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RCR pinpoints regional workforce disparities in U.K.
By Philip Ward
The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has published a series of reports highlighting significant national and regional staffing variations that persist across the U.K. Individual documents for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales also show the scale of radiologist shortages in each country.
August 26, 2020
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U.K. to resume IR(ME)R inspections
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The U.K. has announced that quality care agencies in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales will resume Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations (IR(ME)R) inspections.
August 24, 2020
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French make optimum use of CT for COVID-19 triage
By Frances Rylands-Monk
Researchers in Lyon, France, have shown that chest CT is a rapid and fairly reliable tool for referring patients in need of hospitalization to the correct units. They published their findings online on 19 August in European Radiology. Also, Italian authors have issued a statement on structured reporting of chest CT in COVID-19 pneumonia.
August 24, 2020
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Dutch use micro-CT to visualize fetal development
By Kate Madden Yee
Micro-CT provides an unprecedented look into early human development, say researchers from the University of Amsterdam. They have published images that depict a 6-week-old ectopic pregnancy.
August 23, 2020
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Micro-CT unveils secrets of animal mummies
By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD
U.K. researchers have used 3D micro-CT to uncover the internal features and material composition of three mummified animals from ancient Egypt. The cobra, kitten, and Eurasian kestrel that were scanned come from the collection of the Egypt Center at Swansea University.
August 19, 2020
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3D printing transforms congenital heart disease diagnosis
By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD
The emergence of 3D printing, along with volume rendering and 3D modeling software, is making it easier to define complex cardiovascular anatomy and extracardiac vascular structures, and these technologies now play a pivotal role in the diagnosis of congenital heart disease, award-winning Spanish researchers have reported.
August 18, 2020
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Why AI implementation looks set to remain a distant goal
By Philip Ward
The lack of high-quality annotated datasets required for training, the difficulty of proving technical validation, and the absence of standards for data sharing between digital systems are the three major issues preventing the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) in daily clinical workflow, two leading European informatics experts have warned.
August 17, 2020
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EuroSafe Imaging to draw up radiation dose recommendations
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European Society of Radiology EuroSafe Imaging initiative is crafting recommendations to address safety concerns for patients who undergo recurrent imaging exams, according to an editorial published on 15 August in European Radiology.
August 16, 2020
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CT shows coin lodged in child's throat
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Doctors in China have removed a coin lodged in the back of a 3-year-old girl's throat after a CT scan showed that it had got stuck in her oesophagus, according to a story in the Daily Mail.
August 13, 2020
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Long waiting times for imaging persist in England
By Theresa Pablos
Many patients in England are still waiting six weeks or more for imaging and other diagnostic tests, but the figures for June represent a slight improvement on May, according to a report published on 13 August by National Health Service England.
August 13, 2020
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German team makes progress in localizing anatomical ROIs
By Philip Ward
German researchers have developed a method designed to accurately and robustly localize anatomical regions of interest (ROIs) for 3D medical data. They have presented their findings at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine virtual conference.
August 13, 2020
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Digisonics integrates with Pie analysis software
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Image management firm Digisonics has partnered with imaging software firm Pie Medical Imaging to provide image analysis and structured reporting for cardiac catheterization, MR, and CT studies.
August 12, 2020
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