Merge launches diagnostic mammography workstation in Europe
Merge, a medical imaging software and services provider, said the workstation, known commercially as Merge Mammo version...Merge Healthcare unveils diagnostic mammography tool
According to Merge, the vendor-neutral product, marketed as Merge Mammo(TM) version 7.0, will make possible simultaneous display and reading of images on d...FDA approves advanced digital mammography system
The system offers more evidence that the medical community is moving to adopt digital mammography tools that enable higher quality images for the detection of breast cancer. With...Kodak to distribute Cedara mammography medical imaging software
Cedara B-CAD is a Computer Aided Detection solution for assisting radiologists i...Merge releases new digital mammography software
, a Merge Healthcare company and a medical imaging software and services company, today announced the release of Cedara I-ReadMammo digital mammography workstation software. This multi modality, vendor-neutral mammography workstation software product is designed to help organizations streamline breast imaging workflow and reduce...Digital mammography proves effective
A new trial will compare digital mammography with the standard technique to confirm if it can detect breast cancer earlier and with more accuracy. Standard film mammography has been around for nearly 40 years now, and radiographers are familiar with the scope and limitations of the technology.// Digital mammography might be able to detect cancers in women with dense breast tissue, beca...Kylie generates awareness about mammography
Kylie minogue, the famous pop star knowing or unknowingly has generated awareness about breast cancer. Her may breast cancer ordeal resulted in 40% increase in women vouching for mammogram bookings.// In the two weeks following the singer's announcement that she was to undergo surgery to have a lump removed, there were double the usual number of bookings from women aged 40-69 who had n...Mammography units and up gradation and tax cuts on diagnostic equipments in Hospitals
Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss as assured the radiologist during the 59th Annual Conference of Indian Radiological and Imaging Association (IRIA) held at Chennai that the current 12% tax on radiology// equipments will be reduced and all said that all diagnostic equipment in Government hospitals will be repaired and upgraded and added that Mammography units will be set up in all Government hosp...Most Women Have Unrealistic Expectations From Screening Mammography
A recent conducted at University of Michigan Health Systems in Ann Arbor, Michigan has found that most women have greater expectations of doom from their screening //mammography for breast cancer. The report added that more often than not these expectations were unusually high or unrealistic. A survey was administered to women who came to an outpatient clinic for screening mammography. T...Senographe 2000D Full Field Digital Mammography
Description:This digital technology offers the capability to acquire images in near-real time and to process them (variation of Brightness and Contrast levels, Auto-windowing, Image Manipulation, ....). Senographe 2000D leverages the tube's Rhodium spectrum which is best adapted to Digital Imaging and is equipped with the Revolution flat panel digital detector, which is the result of 11 years of GE'...SenoScan TrueView Digital Mammography
Description:SenoScan TrueView Digital Mammography has been FDA approved, and represents a breakthrough in early breast cancer detection. It is the first and only mammography system to offer 25-micron native diagnostic resolution - the highest available. SenoScan's larger field of view accommodates more patients. Its curved breast support is more comfortable and helps reduce motion during exposure. And its pa...MAMMOMAT 3000 Nova Mammography System
Description:MAMMOMAT 3000 Nova supports high-volume screening as well as interventional diagnostics. Versatile procedural capabilities include magnification, stereotactic biopsy, needle localization, and specimen radiography....Digital vs. Analog Mammography
Just as consumers today have to decide between analog and digital television sets, so, too, do physicians and radiology centers have to choose between analog and digital mammography units, with the latter rapidly gaining ground in imaging centers around the country. As of late 2003, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had cleared four digital mammography units for clinical use...