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Are you drowning from too many acronyms?
By Philip Ward
Overusing acronyms and abbreviations in imaging requests and reports can cause confusion, delay a diagnosis, and compromise patient safety, and it's essential to create an approved list of common acronyms, according to a new audit conducted in Scotland.
June 25, 2019
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Radiology's error leads to patient death, reports HSJ
By Abraham Kim
Radiologists at University Hospitals Plymouth National Health Service Trust in the U.K. failed to spot a hemorrhage on the CT scan of an elderly patient, resulting in his early discharge and subsequent death, according to a 21 June article in the Health Service Journal (HSJ).
June 24, 2019
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European Diploma in Radiology: How it works
By Prof. Laura Oleaga Zufiría
The European Diploma in Radiology (EDiR) has become a benchmark for medical specialty examinations in Europe. But what do you actually need to know about the EDiR, how is it organized, and how can it boost your career? Prof. Laura Oleaga Zufiría explains.
June 20, 2019
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AuntMinnieEurope.com CT Insider
By Philip Ward
June 17, 2019
Londoners cut phone interruptions over head CT scans
By Philip Ward
Researchers from a top London facility have implemented a novel protocol to remove radiologist vetting of acute head CT exams in adults. This led to a marked and sustained reduction in the number of phone interruptions to the on-call radiologist, without increasing scanning numbers, they noted.
June 17, 2019
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Germany releases new data on CT lung screening
By Abraham Kim
Fresh statistics from the German Lung Cancer Screening Intervention trial have shown that CT lung cancer screening reduced cancer mortality by 69% in high-risk female smokers, but the test offered less of a benefit to men. The results were published online on 4 June in the International Journal of Cancer.
June 17, 2019
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Dual-energy CT for proton therapy planning reaches clinic
By Marric Stephens
German researchers have introduced a technique for more accurate proton therapy planning into routine clinical use. They are implementing a novel, patient-specific method of proton range prediction based on dual-energy CT.
June 13, 2019
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SynApps software to be used more widely for CT lung checks
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Enterprise content management specialist SynApps' Veolity medical image processing software will be used across eight National Health Service (NHS) England facilities in the NHS' effort to use mobile CT scanners to check the lung health of 600,000 people over the next four years.
June 11, 2019
Video from UKIO 2019: Erika Denton on turnaround times
LIVERPOOL, U.K. - Pressure to improve turnaround times for image reporting continues to grow. Nearly a year since a damning report from the U.K. regulator, progress is being made on establishing national standards and avoiding further backlogs of unreported scans, said Prof. Erika Denton at this week's UK Imaging & Oncology Congress (UKIO).
June 9, 2019
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Swiss use cartoons to clarify contrast conundrum
By Frances Rylands-Monk
A group of Swiss radiologists has produced a humorous set of cartoons to boost safety and spotlight the different types of iodine allergy that can be meant by this "misnomer" so that physicians don't erroneously prescribe or avoid the use of contrast media in imaging examinations.
June 6, 2019
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DRG prepares to unveil book at 100th congress in Leipzig
By Philip Ward
The German Radiological Society (DRG) is to launch a new book about medical imaging's current and future role during the upcoming 100th German Radiology Congress (RöKo 2019), which begins in Leipzig on 29 May.
May 23, 2019
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Pure Imaging Phantoms introduces micro-CT phantom kit
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Medical imaging phantom provider Pure Imaging Phantoms released a new micro-CT phantom kit at the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) meeting last month in Milan.
May 20, 2019
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