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Mobile DR helps cut ED image transmission times

By Brian Casey

VIENNA - Using a mobile digital radiography (DR) system in the emergency department (ED) ward helped a radiology department at a French hospital cut the amount of time to image ED patients in half, according to a presentation on Sunday at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology. But the department's efforts to make the efficiency gains permanent have been stymied by government regulations on radiation exposure in healthcare facilities.

March 8, 2008

Zonare debuts version 3.5 of z.one at ECR

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

VIENNA - Ultrasound technology developer Zonare Medical Systems of Mountain View, CA, has released version 3.5 of its z.one scanner platform at this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR).

March 8, 2008

Siemens launches new DR unit at ECR show

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

VIENNA - Germany multimodality vendor Siemens Healthcare of Erlangen, Germany, introduced a new digital radiography (DR) system at this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR) meeting.

March 8, 2008

7-tesla MRI pinpoints ankle damage in marathon runners

By Rob Skelding

VIENNA - Running a 26-mile marathon can cause both painful and painless ankle pathologies, as anyone who has attempted such a feat can attest. New research presented Saturday at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) found that 7-tesla MRI scans can give clinicians insight into just how much ankle damage occurs from endurance running.

March 7, 2008

CAD provides mixed benefits for DR lung exams

By Brian Casey

VIENNA - A pair of presentations on Saturday at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology on computer-aided detection (CAD) for digital radiography (DR) reported mixed benefits for the software in detecting lung nodules in thoracic exams. The presenters discussed their experiences with a commercially available CAD product and its impact on radiologist performance in analyzing DR lung studies.

March 7, 2008

Dose studies delve into coronary CTA

By Eric Barnes

VIENNA - At the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) on Saturday, researchers presented a pair of studies that examined the radiation dose of coronary CT angiography (CTA). The first compared the dose of 64-slice CT to that of dual-source CT, and the other examined coronary CTA dose data from a multicenter trial.

March 7, 2008

Carestream launches new point-of-care CR system

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Carestream Health has launched its new Kodak Point-of-Care CR 360 system at this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna.

March 7, 2008

Acceleware releases image reconstruction software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Image and data processing software developer Acceleware has launched its AxRecon image reconstruction software for the medical imaging, security, and nondestructive testing markets.

March 7, 2008

Finland on track to complete national EMR archive

By Cynthia E. Keen

VIENNA - As Google and Microsoft compete to develop personal health record services in the U.S., Finland is on a fast track to complete a Web-based national electronic medical records (EMR) archive. Scheduled for completion in 2009, the archive will provide near-instant access to medical records by individuals and medical professionals.

March 7, 2008

ECR NSF studies raise as many questions as answers

By Cynthia E. Keen

VIENNA - Three studies presented Friday at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) reinforced a correlation between gadolinium MRI contrast and renal patients who subsequently developed nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF). But significant questions still remain about the etiology of this mysterious disease.

March 6, 2008

Routine CT scanning is most cost-effective for minor head injuries

By Rob Skelding

VIENNA - Trying to be more selective about which patients receive a CT scan following minor head injury may sound like a good idea, but most of the major selective strategies are less cost-effective and riskier to patients than just routinely scanning all such patients. That's according to new data presented Friday at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR).

March 6, 2008

Automated patient-based contrast application cuts CTA contrast volume, risk

By Eric Barnes

VIENNA - A work-in-progress application that bases coronary CT angiography (CTA) contrast dose and timing on a patient's individual cardiac output significantly reduces contrast media use and, by extension, the risk of nephropathy, according to a study presented Friday at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR).

March 6, 2008

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