Production of full-field digital mammography systems is hitting its stride at Hologic. The company has shipped its 25th Lorad Selenia FFDM to the University of Southern California/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center in Los Angeles. Selenia will serve in
Production of full-field digital mammography systems is hitting its stride at Hologic. The company has shipped its 25th Lorad Selenia FFDM to the University of Southern California/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center in Los Angeles. Selenia will serve in the Lee Breast Center, a sector of the facility designed exclusively for the detection and treatment of breast diseases. The system is built on the M-IV mammography platform and includes the company's DirectRay flat-panel detector, which converts x-rays to light using amorphous selenium.
Multicenter Study Identifies Key Factors Associated with Mammogram-Occult Ipsilateral Breast Cancer
October 9th 2024A symptomatic first breast cancer diagnosis, prevailing breast density at a second breast cancer diagnosis and trabecular thickening on surveillance mammography were linked to mammogram-occult ipsilateral breast cancer, according to new research.