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AuntMinnieEurope.com Women's Imaging Insider
By Rebekah Moan
September 26, 2011
Speech recognition produces errors in breast reports
By Kate Madden Yee
Breast imaging reports generated with automated speech recognition software are eight times more likely to contain major errors than those generated with conventional dictation transcription, and radiologists must be alert to this potential problem, according to new peer-reviewed research.
September 26, 2011
New innovations give added impetus to breast ultrasound
By Mélisande Rouger, Rebekah Moan
When it comes to breast ultrasound, combining B-mode, Doppler techniques, and elastography can help improve true-positive and true-negative diagnosis results by reducing the operator's influence on the outcome, according to an Austrian expert.
September 26, 2011
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Study: Speech recognition produces errors in breast reports
By Kate Madden Yee
Breast imaging reports generated with automated speech recognition software are eight times more likely to contain major errors than those generated with conventional dictation transcription, according to a new study in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
September 26, 2011
Diffusion-weighted MRI identifies lung lesions
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI-MRI) scans proved to be more accurate than PET/CT scans in differentiating benign lung lesions from cancerous ones, according to a Belgian study presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress, which is being held in Amsterdam this week.
September 25, 2011
Breast cancer study shows benefits of double therapy
By Reuters Health
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Giving breast cancer patients radiotherapy and chemotherapy at the same time significantly cuts the risk of recurrence and should be considered as a new treatment approach across the world, cancer experts said on Sunday.
September 25, 2011
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Cancer cost 'becoming unsustainable' in rich nations
By Reuters Health
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - An explosion of new technologies and treatments for cancer coupled with a rapid rise in cases of the disease worldwide mean cancer care is rapidly becoming unaffordable in many developed countries, oncology experts said on Monday.
September 25, 2011
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Low-dose CT shows promise in unearthing drug mules
By Philip Ward
As the global battle against illegal drugs intensifies and criminals become ever more creative about their methods, researchers in Finland are seeking to develop a low-dose CT protocol that may be eventually used to screen suspected traffickers.
September 25, 2011
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Tips for averting misdiagnoses in PET/CT
By Cynthia E. Keen
The fusion of metabolic and morphological data should improve diagnostic accuracy, but mistakes can still occur. Some malignancies that have a low affinity to FDG may be missed if the corresponding CT scan is not scrutinized carefully.
September 25, 2011
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Fuji introduces wireless DR panel
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Fujifilm Medical Systems has launched a new wireless digital radiography detector, FDR D-EVO G35i, in the U.K.
September 22, 2011
Siemens launches fluoro system in Europe
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has made available its new Luminos Agile digital fluoroscopy system in Europe, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the product in June 2011.
September 22, 2011
Working as a locum -- does it bring happiness?
By Peter Zöldi
Growing numbers of radiologists from Central and Eastern Europe are taking up temporary posts abroad. We asked some Hungarian doctors to explain their motives for working in the U.K. and to describe what conditions they faced in the country.
September 22, 2011
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