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Barcelona team gives positive verdict on postmortem MRI

MRI is as accurate as autopsy in demonstrating macroscopic details of brain abnormalities and postmortem MRI may represent a valuable extra tool in cases in which autopsy cannot be performed, according to award-winning Spanish research.

January 11, 2015

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Welsh hospitals get more funding for CT, MR purchases

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Thanks to 8.5 million U.K. pounds (10.9 million euros) in funding aimed at reducing patient waiting times, several hospitals in Wales will soon be receiving new CT or MR scanners, according to a report by BBC News.

January 7, 2015

MRI and PET tackle Alzheimer's diagnostics

By Jon Cartwright

A new window into the development of Alzheimer's disease may have been opened up by German researchers. They have combined two noninvasive imaging techniques to study b-amyloid plaques and found a connection between their formation in cerebral blood vessels and reduced blood flow in the brain.

January 7, 2015

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Address the backlog issue or you will sink

By Dr. Peter Rinck, PhD

Backlogs of unread images are one of the worst nightmares in clinical practice. Any backlog must be tackled urgently and as a high priority -- otherwise you will be watching helplessly as the ship sinks and you sink with it, the Maverinck writes in his latest column.

January 6, 2015

Vesalius, radiology, and art

By Dr. Arpan K. Banerjee

Brussels-born Andreas Vesalius was an anatomist whose dissections of the human body helped to correct misconceptions dating from ancient times. It's more than 500 years since his birth, but his work remains relevant today, writes Dr. Arpan K. Banerjee.

January 4, 2015

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Ultrasound, MRI line up for 4D radiotherapy

By Tami Freeman, PhD

The recent 4D Treatment Planning Workshop examined how ultrasound and MRI can be used to help deliver radiotherapy of moving and deforming targets. One area examined in detail was the use of imaging for monitoring motion during treatment and reoptimizing the plan accordingly.

December 25, 2014

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Patients prefer shorter, less-complex radiology reports

By Erik L. Ridley

Patients may be accessing their radiology reports more often through online patient portals, but do they understand what they're reading? Not very well, if research presented at RSNA 2014 is any indication.

December 23, 2014

U.K. Royal Colleges speak out on integrated care

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The U.K. Royal College of Radiologists has expressed its support of a statement on integrated care released by the Royal College of Physicians of London and the Royal College of General Practitioners.

December 18, 2014

Dates set for ultrahigh-field MR symposium

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Max-Dulbruck Center for Molecular Imaging will host the 6th scientific symposium on "Clinical Needs, Research Promises and Technical Solutions in Ultrahigh Field Magnetic Resonance" for 26 June 2015, in Berlin.

December 9, 2014

Guy Sebag: Europe mourns a top pediatric radiologist

Radiologists from across Europe and beyond have paid tribute to the life and achievements of Dr. Guy Sebag, the highly respected 55-year-old French pediatric radiologist who died suddenly on 28 November.

December 9, 2014

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PET/MRI matches PET/CT in NSCLC accuracy

By Wayne Forrest

CHICAGO - Using a 15-minute MRI protocol with PET/MR, Swiss researchers achieved diagnostic accuracy equal to that of PET/CT for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Study results were presented at last week's RSNA 2014 conference.

December 7, 2014

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MRI helps predict return to action for injured soccer players

By Wayne Forrest

CHICAGO - The best way to determine how long it will take a professional soccer player with a thigh-muscle injury to return to the field is by evaluating certain key MRI results, according to a German study presented at the RSNA 2014 meeting.

December 4, 2014

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