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Radiology under the Nazis

Radiologists and radiographers played a key role in the medical practices implemented during the Nazi era, including forced sterilization on the grounds of "racial hygiene," screening for tuberculosis, and using x-rays in castration. A new exhibit, to be shown in Hamburg, Germany, aims to tell the full story.

January 5, 2014

Antoine Béclère and the origins of French radiology

By Dr. Adrian Thomas

Antoine Béclère is one of the greats of radiology. At his own expense, he opened France's first department of radiology in 1897, and he was president of the third International Congress of Radiology, held in Paris in 1931, writes our history columnist Dr. Adrian Thomas.

December 22, 2013

Austrians and Germans look ahead to joint 2014 congress

For only the seventh time in their respective histories, the German Radiology Society and the Austrian Radiology Society are collaborating on a combined congress to be held in May in Hamburg, Germany, under the slogan "Radiology is diagnosis and therapy."

December 17, 2013

Thales debuts new DR subsystem

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Digital x-ray developer Thales has debuted ArtPix, a next-generation digital radiography (DR) subsystem targeted at the mobile x-ray retrofit market.

December 11, 2013

X-ray fluorescence enables molecular CT

By Tami Freeman, PhD

A novel x-ray fluorescence imaging system could enable molecular CT using nonradioactive high-Z tracers, German researchers have found. Although conventional CT does not provide functional information, recent advances in the imaging of high-Z elements have spurred interest in molecular CT.

December 11, 2013

EOS completes German installation

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Orthopedic digital imaging firm EOS Imaging has placed its EOS digital radiography system at the Medical Center MVZ Bad Sobernheim in Germany.

December 10, 2013

GE, Konica Minolta sign global distribution deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

GE Healthcare and Konica Minolta Medical Imaging have signed a global distribution agreement for Konica Minolta's AeroDR cassette-size digital radiography imaging retrofit.

December 3, 2013

EOS installs 1st system in Japan

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

EOS Imaging has installed its first system in Japan.

December 3, 2013

Fuji wins U.K. Capsula CR contract

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Fujifilm Medical Systems has won a contract with a U.K. hospital network for its FCR Capsula computed radiography system, the company said.

November 25, 2013

X-ray fluorescence systems start to display their value

By Tami Freeman, PhD

X-ray fluorescence units can offer improved detection sensitivity to gold nanoparticles at greater depths compared with current techniques, according to medical physicists from the U.K. and Italy.

November 24, 2013

Digital tomo can guide lung stereotactic body radiotherapy

By Cynthia E. Keen

Image guidance using motion-compensated digital tomosynthesis has the potential to improve targeting accuracy during treatment of lung cancer patients, according to researchers from The Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam.

November 14, 2013

AuntMinnieEurope.com Digital X-Ray Insider

By Philip Ward

November 13, 2013

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