Women's Imaging News
MBI Offers A New Option for Detection of Breast Cancer…
A new technique, Molecular Breast Imaging or MBI, is now offering a new option for detection of breast cancer in women with dense breast tissue. MBI is a non invasive procedure that helps in detection of small breast tumors, which sometimes appear similar to dense breast tissue.
Jamie Surratt, MD, Radiologist Baptist Medical Center, spoke about difficulties experienced during differentiation between small tumors and dense tissue. She said "It's really hard to look
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Northside Hospital-Forsyth Offers Digital Breast …
Breast Care Center at Northside Hospital-Forsyth in Georgia has started to offer its patients a new service, digital breast tomosynthesis, which is widely known as 3D mammography. The new service is available thanks to a new Selenia Dimensions
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NYU Langone Medical Center Offers Same-day Mammography …
NYU Langone medical center in New York has recently started offering a new mammography service. Patients can now have the results of their scans on the same day. This service means a lot since patients usually had to wait for days or even weeks
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Doctors Should Inform Women with Dense Breast Tissue …
Professor Dr Yip Cheng Har, consultant breast surgeon at Universiti Malaya in Malaysia, said that doctors who detect high breast density in their female patients should tell them about the link between the high density and breast cancer. Doctors
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1,000th woman Identified Using Sectra’s Analysis …
European mammography clinics mark milestone in the struggle against osteoporosis
One thousand women in Europe at very high risk of contracting osteoporosis have now been identified as a result of the Sectra OneScreen online service. Women who can
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Hologic to Introduce New Breast imaging solutions at …
Hologic, Inc., a leading provider of medical imaging systems and other products addressing women’s health, announced that it will introduce 4 new solutions at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR). The event will take place in Vienna, Austria,
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BMI The Clementine Churchill Turns to Siemens …
MAMMOMAT Inspiration installation delivers “superb” image quality for clinicians and improves patient care
BMI The Clementine Churchill Hospital in Harrow has migrated to digital mammography for the first time, following the installation of a
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“Subtle Gaze Direction” New Approach for Better …
According to a recent review, routine mammography screenings for breast cancer, offered to women in younger ages, are of limited value for women with low or average risk of the disease. The review indicated that for every woman, at the age of 50,
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Waupun Memorial Hospital Starts Offering Stereotactic …
Waupun Memorial Hospital, in Waupun, WI and a part of the Agnesian HealthCare, has started to offer its patients Stereotactic Breast Biopsy system. The latter represents the latest breast screening technology. The new technology, along with the
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The Present vs The Future of Breast Implants …
Breast augmentation has become one of the most common cosmetic surgeries performed on women worldwide. In the United States alone, the number of women who chose to have breast implants increased by 39 percent during the past decade according to
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Margaret W. Niedland Breast Center Offers Breast …
In a recent announcement, Margaret W. Niedland Breast Center at Jupiter Medical Center said it has acquired two systems providing high quality breast imaging solutions. The facility now is offering breast tomosynthesis and positron emission
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Provena United Samaritans Medical Center Receives ACR …
Provena United Samaritans Medical Center, based in Danville, IL, has recently received a 3-year accreditation from the American College of Radiology (ACR). The accreditation was awarded in stereotactic breast biopsy, and it recognizes the high level
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Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer Increases Risk for …
According to a new study, women with breast cancer on their left side who receive radiotherapy are at higher risk of narrowing of the arteries of their hearts. The study was carried out it Sweden and its details are reported in the Dec. 27 online
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