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Lancet commission highlights unequal access to imaging
By Emily Hayes
The Lancet Oncology Commission on Medical Imaging and Nuclear Medicine presented its findings from a major research effort on global health disparities on 4 March at ECR 2021. It's vital to get governments to scale up imaging infrastructure, said Dr. Hedvig Hricak, PhD.
March 4, 2021
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Beard talk comes to ECR courtesy of Parizel's new look
By Philip Ward
When the camera focused on Prof. Paul Parizel and his awesome beard during Wednesday evening's opening ceremony, the gasps of disbelief from thousands of online ECR attendees might well have been felt across Europe and beyond.
March 3, 2021
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AI detection of intracranial hemorrhage saves lives
By Erik L. Ridley
An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that screens head CT exams for intracranial hemorrhage -- and triages suspected cases for radiologist review -- can yield significant improvements in patient outcomes, researchers from Israel reported on Wednesday at ECR 2021.
March 3, 2021
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Irish unveil key data on pulmonary embolism in COVID-19 patients
By Philip Ward
A large study of hospitalized COVID-19 cases at three university hospitals in Dublin has found an incidence rate of over 22% of pulmonary embolism in those patients undergoing CT pulmonary angiography. The full results are being presented at ECR 2021.
March 2, 2021
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Sapienza team shines light on cardiac complications of COVID-19
By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD
Advanced imaging is playing a key role in diagnosing cardiac manifestations in COVID-19 patients, including myocarditis, acute coronary syndrome, and thromboembolic events, researchers from Rome have reported. They've shared three new clinical cases.
March 1, 2021
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Training: How to go beyond unconscious competence
By Dr. Chris Hammond
Failing to create a healthy work environment means radiologists become increasingly siloed, but positive training methods and the use of mentoring can help enormously, writes Dr. Chris Hammond.
March 1, 2021
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Radiographers struggle with disruption and stress in pandemic
By Will Morton
Even in a country like Australia that's fared relatively well in the COVID-19 pandemic, radiographers have found it difficult to cope, a new survey has found. "We are the forgotten front line," said one radiographer.
February 28, 2021
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Dutch radiology comes out on top in 2021 EuroMinnies awards
By Philip Ward, Frances Rylands-Monk, Erik Ridley, Kate Madden Yee, and Brian Casey
Radiology in the Netherlands is in robust shape. This is one of the key conclusions to draw from the list of eight award winners for the 2021 edition of the EuroMinnies, which we are proud to reveal.
February 24, 2021
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Deep learning can spot precancerous colon polyps on CT colonography
By Erik L. Ridley
Researchers from Munich, Germany, have trained a machine-learning model to characterize colon polyps based on radiomics analysis. They published their findings online on 23 February in Radiology.
February 23, 2021
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Icometrix launches AI software for ischemic stroke
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Icometrix said that its icobrain cva software for analyzing ischemic stroke has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance and the CE Mark.
February 22, 2021
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Inquest hears how young woman died from basilar artery thrombosis
By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD
An inquest held on 16 February in Preston, U.K., heard how a 35-year-old hospital worker died after two radiologists failed to spot basilar artery thrombosis on a CT scan. The patient's fatal clot was "a difficult call which anyone could miss," a senior radiologist told the tribunal.
February 22, 2021
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AuntMinnieEurope.com CT Insider
By Philip Ward
February 21, 2021
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