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AuntMinnieEurope.com MRI Insider
By Philip Ward
June 30, 2013
Audit shows 9% of breast MRI referrals are inappropriate
By Philip Ward
In almost 9% of cases, the recommended referral guidelines for breast MRI examinations are not followed, according to an audit conducted at a district general hospital in northwest England and presented at the recent U.K. Radiological Congress (UKRC) held in Liverpool.
June 30, 2013
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Unpaid overtime and long working hours persist
By Philip Ward
A third of radiologists typically work more than 50 hours a week, and almost 10% of them work more than 60 hours per week. The majority tend to start work at around 8 a.m. or earlier, and do an average of one on-call session per week, AuntMinnieEurope.com's survey has found.
June 27, 2013
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Medical tourism boosts adoption of MRI in Egypt
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The use of state-of-the-art medical imaging devices in the private sector to attract medical tourism has boosted the availability of MRI in Egypt, according to a new report by market research firm Frost and Sullivan.
June 26, 2013
PET/MRI holds its own with PET/CT in lung cancer staging
By Wayne Forrest
FDG-PET/MRI shows similar performance to FDG-PET/CT for lymph node staging in lung cancer, with "substantial" reader agreement in determining tumor staging, according to a study published online on June 14 in European Radiology.
June 25, 2013
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Revised EMF Directive draws praise from COCIR
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR) has applauded the European Council's adoption of the revised Directive on Protecting Workers from Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (EMF Directive).
June 23, 2013
Philips sells MR-HIFU unit in Jordan
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has sold an MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (MR-HIFU) system to Farah Hospital in Amman, Jordan.
June 19, 2013
Alliance for MRI praises EU's MRI report
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Alliance for MRI is praising the European Parliament's approval of an amendment for MRI use in its draft report on the revised Directive on Protecting Workers from Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields, the Alliance said.
June 11, 2013
Philips' MRI unit to be used in mapping fetal and babies' brains
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare's Achieva TX MRI system and its Avalon fetal monitor will be used at sites in the U.K. to map fetal brains and babies' brains after birth.
June 9, 2013
DRK 2013: Support grows for electroporation and PET/MRI
By Philip Ward
Clinical acceptance of two emerging techniques -- irreversible electroporation and PET/MRI -- seems to be rising sharply, judged by upbeat presentations given at the 94th German radiology congress, DRK, which ended in Hamburg on Saturday.
June 4, 2013
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MILabs to present SPECT/PET/CT/MRI system at SNMMI
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Preclinical imaging technology developer MILabs will showcase new MRI capabilities at the upcoming Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia.
June 3, 2013
PET/MRI no direct match for PET/CT in oncology cases
By Wayne Forrest
Adding body-coil image acquisition to PET/MRI does not entirely match the diagnostic accuracy of standard low-dose PET/CT, and may only serve as a backup scanning option in a small selection of oncology patients, according to a Swiss study.
June 3, 2013
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