Specialty Pharma Journal Specialty, Precision & Technology
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a magnetic device system for guiding lymph node biopsies in patients with breast cancer undergoing mastectomy. The Magtrace and Sentimag Magnetic Localization System (Sentimag System) uses magnetic detection during sentinel lymph node biopsy procedures to identify specific lymph nodes, known as sentinel …
Tag Archives: imaging
July, 2018
July, 2017
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14 July
New Imaging Technique Able to Watch Molecular Dynamics of Neurodegenerative Diseases
WASHINGTON — Researchers have developed a fast and practical molecular-scale imaging technique that could let scientists view never-before-seen dynamics of biological processes involved in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis. The new technique reveals a sample’s chemical makeup as well as the orientation of molecules making up …
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5 July
The First Physician in the World to Study Computed Tomography Laser Mammography (CTLM) as an Adjunct to Mammography in Dense Breasts
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death among women in the United States. According the Breast Cancer Facts and Figures reported by American Cancer Society, in 2017, approximately 252,710 new cases of invasive breast cancer and 60,290 new cases of in …
November, 2015
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12 November
Exact Imaging Introduces Prostate Risk Identification Protocol
BARCELONA, Spain and TORONTO, Nov. 12, 2015 /CNW/ – Exact Imaging (www.exactimaging.com), the world’s leader in high–resolution micro-ultrasound systems enabling real-time imaging and biopsy guidance of the prostate, today introduces PRI-MUS™, the first Prostate Risk Identification Protocol using Micro-Ultrasound. This new protocol, the first of its kind in prostate ultrasound, aims …