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BI-RADS aids Dutch breast cancer screening, workup
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
BI-RADS is effective as a quality assessment tool when compared to breast screening without using the classification system, at least in the Dutch breast cancer screening program, researchers found.
March 19, 2012
Half of imaging studies appear in nonradiology journals
By Cynthia E. Keen
More than half of important medical imaging research is published in nonradiology journals, making it a huge challenge for radiologists to keep abreast of the latest research, according to new analysis presented at this month's European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna.
March 19, 2012
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Irish students excel in radiation prevention education program
By Wayne Forrest
Undergraduate students at University Cork College in the Republic of Ireland are learning a valuable lesson in radiation protection thanks to a new program at the school, which is detailed in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
March 19, 2012
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Nucletron sells brachy unit to U.K. lab
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Nucletron has sold a Flexitron brachytherapy afterloader to the National Physical Laboratory, the U.K.'s measurement institute located in Teddington.
March 18, 2012
European Commission launches CE Mark site
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European Commission has launched a CE Mark website, which is available in 24 languages.
March 18, 2012
Definiens enhances its analysis software
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Imaging software developer Definiens has added stereological analysis methods to its software release Tissue Studio 3.5 for random sampling and analysis of histological samples.
March 18, 2012
IBA posts 2011 gains but net loss
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Gains in its proton therapy division added to sales and services at Ion Beam Applications (IBA) in 2011, but the growth was not enough to avoid a net loss last year.
March 18, 2012
MRI with PET proves cost-effective for high-grade gliomas
By Wayne Forrest
The combined use of MRI and PET appears to be superior to and more cost-effective than the use of MRI alone in surgical therapy planning for high-grade gliomas, German researchers found in a study published online on 14 March in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
March 18, 2012
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It's time to celebrate another x-ray pioneer's centenary
By Dr. Adrian Thomas
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen may have discovered the x-ray but it was Max von Laue who unraveled how it worked. Read about their work as well as how the general public was skeptical of a device that could see through bodies in this latest column by Dr. Adrian Thomas.
March 18, 2012
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Dutch extend warning on French breast implants
By Reuters Health
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch authorities on Thursday warned thousands of women who had breast implants made by French company Poly Implant Prothese before 2001 to consider removing them because they may leak silicone that could harm their health.
March 15, 2012
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Danish hospital launches stereotactic RT center
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Finsen Centre at Rigshospitalet of Copenhagen University Hospital has commissioned a TrueBeam Novalis STx accelerator from Brainlab to provide stereotactic radiotherapy (RT) to its patients with certain types of prostate and brain cancer.
March 15, 2012
GE's robotic C-arm for intervention prepares for action
By John Brosky
PARIS - GE Healthcare opened the doors of its development lab yesterday to unveil the first production model of the Discovery IGS 730 interventional radiology system. The first units are due to begin shipping by September, and the company expects to produce 50 machines in the first year.
March 15, 2012
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