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U.K. radiographers society develops benchmarking tool

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Society and College of Radiographers in London announced that it is working with the Amor Group to develop a benchmarking tool for radiology services.

February 15, 2012

Siemens installs 7T MRI at Oxford

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare has completed installation of a Magnetom 7-tesla MRI unit at the University of Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain.

February 13, 2012

Siblings' brain scans may hold key to addictions

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters) - Drug addicts and their nonaddicted siblings share certain features in the brain, suggesting a susceptibility to addiction is inherited but is also a flaw that can be overcome, scientists said on Thursday.

February 2, 2012

Denmark reduces treatment start dates for cancer patients

By Cynthia E. Keen

Implementing a national fast-track system in Denmark for patients with symptoms of cancer has reduced the start date of treatment by four weeks, according to a presentation made at the recent Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium held in Phoenix, AZ.

February 2, 2012

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Europe puts MRI rules on hold for 2 more years

By Leo Cendrowicz

BRUSSELS - The planned reform of the European Union's MRI regulations has been postponed for another two years after officials conceded this week that they would not be able to wrap up the legislative process by the end-of-April deadline.

January 25, 2012

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Can PET/MRI ever be viable? ESR training update; Turks confront tularemia

January 24, 2012

German study confirms image quality of hybrid PET/MRI

By Wayne Forrest

Researchers have provided further evidence that hybrid PET/MRI systems can offer "uncompromised MR image quality" and a "high accordance" between PET/MR and PET/CT in a new study published online 17 January in the European Journal of Radiology.

January 24, 2012

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'Magic mushroom' trips point to new depression drugs

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters) - The brains of people tripping on magic mushrooms have given the best picture yet of how psychedelic drugs work, and British scientists say the findings suggest such drugs could be used to treat depression.

January 23, 2012

Turks take delight from MRI's success in tularemia

When three outbreaks of tularemia occurred in northeastern Turkey in 2004 and 2005, Europe was stunned at the chilling prospect of a little-known infectious disease that can spread so rapidly from animals to humans. Now radiologists are using MRI to provide valuable clinical information in complex cases.

January 23, 2012

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Siemens unveils new accessory for MRI

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare has partnered with Lammers Medical Technology to offer the company's incubator system for use with its 1.5- and 3-tesla MRI systems.

January 22, 2012

MRI lung perfusion looks set for broader clinical use

By Wayne Forrest

Contrast-enhanced MRI pulmonary perfusion should be used in a broader clinical area, in part because the modality can be performed quickly, even in critically ill patients, but optimal temporal resolution and contrast-to-noise ratio are both necessary to achieve appropriate perfusion imaging of the lung, according to researchers.

January 22, 2012

MRI shows potentially grave extracardiac findings

Cardiac MRI finds significant numbers of extracardiac findings in patients with suspected heart disease, and as many as 20% are potentially serious, according to a Swiss study in European Radiology. The prevalence of extracardiac findings has been investigated using CT but less with MRI.

January 18, 2012

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