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02 September 2022 | Breast CT Webinar
free AB-CT webinar for medical professionals (EN)
24 – 25 September 2022 | Mammasonographiekurs
Certified Training with Exhibition, University Hospital Erlangen (DE)
29 September – 01 October 2022 | EUSOBI Congress
Malmö (EN)
27 – 30 November 2022 | RSNA 2022
Chicago (EN)
30 Jan – 02 Feb 2023 | Arab Health 2023
Dubai (EN)
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Event Archive
08-08-2022 / Erlangen
Breast CT Webinar 02.09.2022
29-07-2022 / Erlangen
Breast CT for more diagnostic confidence
13-06-2022 / Erlangen
Join us live in Vienna for ECR 2022
25-05-2022 / Erlangen
Breast CT at Science Night – A Huge Success
09-05-2022 / Erlangen
Artificial Intelligence solutions for breast CT
AB-CT featuring @b-rayZ: Two breast health pioneers are combining their expertise in a project to the benefit of breast cancer patients and breast specialists.
The goal was the development of an AI platform for automatic analysis of spiral breast CT datasets in terms of image quality, glandular density, and detection of suspicious or cancerous lesions.
This Diagnostic Imaging Europe article not only explains the benefits of breast CT compared to standard examination methods, but highlights how AI can be integrated game changing into the examination process to improve workflow efficiency and overall patient care.
21-04-2022 / Erlangen
Breast CT at German Radiology Congress
14-04-2022 / Erlangen
16. International Workshop on Breast Imaging
07-04-2022 / Erlangen
nu:view Breast CT: “… a promising technique for cancer detection and staging”
31-01-2022 / Erlangen
The potential of AI to classify breast density in spiral breast CT
16-12-2021 / Erlangen
Study results confirm: Patients experience high comfort for breast CT
26-11-2021 / Erlangen
nu:view – Pioneering Photon-Counting CT
24-11-2021 / Erlangen
nu:view customer receives German Medical Award 2021
21-10-2021 / Erlangen
pijnloos borstonderzoek – nu:view goes Netherlands
It’s been only last week since the first nu:view patient scan in the Netherlands, but the Leiden University Medical Center’s (LUMC) latest addition is already making big headlines.
Countless newspapers, TV and magazines have been reporting about compression-free breast imaging. The LUMC’s social media channels are full with likes and positive comments from women. Equally positive first feedback from the hospital radiologists on the high-resolution 3D images: “This is really amazing.“
Dear Netherlands, bedankt! Laten we de toekomst veranderen. (Thank you! Let´s change the future.)
More information
LUMC press release: Pijnloos borstonderzoek? LUMC start onderzoek met alternatief mammogram
Medical Devices community: LUMC starts research with alternative painless mammogram
RTL Niews (TV) (LUMC breast CT min. #17:35 – #19:30)
You don´t understand Dutch? No problem. You’ll get a brief impression of the content, even using Google translator.
25-08-2021 / Erlangen
Breast CT: New modality with a lot of potential
08-07-2021 / Erlangen
Interview article: Breast CT in women with breast implants
New Diagnostic Imaging Europe nu:view user interview!
This time, it’s with Prof. Andreas Boss, Senior Consultant responsible for breast imaging at the University Hospital Zurich and longest-standing nu:view user since 2018, who speaks about the way the system is used in an opportunistic screening setting in the Swiss canton of Zurich, and his findings on the examination of patients with implants in particular. Informative read (3 pages)!
Download the full interview here:
Breast CT in women with breast implants (Diagnostic Imaging Europe, June 2021) (PDF)
“In one patient extensive calcifications were found in the capsule fibrosis, and was best detected in breast-CT. In the surrounding glandular breast tissue, we were able to show that both microcalcifications and soft tissue lesions can be detected, which justifies the use of breast-CT in patients with breast implants not just for diagnostic and screening purposes, but also for follow-up examinations after breast cancer.”
„There are typically two complications associated with silicone implants, namely rupture and capsule fibrosis. Both show typical patterns in breast-CT. In case of rupture, the so-called “linguine signs” which are caused by the broken elastomeric casing of the implant can be clearly seen. […] Capsule fibrosis is the other common problem of silicone implants, and is caused by a foreign body reaction of the surrounding tissue. Often, capsule fibroses show calcifications, which can only be visualized using breast-CT. […]“
“We receive excellent feedback from those patients, with more than 90% expressing positive acceptance of the new technique. Because of this we have a growing number of women referred to us for breast-CT.”
