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Women doctors urged to join breast screening trial
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A comment posted on the British Medical Journal (BMJ) website asserts that more randomized controlled trials are needed on breast screening and suggests that female doctors should enroll.
January 17, 2012
Smartphones and tablets -- the sequel
By Dr. Peter Rinck, PhD
After his popular recent column about the potential downside of smartphones, the Maverinck revisits this hot topic. He looks at the applications of these devices in radiology, and asks whether they can ever be suitable for image reading.
January 17, 2012
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Belgian study reports MDs' attitudes about PACS
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Few hospitals formally evaluate how their nonradiology physicians adapt to PACS, but Ghent University Hospital in Belgium did. What it discovered has been published in the February issue of the International Journal of Medical Informatics.
January 16, 2012
Debate grows over study linking HRT with breast cancer
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Evidence from the Million Women Study, an analysis used to establish that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) causes breast cancer, is not definitive, according to an article published online on 16 January in the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care.
January 16, 2012
Fetal MRI can complement prenatal ultrasound
By Philip Ward
MRI is proving useful in the prenatal diagnosis and evaluation of complex fetal thoracic pathologies, and is invaluable in assisting surgical planning where complicated anatomical abnormalities exist, Irish radiologists have discovered.
January 16, 2012
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AuntMinnieEurope.com Digital X-Ray Insider
By Philip Ward
January 15, 2012
Addenbrooke's adopts new approach to abdominal radiography
By Philip Ward
Managers at a top U.K. hospital have made significant changes to how it uses abdominal radiography in the emergency department, following an extensive review of work patterns by a group of radiologists.
January 15, 2012
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How molecular imaging was born
By Dr. Adrian Thomas
As molecular imaging continues to develop, it's worth considering the origins of nuclear medicine, which has a long and rich history. Appreciating the early days of nuclear medicine can lead to a better understanding of today's developments, according to Dr. Adrian Thomas in his latest column.
January 15, 2012
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Planmed Verity receives CE Mark
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Finnish medical imaging vendor Planmed has received the European CE Mark for its Planmed Verity mobile extremity scanner for orthopedic imaging.
January 12, 2012
Study: IT service programs are rare in European hospitals
By Cynthia E. Keen
The countries of Europe have led the world in adopting electronic record keeping for healthcare. But even European healthcare organizations remain light years behind other industries in 21st century information technology utilization, as a new study reinforces.
January 12, 2012
MRI of limited use in C-spine imaging of whiplash patients
By Wayne Forrest
Swiss researchers have concluded that 1.5-tesla MRI provides "only limited evidence" of specific changes to the cervical spine and surrounding tissues in patients with acute symptomatic whiplash injury, according to a study published online December 20 in Radiology.
January 11, 2012
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Test from Staging
Freek Beekman, PhD, describes how high-resolution SPECT systems play an invaluable role in small-animal imaging. Video courtesy of medicalphysicsweb.
January 11, 2012
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