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RCR president speaks out on workforce pressures
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
In a new statement, Dr. Jeanette Dickson, president of the U.K. Royal College of Radiologists (RCR), has reiterated her deep concern that workforce shortages pose a threat to patient care and safety.
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Functional lung imaging comes under scrutiny in BIR podcast
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Functional lung imaging has been developing very rapidly in recent years, across all modalities, and this progress has been made possible by advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning. That's the view of the contributors to a free podcast issued on 30 June by the British Institute of Radiology (BIR).
June 30, 2022
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Will you have to wear a face mask in Vienna next month?
By Philip Ward
Wearing a face mask won’t be mandatory at ECR 2022, but it will be required on public transport during a week when the Rolling Stones and Guns N’ Roses are playing at huge gigs in Vienna. Congress organizers say they will not check on ECR delegates’ COVID-19 vaccination status.
June 27, 2022
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Spanish association achieves breakthrough for radiographers
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
After a year of negotiations, the Catalan Association of Diagnostic Imaging Technicians has obtained a commitment from the Parliament of Catalonia to elevate the training status of radiographers and technicians, according to a press release from the Spanish Society of Radiology.
June 22, 2022
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Could a single brain MRI diagnose Alzheimer's?
By Kate Madden Yee
A single brain MRI and an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm could effectively diagnose Alzheimer's disease -- even at an early stage, a new study from a top London facility has shown.
June 20, 2022
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Commoditization poses growing threat to radiology, Brady warns
By Frances Rylands-Monk
The commoditization of radiology endangers the capacity of the specialty to maintain its hard-won central role in patient care. This is the view of Dr. Adrian Brady, consultant radiologist at Mercy University Hospital in Cork, Ireland, and first vice president of European Society of Radiology.
June 19, 2022
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Imaging shows AstraZeneca COVID vaccine can trigger blood clots
By Kate Madden Yee
MRI, CT, and ultrasound identify blood clots not found on clinical assessment in a majority of individuals who have COVID-19 vaccine-induced low blood platelets after their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, according to a case study published on 14 June in Radiology.
June 15, 2022
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Is contrast mammo or contrast MRI best for breast cancer?
By Kate Madden Yee
Contrast-enhanced mammography and contrast-enhanced MRI (CE-MRI) show comparable performance when it comes to identifying breast cancer, but CE-MRI is more sensitive, an Austrian study has found.
June 13, 2022
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Human Longevity offers AMRA BCP Scan to its members
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish image analysis software developer AMRA Medical has signed a definitive agreement to offer its Body Composition Profile (BCP) Scan report to members of Human Longevity.
June 12, 2022
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Ukrainian refugee doctors seek to 'give back' to host countries
By Frances Rylands-Monk
Dr. Nataliia Nehria has described fleeing her home city of Kyiv as Russia invaded Ukraine and raised the question of allowing Ukrainian medical diplomas to be recognized in the European Union in a speech at the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology annual meeting.
June 12, 2022
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ISMRM: Use MRI for some exams amid CT contrast shortage
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Use MRI instead of CT for some indications in midst of the current CT contrast shortage, according to an International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) editorial published on 2 June in the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
June 12, 2022
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Radiology census reveals true scale of staff shortages in U.K.
By Philip Ward
The U.K. is currently short of 1,669 clinical radiologists, and over 200 vacancies have been unfilled for a year or more, according to the annual census released on 9 June by the Royal College of Radiologists. Unless urgent action is taken, the shortfall could hit 39% by 2026, equal to 3,166 clinical radiologists, the report says.
June 8, 2022
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