Clinical News: Page 1018

Controversial scan doesn't help smokers quit: study

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Checking for clogged arteries doesn't help inveterate smokers kick the habit if they are already in a quit-smoking program, Swiss researchers have found. Experts say carotid plaque screening has no proven benefits in people without symptoms of heart disease.

January 25, 2012

PACS market primed for double-digit growth

By Erik L. Ridley

The global PACS market generated $2.8 billion U.S. (2.1 billion euros) in revenues in 2010, and it is expected to grow at a 10% compound annual growth rate to reach approximately $5.4 billion (4.2 billion euros) by 2017, according to a new report from market research firm GlobalData.

January 25, 2012

Naviscan completes PET/mammo installations

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

PET developer Naviscan has installed its positron emission mammography scanner in two European healthcare facilities.

January 24, 2012

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January 24, 2012

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

By Philip Ward

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

Planmed receives CE Mark for Verity

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Medical imaging vendor Planmed announced it has received the CE Mark for its Verity mobile extremity conebeam CT scanner.

January 24, 2012

European cardiac society seeks growth in Middle East

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Society of Cardiology is producing a one-day program in conjunction with the Saudi Heart Association at its annual meeting in Riyadh on 21-24 February.

January 24, 2012

GE gets thumbs up for cardiac CT unit from U.K. watchdog

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Diagnostic Assessment Programme of the U.K. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has given GE Healthcare's Discovery CT750 HD high-definition CT system a positive appraisal.

January 24, 2012

New European charter aims to unite radiology training

By Rebekah Moan

The revised European Training Charter for Clinical Radiology will harmonize training across the continent, while also providing flexibility among the major subspecialties, according to an editorial published by the European Society of Radiology on 15 January in Insights into Imaging.

January 24, 2012

'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

By Philip Ward

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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