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JFR: GE seeks to regain initiative on dose reduction
By John Brosky
PARIS - GE Healthcare has unveiled a new information system to track, report, and monitor dose from multiple manufacturers and multiple imaging devices. DoseWatch was introduced at the annual congress of the French Radiology Society, les Journées Françaises de Radiologie (JFR).
October 23, 2011
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EANM: PET/MRI displays promise in brain, head, neck
By Philip Ward
Two admittedly small studies -- one from Germany and one from Switzerland -- presented at last week's European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) annual congress have underlined the emerging clinical potential of PET/MRI in both the head and neck region, and the brain.
October 23, 2011
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Is it OK to refer to an 'MR scan'?
By Dr. Peter Rinck, PhD
I admit that I have used have used the terms "MR scanner" and "MR scanning" of a patient. It's so easy to do, and everybody around accepts it. The problem is that magnetic resonance machines are not scanners. They are equipment, contraptions, apparatuses (as ugly as it sounds), perhaps even imagers or whoppers.
October 23, 2011
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Attendance strong at Varian's Berlin Oncology Summit
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems said that more than 450 oncologists, medical physicists, and radiotherapy practitioners attended its twelfth Berlin Oncology Summit held 20-21 October.
October 20, 2011
EANM: PET and PET/CT scans grow by 21% a year
By Philip Ward
The number of patient studies using PET or PET/CT increased by an average of almost 21% per year between 2005 and 2010, and now exceeds 900,000 a year, according to new market data for Western Europe presented at this week's European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) annual congress.
October 20, 2011
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Adding optical imaging to mammography boosts accuracy
By Rebekah Moan
Mammography plus near-infrared breast imaging is slightly -- but not significantly -- more accurate than mammography alone when it comes to detecting breast lesions, German researchers found in a recent European Radiology study.
October 19, 2011
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PET/CT & second tumors; rapid prototyping; JFR congress
By Philip Ward
October 18, 2011
Siemens nets its first U.K. PET/MRI sale
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has delivered the first Biograph mMR PET/MRI scanner sold in the U.K. to the new University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre under construction in London.
October 18, 2011
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GE inks PET deal with AAA
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has signed a manufacturing agreement with Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAA), based in Bourg-en-Bresse, France, to establish a European PET tracer distribution network over the next few years.
October 18, 2011
EANM: PET/CT proves value in detecting second tumors
By Philip Ward
Results from a large study have confirmed that PET/CT is a powerful technique for the preclinical detection of second primary tumors in oncology patients. The findings were presented at this week's European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) annual congress, held in Birmingham, U.K.
October 18, 2011
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EANM: Cancer imaging must cast light on tumor biology
By Alexander Ward
Linking imaging to 'omics was the central theme of Dr. Sandy McEwan's keynote lecture at this week's European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) annual congress, as the visionary from Canada explained how imaging can play an important role in delivering the elusive dream of personalized care.
October 18, 2011
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Tool fuses CTA and perfusion MR for cardiac evaluation
By Eric Barnes
An experimental software tool that combines the analytical power of coronary CT angiography (CTA) and MR perfusion images of the heart can provide a comprehensive assessment of coronary artery patency and cardiac function that is superior to examining both separately, according to a new study.
October 18, 2011
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