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CAD for Success |
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by Lisa Fratt |
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Sponsored by an educational grant from R2 Technology Inc. Awareness in computer-aided detection (CAD) is increasing daily, especially in
mammography where radiologists are discovering breast cancer in 23 percent more cases than
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Digitizers: It's All About Image and Ease |
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by Sydney Schuster |
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The film digitizer industry dawned in 1990 with laser technology. Since then, the
landscape has changed dramatically with a promising new technology and an industry-wide
shift in marketing goals that have kept everyone on their toes. |
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Technology Trends: The Booming Breast Imaging Market |
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by Lisa Fratt |
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Radiologists maintain that mammography is the gold standard for breast cancer
detection. At the same time, they also say that the technology can be riddled with holes
and does not serve young women or women with dense breasts very well. |
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Market Update: Early Diagnosis: Key to the Female Heart |
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by Lin Muschlitz |
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Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, claiming approximately 500,000 lives
annually. Cardiologists say that number can be reversed by early diagnosis through medical
imaging technologies. |
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Eye on Technology |
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by Cheryl Hall Harris, R.N. |
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Measuring Bone Health: DEXA vs. QCT |
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