''Digital breast tomosynthesis, also known as 3-D mammography, has the potential to significantly increase the cancer detection rate in mammography screening of women with dense breasts, according to a latest study. Breasts are considered dense if they ...'

''Optical imaging mammography is being developed as a multidisciplinary collaboration at Tufts University School of Engineering in Boston. The tool aims to provide a better way to identify breast cancer and to monitor breast cancer patients' responses to ...'

''The first phase of a clinical testing a new imaging device — that doesn’t use X-rays — has been found to successfully detect malignancies in breasts using a combination of near infrared light and ultrasound. Currently X-ray mammography plays a ...'

''GE Healthcare's goal is to deliver mammography systems with the best image quality for our clinicians, ultimately benefiting patients and their families. This is critical as we see the need to address the global health challenge that breast cancer ...'

''In 2009, the U.S. market for X-ray, mammography and contrast agents was valued at over $5 billion. The medical imaging equipment market includes X-rays, mammography as well as contrast agents and injectors. The market declined in 2009 due to the deficit ...'

''The Director and Chief of Nuclear Medicine, Utkal Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneshwar, Birendra K Das has said scintimammography - a nuclear medicine imaging instrument - is a powerful method in the diagnosis of the breast cancer. In this ...'

''The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it is easing the pathway to market for mammography systems that produce computerized X-ray images of the entire breast. These systems, known as Full Field Digital Mammography Systems, are an ...'

''With over half a century of innovation in breast cancer detection and diagnosis, GE Healthcare, through its President and CEO of EMEA region Reinaldo Garcia, shares a snapshot of the Company's mammography activities in France. GE Healthcare ...'

''Computer-aided detection (CAD) is increasingly being used in both screening and diagnostic mammography, according to a study. CAD software systems highlight and alert the radiologist of abnormal areas of density, mass or calcification on a digitized ...'

''Some nuclear-based breast imaging exams may increase a woman's risk of developing radiation-induced cancer, according to a special report appearing online and in the October issue of Radiology. However, the radiation dose and risk from mammography are ...'