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Meet a retired radiologist who reads up to 30K scans a year

By Frances Rylands-Monk

Flexible home reporting by experienced professionals can help ease the backlog of scans. U.K. radiologist Dr. Richard Harries retired five years ago, but still keeps extremely busy and manages a heavy workload. How does he do it?

December 7, 2015

AuntMinnieEurope.com Digital X-Ray Insider

By Philip Ward

December 6, 2015

Tomosynthesis boosts accuracy in cancer cases

By Philip Ward

Digital tomosynthesis can improve the diagnostic accuracy and confidence of chest radiography in oncologic patients with suspected pulmonary lesions, and it allows CT to be skipped in about 50% of cases, Italian researchers found in a study published online on 1 December by European Radiology.

December 6, 2015

Are patients ready to communicate with radiologists?

By Frances Rylands-Monk

A new survey from Belgium has revealed patients continue to be confused about the role and scope of the radiologist. Almost 50% of surveyed patients did not even realize radiologists were doctors, according to the article published online on 29 November by Acta Radiologica.

December 6, 2015

Paris attacks: Radiology on the front line

By Frances Rylands-Monk

After the terrorist attacks in Paris on 13 November, ambulance and hospital workers became front-line personnel fighting to save lives, and the city's imaging departments were closely involved. Three senior radiologists, two of whom are former ECR presidents, talk about their experiences.

November 24, 2015

Tomo-CAD combo targets lung cancer screening

By Brian Casey

What if you had a lung cancer screening modality that was better than x-ray and nearly as good as CT, but with less radiation and expense? Researchers from Hungary are investigating the idea with a digital tomosynthesis system that they assembled themselves, along with homegrown computer-aided detection (CAD) software.

November 24, 2015

BIR prepares to host X-mas imaging quiz

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The British Institute of Radiology (BIR) is hosting a Christmas imaging quiz. The fun event is to be held on 10 December at the Royal College of Radiologists in London.

November 23, 2015

ESSR: Keep in mind metal around the shoulder

By Philip Ward

Developing a greater appreciation of the many complications that can occur after shoulder surgery improves interactions between radiologists and orthopedic specialists, according to award-winning work presented at the 2015 congress of the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR).

November 18, 2015

Germans gear up for plenary session at RSNA 2015

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The German Radiological Society will present several lectures at RSNA 2015 during a special "Germany presents at RSNA" session.

November 16, 2015

Home reporting is not a bed of roses, warns RCR

By Philip Ward

Flexible home working can lead to a shift of resources away from radiology departments, and it encourages less contact with colleagues and the de-skilling of radiologists doing predominantly remote reporting, according to the U.K. Royal College of Radiologists (RCR).

November 9, 2015

Three-pronged glioma therapy shows promise

By Jude Dineley

A combination of x-rays, chemotherapy, and a radiosensitizing drug more than doubled tumor cell death in vitro compared with a radiation-only control, according to Australian research. The combination selectively targets tumor cells and can reduce side effects in patients.

November 4, 2015

Lung MRI rivals CT in complex pneumonia

By Philip Ward

MRI is accurate for detecting problems in children with lower airway tract infection and can pinpoint the dynamics of morphologic changes during treatment, and soon it may replace CT in cases of complicated pneumonia, according to award-winning German research.

November 2, 2015

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