Dear Business & Industry Insider,
While multidetector-row CT is currently the rage in medical imaging, the CT scanners of the future most likely will be powered by cone-shaped x-ray beams and flat-panel digital detectors. But apart from dental applications, conebeam CT technology hasn't progressed to the point where it can be employed for routine clinical use.
But a start-up firm called Koning hopes to change the routine when it introduces a commercial CT scanner that uses conebeam technology for breast imaging. The Rochester, NY-based firm believes that the technology will produce resolution far better than conventional CT at a radiation dose equivalent to screening mammography.
Conebeam breast CT could have other benefits as well. Koning's system scans the breast in a volumetric fashion to produce 3D images, which could offer advantages over current mammography design and even upcoming tomosynthesis mammography systems in development. The scanner also dispenses with breast compression, never popular with women.
Learn all about Koning and its technology in this issue's Insider Exclusive, which you can access by clicking here. As a Business & Industry Insider, you can read the story before it's made available to the rest of AuntMinnie's readers.
The women's imaging industry also experienced a major shake-up this week when Hologic of Bedford, MA, announced its plan to buy computer-aided detection (CAD) firm R2 Technology of Sunnyvale, CA. The deal could lead to a major shakeout in the CAD market segment -- learn all about it by clicking here.
You can learn about other developments in the world of medical imaging by visiting the Business & Industry Digital Community, at business.auntminnie.com. And feel free to send any ideas, comments, and suggestions for future issues to me at [email protected].
