GE Healthcare in 1999. Similar to …
09/01/2009
Tomovation
Since its foundation by Michael Friebe PhD in 2003, and on the basis of 10 years of business activity in radiology, Tomovation has become an established provider of high-end …
07/22/2009
The future of digital mammography
Digital mammography, which is considered the gold standard of breast imaging, has rendered image management and consequently the entire purely on-screen diagnostic process …
07/01/2009
Breast Specific Gamma Imaging Supports Mammography
Breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) is a promising new technology designed to supplement mammography and breast ultrasound examinations when these show suspicious findings. By …
06/21/2009
State-of-the-art in digital mammography
Reducing dose and producing excellent image quality at the same time is the challenge of today´s mammography systems. The Institute for Clinical Radiology at the University …
05/28/2009
Carestream Health with new PACS project in Belgium
Carestream Health has won three contracts for Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) to view, manage and store digital mammography images for healthcare initiatives …