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Will Elsevier boycott talk affect radiology? And, IV contrast guidelines may need revision
By Brian Casey
February 14, 2012
CT shows moderate sensitivity for spinal injuries
By Eric Barnes
Whole-body CT has excellent specificity but imperfect sensitivity for detecting spinal injuries in blunt trauma, concluded German researchers presenting at the 2012 American Academy of Spinal Surgeons meeting held earlier this month in San Francisco.
February 14, 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
Choline-PET/CT changes prostate cancer treatment plans
By Wayne Forrest
Swiss researchers have found that PET/CT scans with the radiopharmaceutical choline can change treatment plans for certain patients with recurrent prostate cancer. Study results showed that choline-PET/CT significantly affected therapy management.
February 13, 2012
South African wins Radiographer of the Year
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists named Sandra Pridgeon of South Africa the society's DoseWise Radiographer of the Year for 2011.
February 12, 2012
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Post-op rad therapy unneeded for elderly lung cancer patients
By Cynthia E. Keen
Patients who have undergone surgery to resect stage III non-small cell lung cancer with N2 lymph node involvement may not need postoperative radiation therapy if they are older than 65, as the treatment doesn't help survival, according to an article published online February 13 in Cancer.
February 12, 2012
Female radiologists: Does gender really matter?
By Dr. Anagha Parkar
In her latest column, Dr. Anagha Parkar discusses whether gender matters in medicine. More women are entering the field but there is an imbalance regarding certain subspecialties. What does that mean for radiology?
February 12, 2012
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Study: Guidelines on IV contrast may need revision
By Rebekah Moan
There is no evidence that intra-arterial administration of iodine-based contrast media is more toxic to the kidneys than intravenous injections, Swedish researchers report in European Radiology. In fact, there is indirect evidence that may point to intravenous injections being more nephrotoxic than intra-arterial because the injected dose rate is usually higher, they added.
February 9, 2012
Forcare to launch ForBridge at HIMSS
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Dutch healthcare IT firm Forcare will debut its ForBridge clinical information exchange offering at the upcoming Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting in Las Vegas.
February 8, 2012
EU wants more medical device controls after PIP scare
By Reuters Health
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments should strengthen safety controls on high-risk medical devices by using spot checks on products and manufacturing facilities after the scare over faulty silicone breast implants from French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), the EU's health chief said on Thursday.
February 8, 2012
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Fuji adds to U.K. contract
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Fujifilm Medical Systems is expanding its contract with the General Healthcare Group/BMI Healthcare Group in the U.K. for its computed radiography systems.
February 8, 2012
Les 'Smartphones' et les tablettes -- suite
By Dr. Peter Rinck, PhD
9 février 2012 -- Suite à son article récent sur les désavantages potentiels des Smartphones, apprecié des lecteurs, le Maverinck réexamine ce sujet brûlant. Il questionne les applications de ces appareils en radiologie et se demande s'ils peuvent convenir à la lecture d'images médicales.
February 8, 2012
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