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MRI: Page 211
GE gets CE Mark for SilentScan MRI mode
By
AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has received the CE Mark for SilentScan, an MRI scanning mode that reduces scanning noise dramatically.
March 7, 2013
Debate ignites over breast MRI's added value
By
Philip Ward
VIENNA - Researchers from the Netherlands found that 3-tesla breast MRI of mammographically detected microcalcifications is of added diagnostic value, but only by expert radiologists, according to a presentation during the breast scientific session on Thursday at ECR 2013. However, their findings were challenged by a member of the audience.
March 7, 2013
Global radiologist leads the way in musculoskeletal trauma cases
By
Becky McCall
VIENNA - Go back to basic anatomy and mechanism of injury to understand which structures could possibly be injured in a particular scenario. That was the overriding message of a leading musculoskeletal radiologist in a lunchtime session on trauma on Thursday at ECR 2013.
March 7, 2013
Warning: Staff with prosthetics may not be as safe as patients
By
Becky McCall
VIENNA - Some prosthetic devices that pass as MR-compatible for patients may not be safe for radiographers and nurses, according to Dr. Nadia Oberhofer from South Tyrol, Italy. She spoke in a scientific session dedicated to MRI safety on Thursday at ECR 2013.
March 7, 2013
Ga-68 DOTATOC PET/MRI tops PET/CT for staging neuroendocrine tumors
By
Wayne Forrest
VIENNA - Researchers from University Hospital Essen in Germany have shown the feasibility of whole-body staging of patients with neuroendocrine tumors with PET/MRI and the radiotracer gallium-68 (Ga-68) DOTATOC, and with greater reliability than PET/CT, in a preliminary study presented Friday at ECR 2013.
March 7, 2013
Collaboration among specialties enhances prospects of cancer patients
By
Becky McCall
VIENNA - Promoting more effective collaboration among radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and radiation oncologists to improve imaging and radiotherapy outcomes is a core principle underpinning the lectures in a special focus session on Friday at ECR 2013.
March 7, 2013
Prepare for the transformation of care by prostate MR imaging
By
Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD
VIENNA - Some urologists continue to persist with the old methods of prostate biopsy and tumor detection, despite the benefits of MRI in visualizing the most aggressive parts of prostate tumor. But the situation is changing fast, according Dr. Jelle Barentsz, PhD, of University Hospital Nijmegen in the Netherlands, in a session on Friday at ECR 2013.
March 7, 2013
FDG-PET/MRI 'comparable' to FDG-PET/CT in head/neck cancer
By
Wayne Forrest
VIENNA - FDG-PET/MRI can produce diagnostic quality images "comparable" to FDG-PET/CT in patients with head and neck cancer, according to a study presented on Thursday during the opening day of ECR 2013.
March 6, 2013
European experts urge caution on PET/MRI use
By
Rebekah Moan
VIENNA - "Hold your horses" was the main message regarding PET/MRI at Thursday's ECR 2013 opening press conference. People may want to quickly adopt the fairly new technique, but Dr. Heinz-Peter Schlemmer of the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg urged caution.
March 6, 2013
Cardiac imaging comes under intense scrutiny at ECR 2013
By
Mélisande Rouger
VIENNA - A panel of experts will update both general and specialized radiologists with the latest information available on cardiac imaging, during the dedicated Mini Course "Organs from A to Z: Heart," which starts today.
March 6, 2013
US elastography, contrast-enhanced mammography, MR spectroscopy: Which offers the most promise?
By
Rebekah Moan
VIENNA - Mammography is an imperfect modality, so it makes sense that radiologists are on the lookout for something better, or at least something to supplement the technique. Thursday's refresher course covers functional imaging of the breast and goes into detail about ultrasound elastography, contrast-enhanced mammography, and MRI diffusion, perfusion, and spectroscopy, which may supplement mammography or replace it altogether.
March 6, 2013
The 'beauty' of the head and neck: From temporal bone to oral cavity
By
Becky McCall
VIENNA - General radiologists often shy away from the anatomical complexity of the temporal bone, but Dr. Bert De Foer, from GZA Hospital Sint-Augustinus in Antwerp, Belgium, provides both encouragement and inspiration, noting that he finds this anatomy to be one of the most intriguing regions of the human body.
March 6, 2013
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