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Audit shows 25% of abdominal x-ray requests are inappropriate

By Philip Ward

A new audit of 200 consecutive requests for abdominal x-rays found that more than a quarter of referrals are wide of the mark, with general practitioners being the worst offenders, delegates learned at this month's U.K. Radiological and Radiation Oncology Congress in Liverpool.

July 10, 2018

EOS installs DR system in France

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Orthopedic imaging technology developer EOS Imaging has installed its EOS digital radiography (DR) system at the University Hospital Center of Grenoble Alps in France.

July 3, 2018

AuntMinnieEurope.com Digital X-Ray Insider

By Philip Ward

June 27, 2018

EOS installs 1st system at German private practice

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

EOS Imaging's 2D/3D imaging digital radiography (DR) system has been installed at the ATOS Klinik Heidelberg in Germany, the first private practice in the country to receive the system.

June 27, 2018

Digital x-ray goes retro and mobile in Europe

By Simon Harris

After a flat period, the x-ray sector is starting to rally as demand grows for mobile systems and digital radiography retrofit kits, particularly in the east of Europe. Intelligent radiography promises to be the next big thing, according to analyst Simon Harris.

June 27, 2018

Opinion: Radiologists & radiographers must stay united

By Dr. Elisabetta Giannotti

Training and employing an unlimited number of radiologists is unrealistic today, yet the demand for imaging continues to rise. So radiology must be prepared to accept a solution involving radiographers and/or the ethical use of artificial intelligence, Dr. Elisabetta Giannotti writes. Evolution is the ability to adapt to change, she believes.

June 25, 2018

Nikolaou: AI for complex cases may be over 10 years off

By Frances Rylands-Monk

Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to create more imaging opportunities and boost demand for specialists, but multimodality, multiparametric, or complex MRI diagnoses using AI are probably at least a decade away, according to Dr. Konstantin Nikolaou from Tübingen, Germany.

June 24, 2018

Turkey prepares to offer huge imaging supply contract

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Turkish government will soon offer a supply contract for hundreds of millions of dollars worth of medical imaging and patient monitoring equipment, according to a report in Medtech Insight.

June 19, 2018

Opinion: Radiographers do not equal radiologists

By Dr. Emanuele Neri

Studies that compare the reading skills of radiographers against those of radiologists are flawed, says Dr. Emanuele Neri. Trying to prove that "radiographers = radiologists" is the wrong exercise because the skillsets of the two groups are so different, but "radiographers + radiologists = better care" is valid, he writes.

June 19, 2018

OR Technology upgrades portable x-ray system

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

PACS and digital x-ray developer OR Technology has released its Leonardo DR mini II, the newest iteration of its portable x-ray system.

June 18, 2018

Radiographers: 'Yes, we can read chest x-rays'

By Philip Ward

The U.K. Society of Radiographers has refuted the suggestion that radiographers must not read chest x-rays and cannot conduct clinical image reporting to a standard equivalent to a senior radiologist. It's a "rather sad spectacle," according to its CEO Richard Evans.

June 14, 2018

Opinion: Radiographers must not read chest x-rays

By Dr. Anna Rita Larici

It's unacceptable that radiographers, who do not receive the same training as radiologists, can report chest x-rays, which are difficult to interpret even for experienced thoracic radiologists, according to Dr. Anna Rita Larici from Milan, Italy.

June 11, 2018

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