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Spanish team collects top ECR prize for MSK research

By Philip Ward

Calcaneal fractures are subtle injuries that require an urgent diagnosis because they can have long-term disabling consequences if not treated early, Spanish musculoskeletal (MSK) experts stated in a top award-winning e-poster at last week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR).

March 11, 2012

Siemens launches Magnetom Combi line at ECR

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare used last week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR) to launch a new line of MRI patient tables, called Magnetom Combi Suite, designed to support a broader range of interventional radiology procedures.

March 11, 2012

iPad up for task of assessing pulmonary nodules

By Erik L. Ridley

The iPad can be reliably used for preliminary assessment of lung nodules, offering accurate nodule detection and localization with only slightly longer image reading times than a conventional workstation, according to research presented at last week's European Congress of Radiology in Vienna.

March 11, 2012

Philips announces 1st PET/MR in Nordic region

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare is announcing the official opening of the Turku PET Centre at Turku University Hospital in Finland, where the first whole-body PET/MR scanner in the Nordic region is now in operation.

March 8, 2012

Gilbert casts doubt on breast MRI use to monitor recurrence

By John Brosky

VIENNA - Although MRI is the most sensitive modality, it is not justified as a surveillance tool for women who have previously had breast cancer, Dr. Fiona Gilbert told participants at last week's meeting organized by the European Society of Breast Imaging.

March 8, 2012

U.K. issues large RIS/PACS procurement request

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The U.K. National Health Service (NHS) Supply Chain has published a procurement request valued at 171 to 363 million pounds (203.8 to 432.6 million euros) for RIS, PACS, computed radiography systems, and related professional services.

March 7, 2012

French implant boss jailed after missing bail payments

By Reuters Health

PARIS (Reuters) - Jean-Claude Mas, the Frenchman who set off a global health scare by selling substandard breast implants, has been jailed for not paying his bail, a judicial source said on Wednesday.

March 7, 2012

CTA identifies outliers, aids prognosis in CAD patients

By Rebekah Moan

VIENNA - CT angiography (CTA) can act as a gatekeeper in coronary artery disease (CAD), identifying outlier patients and thus enabling dedicated trials to characterize biomarkers and genomics of protective/antiprotective factors, according to a leading Italian cardiac radiologist.

March 7, 2012

Bayer merges Medrad with contrast division

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

German pharmaceutical firm Bayer HealthCare is restructuring its contrast media business in a move that will include integrating its Medrad contrast injector subsidiary with its contrast pharmaceutical business to form a new unit.

March 7, 2012

RaySearch wins Heidelberg order

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm RaySearch Laboratories has received an order for its RayStation treatment planning system from the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg.

March 6, 2012

Biospace collaborates on in vivo optical imaging

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Biospace Lab of Paris and the Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging at University College London will collaborate on the development of novel real-time in vivo optical imaging applications.

March 6, 2012

Fuji adds features to digital x-ray console

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Fujifilm Medical Systems has upgraded its digital x-ray console, Console Advance, to include several new features.

March 6, 2012

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