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Golf, gardening, and gadding about
By Dr. Paul Dubbins
What do radiologists do when they retire? Dr. Paul Dubbins, who played the grumpy old man in Vienna in the classic ECR video sketch, describes how he spends his time now that he's left full-time employment. He's keeping well clear of cruise ships, golf courses, and large gardens and has no plans to report chest x-rays.
January 20, 2019
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Aidoc wins Belgian contract
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Israeli artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Aidoc has won a contract with Antwerp University Hospital in Belgium for its neuroradiology package.
January 17, 2019
RCR: Checklists can save lives and careers
By Philip Ward
"The best radiologist I ever met was also the one with the saddest career-ending story," noted Dr. Tony Nicholson from Leeds, U.K. "Experienced in hundreds of biopsies, he got the wrong side one day. He was busy and distracted," he said. The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) thinks safety checklists can help avoid situations like this.
January 17, 2019
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Imaging aquatic life: Diving into the unknown
By Mélisande Rouger
VALENCIA - The creatures that live under the sea have inspired humans over history, and even the congress poster for ECR 2019 has a nautical theme, but many aquatic species remain elusive. Imaging can help reveal some of their secrets and protect and care for them, a veterinarian from Spain told attendees at a recent congress.
January 15, 2019
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AuntMinnieEurope.com CT Insider
By Philip Ward
January 14, 2019
How to avoid pitfalls in interpretation of adrenal imaging
By Philip Ward
A clear understanding of the pitfalls in the performance and interpretation of adrenal CT can help prevent incorrect and inappropriate investigations, award-winning researchers from a top London facility have found. It's essential to keep aware of the full range of pseudolesions and mimics, they said.
January 14, 2019
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CT guidance for spinal injections comes under scrutiny
By Abraham Kim
Swiss researchers found that CT guidance allowed interventional radiologists to perform spinal injections just as effectively as they did using fluoroscopy but with much lower personal radiation exposure, according to an article published online on 8 January in Radiology. CT guidance led to higher radiation exposure to patients, however.
January 13, 2019
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3D printing reconstructs skull of prehistoric reptile
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Researchers from the U.K. have created a 3D-printed skull based on the micro-CT scans of a 200 million-year-old fossil of a rare marine reptile, according to an article published online on 8 January by PeerJ.
January 8, 2019
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BIR offers guidance on nonmedical referrals to radiology
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The British Institute of Radiology (BIR) has released a position statement on training nonmedical referrers to ensure that they comply with the U.K. regulations on radiation exposure when referring patients to radiology.
January 7, 2019
French radiology responds strongly to 'disdainful' criticism
By Frances Rylands-Monk
France's National Council of Radiology has reacted angrily to a series of negative comments made about the profession by an expert in infectious diseases. The remarks were made in a recent editorial in the weekly political and news magazine Le Point.
January 2, 2019
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Global survey finds wide variation in CT radiation dose
By Philip Ward
Substantial variation in radiation dose used for CT scans is mainly due to how the scanners are used by medical staff rather than differences in the patients scanned or the machines used, according to an extensive international study published on 2 January in BMJ.
January 2, 2019
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AR enhances visualization of shoulder joint for surgery
By Abraham Kim
Researchers from France have developed a new technique that uses augmented reality (AR) images based on CT scans to improve visualization preoperatively and intraoperatively for shoulder replacement surgery, according to an article published online in Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research.
January 1, 2019
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