Despite a recent report calling into question the benefits of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) – sometimes called 3D mammography – as a […]
Posts Tagged ‘FDA’
Does 3D Mammography Save More Lives?
A week ago, USA Today published an article written by Liz Szabo (seen right) with the provocative headline, “Massive marketing muscle pushes […]
HHUS versus ABUS
Fifteen years ago, Peter Dempsey wrote a fascinating article on the history of breast ultrasound that appeared in the Journal […]
The Evidence is Growing
The introduction of full-field digital mammography (FFDM) as a replacement for plane-film analogue mammography started over two decades ago. Shortly […]
Language of Breast Density
Over the years, we have written multiple articles about breast density, including its reduction, legislation, diagnostic challenges and workflow optimization. One may reasonably ask: Why this […]
QT Ultrasound Launches Imaging Centres
Five years ago, Delphinus announced it had received 510(k) clearance from the FDA and was able to begin marketing its whole breast […]
FDA Hit by Government Shutdown
Just north of downtown Washington, DC, in suburban Maryland, lies the sprawling campus of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), […]
Don’t Lose the 3
Six years ago, the CEO of French manufacturer Poly Implant Prosthese, Jean-Claude Mas, was convicted and sent to jail for using non-medical […]
X-ray Interferometry – An Emerging Technology
For the past decade, Marco Stampanoni and his TOMCAT team at the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) and the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) […]
The Science of Sure
According to the World Intellectual Property Organisation, “a patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product […]