“To summarize our experience with breast-CT in patients with silicone implants and its role in a regimen using supplemental ultrasound in patients with dense breasts we found that it is a breast imaging modality of high accuracy and with a radiation dose similar to mammography. With its many advantages over alternative imaging modalities, breast-CT has the potential to become the modality of choice for both breast cancer screening and diagnostic imaging.”
16-04-2021 / Erlangen
Interview with Dr. Ridder
23-03-2021 / Erlangen
Breast CT featured in Germany’s largest healthcare magazine
11-12-2020 / Erlangen / Dortmund
nu:view User Interview is Diagnostic Imaging Europe Cover Story
nu:view has made it on the front cover of the latest issue of Diagnostic Imaging Europe (DIE)!
In this 4-page exclusive user interview, Dr. Karsten Ridder of MVZ Prof. Dr. Uhlenbrock und Partner in Dortmund gives detailed first-hand insight into his experience with the system, including the tangible benefits for imaging diagnostics, as well as his radiology practice and patients.
Download the full interview here:
Breast CT – A Ground-breaking Innovation (Diagnostic Imaging Europe, Nov 2020) (PDF)
“I am not exaggerating when I say that from my point of view the performance of the Mamma-CT system is simply breath-taking. With every case, the image quality is like something out of science fiction.”
“It is the only modality which combines 3D visualization of masses, calcifications, architectural distortions and contrast enhancement in one go.”
“For me it is thus very close to a “onestop shop” in that in a single examination it provides more reliable data and information than any other machine on the market.”
“(…) if you take the positive reaction of the women to the short, pain-free examination on the one hand with the high sensitivity and specificity on the other, the combination makes the future of the new system look very promising.”
Background illustration: Tomislav Jakupec / Pixabay
12-11-2020 / Erlangen
Breast CT a “promising modality” for women with implants
Did you know there’s a way for compression-free diagnosticimaging for women with breast implants, without the wait and shortcomings of MRI?
Initial experience recently published in a study by the University Hospital Zurich* confirms spiral breast CT to present “a promising modality for evaluating breast density, implant integrity, extensive capsular fibrosis, soft tissue lesions and micro-/macrocalcifications without the need of breast compression utilizing a lower dose compared to doses reported for conventional four-view mammography.”
Read the full research article to learn more.
*observational study of initial experiences with images of 21 women with implants (silicone/saline), Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. L. Ruby, S. Shim, N. Berger, M. Marcon, T. Frauenfelder, A. Boss. “Diagnostic value of a spiral breast computed tomography system equipped with photon counting detector technology in patients with implants”. In: Medicine 99.30 (2020), e20797. doi:10.1097/md.0000000000020797
04-11-2020 / Erlangen
National German media outlets report on nu:view breast CT
After multiple reports in the local media over the past months, our breast CT system nu:view has now also caught the attention of the national press.
At the end of breast cancer awareness month October, major media outlets such as t-online, ZEIT ONLINE, Handelsblatt, RTL online and Münchner Merkur picked up the topic – and introduced breast CT as a new, innovative approach for breast imaging.
“We are very much delighted that the Germany-wide coverage introduces our spiral breast CT to a broader audience, and more women will be informed about this diagnostic possibility,” says Benjamin Kalender, CEO of AB-CT. “Today, mamma diagnostics does no longer have to mean breast compression.”
Excerpt of recent publications (in German language):
Brustkrebs frühzeitig erkennen: Gibt es Alternativen zur Mammographie? (t-online)
Wie Mediziner Brustkrebs auf die Schliche kommen (ZEIT ONLINE)
Brustdiagnostik in neuer Dimension: Hightech-Brust-CT im MVZ Prof. Dr. Uhlenbrock und Partner in Dortmund (IN-StadtMagazine, aktuelle Lokalberichterstattung Dortmund)
Weltneuheit – Mammadiagnostik ohne Kompression: Neues Brust-CT in Regensburger Radiologiepraxis im MediPark (Lokalberichterstattung Regensburg, Archiv)
image credits: MVZ Prof. Dr. Uhlenbrock und Partner; Andrys Stienstra/Pixabay (background image “newspapers”, modified)
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