Five states now mandate physicians to inform women with dense breasts that mammography may be of limited value to...
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States increasingly are mandating that physicians inform patients with dense breasts that mammography may miss some signs of cancer. This trend provides radiologists with a chance to take a more direct role in patient care.
Blog | December 19, 2012
Technology | December 11, 2012
December 11, 2012 — Devicor Medical Products Inc. (Devicor) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (...
Technology | November 25, 2012
November 25, 2012 — Civco Medical Solutions is debuting its omniTRAX active patient tracker, the next wave in...
Technology | October 19, 2012
October 19, 2012 — QSUM LLC announced the introduction of its new customized gel ice pack and the new Mammo Ribbon...
Technology | October 15, 2012
When women undergo multiple breast biopsies, it is imperative that multiple breast clips be available in order to...
Case Study | September 05, 2012
Twenty-seven radiologists at Washington Radiology Associates (WRA), a large private imaging practice in the...
News | June 07, 2012
June 7, 2012 — MRI Interventions Inc. announced that the first...
Technology | June 01, 2012
June 1, 2012 — Civco Medical Solutions introduces Infiniti in-plane needle guidance for Zonare L10-5...
Dr. Leung, pictured, says having an efficient system is key to minimizing patient wait times and handling a large volume of patients.
Case Study | May 03, 2012
When your practice sees an average of 150 women a day, efficiency is key to ensuring that each patient receives the...
Technology | April 26, 2012
April 26, 2012 — Devicor Medical Products Inc. announced the commercial launch of the Mammotome elite ...
Technology | April 24, 2012
April 24, 2012 —ActiViews Inc. announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance to...
Evergreen - Carlson on Left Debbie Kendall on right
Case Study | April 03, 2012
In July 2011, Evergreen Hospital Medical Center’s Breast Health Center was the first comprehensive breast center in...
News | March 15, 2012
March 15, 2012 — Devicor Medical Products Inc. announced that it signed a distribution agreement with Carbon Medical...
Technology | March 15, 2012
March 13, 2012 – Fischer Medical Technologies LLC (Fisher Medical), announces from the National Interdisciplinary...
News | February 06, 2012
February 6, 2012 — Contrary to earlier findings, surgical breast biopsies may not be as overused as previously...
Case Study | February 01, 2012 | Case Study Supplied by Hologic Inc.
You can drive the 90 minutes to the small town of Poulsbo on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington State. Or better yet...
News | January 23, 2012
On five Saturdays each year, 100 women make their way to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Tissue Bank at the Indiana...
Dr. James Craft of the GHSU Breast Health Center says the additional clarity the 3D images provide enables them to be more confident about their diagnoses.
Case Study | December 15, 2011
Kellie Bedenbaugh, a registered breast imaging technologist at the Breast Health Center at Georgia Health Sciences...
An MRI-guided prostate biopsy showed the presence of cancer for this patient a previous TRUS biopsy was negative.
Case Study | December 15, 2011
At 59, George LaVie (not his real name) faced an uncertain future. Based on rising PSA levels (prostate-specific...
News | December 12, 2011
December 12, 2011 — An independent panel convened this week by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has concluded...
