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AuntMinnieEurope.com CT Insider

By Claudia Tschabuschnig

This Insider tracks the muscle hiding in plain sight on coronary CT, the guesswork still baked into contrast agent safety, and Germany's screening rollout hitting real-world friction.

July 1, 2026

Can side-chain chemistry help radiologists choose a safer contrast agent after a hypersensitivity reaction?

By Claudia Tschabuschnig

Choosing an alternative contrast agent after an allergic reaction often falls to clinical judgment. A new review examines whether side-chain chemistry can make that decision a little more evidence based.

July 1, 2026

Dr. Aart J. van der Molen, of Leiden University Medical Center in Leiden, the Netherlands, is the lead author of a review exploring side-chain chemistry as a guide for selecting alternative iodine-based contrast media.

Low muscle density on coronary CT linked to heart risk

Patients with skeletal muscle attenuation below the median had a higher risk of mortality and myocardial infarction.

June 30, 2026

An example of machine learning–based multiorgan body composition assessment (TotalSegmentator V2.0.4, 1.5-mm high-resolution model) in a 63-year-old man with obstructive coronary artery disease and a skeletal muscle attenuation below the median. (A) Transverse, (B) coronal, and (C) sagittal CT images and curved planar reformations of the (D) left, (E) circumflex, and (F) right coronary arteries.

Medneo acquires Ramsay Diagnostics UK mobile imaging fleet

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Medneo is acquiring Ramsay Diagnostics UK's mobile MRI and CT fleet and a six-year contract to provide mobile imaging services.

June 30, 2026

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Micro-X enters new $1.9M research partnership

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Project continues work from Stage 1 of the Australian Government's Critical Technologies Challenge Program.

June 16, 2026

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SCCT, SCAI publish fractional flow reserve in CCTA guideline

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The document was crafted by a team from King's College London in the U.K.

June 8, 2026

AI detects lung cancer nodules well but shows low specificity

By Kate Madden Yee

The finding suggests the models offer “a potential role as adjunctive tools for ruling out malignancy” rather than classifying it.

June 4, 2026

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Spain's radiology society warns CT renewal still far short despite new procurement drive

By Claudia Tschabuschnig

SERAM's new equipment guide says Spain needs around 80 CT scanners a year. A new government purchasing framework covers 62 over two years, and the MRI and vascular equivalents are still missing.

June 3, 2026

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Siemens Healthineers equips Hamburg heart center with imaging

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The installation includes 13 angiography systems, a photon-counting CT scanner, a 3-tesla MRI system, and an x-ray imaging station.

May 28, 2026

RöKo 2026: Germany's lung cancer screening is here, now the hard work starts

By Claudia Tschabuschnig

Seven years of groundwork, a virtual start date, and a mountain of admin still to climb.

May 25, 2026

Early-stage findings are not always straightforward, and multidisciplinary judgment is not a formality, the nodule conference at the close of the highlight session 'Us against lung cancer' made that clear. RöKo 2026, Leipzig.

Can CE-marked AI software support lung cancer screening?

By Erik L. Ridley

Research finds capability gaps in commercially available lung nodule analysis software.

May 11, 2026

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Welding fumes linked to distinct lung CT changes, function

By Kate Madden Yee

Diagnosing welder's pneumoconiosis via imaging is challenging and often underestimated due to the high smoking rates among welders.

May 7, 2026

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