Philips will highlight its newly released MicroDose Mammography System at RSNA 2011. The Philips unit will go head to head with other new entries in the... More »
A new prospective study has shown that cancer detection using digital film mammography has outcomes similar to the much less expensive film-screen mammography technique. Sensitivity of digital mammography was found to be higher, however, for specific subpopulation cohorts. More »
The risk of false-positive results is lower with digital mammography compared to screen-film mammography, with no significant difference in the cancer detection rate between the two, according to a study published in the February issue of Radiology. More »
A long-awaited regulatory change paves the way for computerized breast imaging devices accepted in other countries to be marketed in the United States at last. More »
Hologic is on the brink of realizing its ambition to pioneer the commercial use of 3D mammography in the U.S. The company, which for 25 years has focused on women’s health, announced receipt of an approvable letter from the FDA for its Selenia Dimensions digital mammography tomosynthesis system. More »
Diana Nole, president of the Carestream Digital Medical Solutions Division, discusses getting the company's mammography products into the U.S. market. More »
McKesson features at RSNA 2009 its PACS radiology workstation, Horizon Rad Station, which offers a flexible solution to leverage investments already made in radiology PACS to serve the full-field digital mammography (FFDM) domain, alleviating the need to purchase a dedicated mammography workstation. The workstation has received FDA 510(k) clearance to offer full support for primary interpretation of digital mammography images using a traditional radiology PACS workstation.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1 -- A five-day course of partial breast irradiation by brachytherapy may be effective for women with early stage disease who have had augmentation mammoplasty, researchers reported here.
Breast augmentation is considered a contraindication for whole breast radiation because it is associated with an increased risk of capsular contracture, said Robert R. Kuske, Jr., M.D., of Advanced Providers of Breast Irradiation of Scottsdale, Ariz.
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Philips will highlight its newly released MicroDose Mammography System at RSNA 2011. The Philips unit will go head to head with other new entries in the... 
