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7-tesla breast MRI shows advantages in first tests
By Rob Skelding
The promise of a diagnostic advantage in mammography using powerful 7-tesla MRI was underlined by preliminary results presented at the European Congress of Radiology. Although image quality was improved compared to 1.5-tesla MRI, using such a powerful system might be problematic due to current patient safety rules.
March 12, 2009
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Study: Endovascular repair can come first for AAA
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Researchers of a new U.K. study recommend endovascular or endograft repair as a first-line treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), given that the low reintervention rates are comparable to those reported for open surgical repair.
March 11, 2009
Siemens nets London PET/CT, CT installs
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has completed three London installs of its PET/CT and CT systems.
March 10, 2009
Varian wins German contract
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has inked a $17 million contract with a Berlin-based clinic group.
March 10, 2009
Palliative osteoplasty provides immediate relief from painful bone metastases
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Mar 11 - Percutaneous osteoplasty provides immediate and substantial pain relief in patients with extraspinal lytic lesions due to benign and metastatic diseases who do not respond to conventional analgesic treatment, according to research reported at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting in San Diego.
March 10, 2009
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Age differences seen in rectal cancer treatment
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Mar 11 - Rectal cancer patients 75 and older are less likely to undergo radiation before undergoing surgery than are younger people with the disease, new research from Sweden shows.
March 10, 2009
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GE partners with Steris
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
GE Healthcare and Steris are teaming to offer Steris' technologies in GE interventional suites.
March 9, 2009
Percutaneous cardiovascular procedures 'strikingly better' with radial access
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Mar 10 - In the real-world setting of contemporary clinical cardiology practices, adverse events following percutaneous cardiovascular procedures are substantially reduced by using radial artery access compared with using femoral access, investigators report in the March issue of Heart.
March 9, 2009
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Siemens notches 3 U.K. installs
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has completed the installations of three Magnetom Avanto 1.5 MRI systems in the U.K.
March 9, 2009
CT often unjustified in the young; German pediatricians lack dose awareness
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - About a third of the CT scans performed in patients younger than 35 could be replaced by other modalities, concludes a Norwegian study presented Tuesday at the European Congress of Radiology. Meanwhile, a survey in the region of Essen, Germany, found that many pediatricians lack basic knowledge of radiation exposures for various chest indications.
March 9, 2009
E-learning tool may offer value in radiology education
By Erik L. Ridley
VIENNA - An online e-learning tool shows promise for providing case-based radiological content, according to a presentation Tuesday at the European Congress of Radiology.
March 9, 2009
ECR studies confirm impact of breast MRI on patient outcomes
By Rob Skelding
VIENNA - With tissue-conservation procedures among the most common surgical treatments for breast cancer, imaging techniques that accurately probe the depths of disease status surely prove invaluable. Or do they? A pair of presentations from this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR) sheds some light on the matter.
March 9, 2009
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