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By Philip Ward
August 5, 2019
Biennial CT lung screening matches annual follow-up exams
By Abraham Kim
A new analysis of the Multicentric Italian Lung Detection trial has shown that biennial CT lung cancer screening was just as effective as annual screening in reducing the risk of lung cancer and all-cause mortality. The study was published in the September issue of the European Journal of Cancer.
August 5, 2019
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How appropriate are requests for CT scans of aorta?
By Philip Ward
Emergency physicians must do more to assess the risk of acute aortic syndrome, while hospital doctors and general practitioners need to supply more precise and complete clinical information when requesting CT scans of the aorta, according to the findings of a new U.K. study.
August 5, 2019
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Most CCTA scans prove valuable for FFR-CT analysis
By Abraham Kim
New European-led research suggests clinicians can use nearly all coronary CT angiography (CCTA) scans for fractional flow reserve CT (FFR-CT) analysis with simple adjustments to scanning protocols, such as minimizing slice thickness, controlling patient heart rate, and using dual-source or wide-coverage single-source CT units.
July 29, 2019
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Optasia deploys CT AI algorithm at U.K. hospitals
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Optasia Medical has installed its osteoporosis detection AI algorithm at several National Health Service hospitals in the U.K.
July 23, 2019
Data validation promises to make or break AI
By Dr. Peter Rinck, PhD
In June, Ranga Yogeshwar, a physicist and science journalist from Luxembourg, made some competent and critical comments about artificial intelligence (AI) and expressed his concerns about data validation. The Maverinck tells the story in his latest column.
July 23, 2019
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SERAM calls for best radiology article nominations
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Spanish Radiology Foundation, associated with the Spanish Society of Medical Radiology (SERAM), has opened nominations for the best articles about radiology published in the past year.
July 22, 2019
Act now on handling of serious findings, urges new report
By Philip Ward
A government-funded, independent U.K. healthcare agency has published detailed recommendations about how to improve the handling of serious unexpected findings on patient scans by hospital staff. The Royal College of Radiologists has endorsed the report.
July 18, 2019
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COCIR, EFOMP collaborate on angiography training
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR) and the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP) held an angiography equipment summer school in early July in Prague.
July 18, 2019
AI firm Mindshare Medical gets CE Mark
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Mindshare Medical has received Europe's CE Mark for its RevealAI-Lung software for use with CT scans.
July 16, 2019
German experts cast doubt on benefits of new drugs
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
German researchers are calling for reform of international drug development processes and policies after their study, published online on 10 July in BMJ, showed that more than half of new drugs in the country's healthcare system offer no additional benefit.
July 10, 2019
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EC commits 35M euros to cancer detection
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European Commission (EC) has pledged a hefty amount to promote the development of image recognition systems to diagnose the most common forms of cancer.
July 9, 2019
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