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Dutch parliament supports MRI screening for dense breasts

By Frances Rylands-Monk

The second chamber of the Dutch parliament has voted unanimously in favor of women with dense breast tissue undergoing MRI exams as part of the national screening program, following lively debate between radiologists and politicians over recent weeks.

February 10, 2021

Vamstar raises 1.4M euros to develop AI for procurement

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Healthcare marketplace developer Vamstar raised $1.7 million (1.4 million euros) in seed funding to further develop its artificial intelligence (AI) technology for healthcare equipment procurement, which has been disrupted during the pandemic.

February 9, 2021

Deep learning provides boost for detection of aortic valve calcium

By Erik L. Ridley

Researchers have found that their artificial intelligence model was highly accurate for automatically detecting and quantifying aortic valve calcium on cardiac CT, outperforming radiologist assessments in severe cases.

February 9, 2021

SyntheticMR signs licensing deal with United Imaging

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Medical imaging software developer SyntheticMR has added United Imaging to its list of distributors. United will market and sell SyntheticMR's SyMRI Neuro software for generating quantitative data from a short MRI scan.

February 8, 2021

Echosens names Jo Massoels as chief marketing officer

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Ultrasound technology developer Echosens has appointed Jo Massoels as the company's chief marketing officer.

February 8, 2021

French group reports 80% fall in activity due to COVID-19

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

France's private radiology network VIDI has revealed that its 900 members experienced an 80% reduction in their activity during the first COVID-19 lockdown.

February 8, 2021

Third Opinion AI reveals advances in COVID-19 pneumonia

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Russian-based Third Opinion AI has trained a neural network to detect the signs of pneumonia caused by COVID-19 with low-dose CT, according to a presentation at the OpenTalks.AI conference, held from 3 to 5 February.

February 8, 2021

U.K. med-tech firm announces name change and rebranding

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Oxford Enhanced Medical has changed its name to Sonosine and launched rebranding efforts with a new website.

February 8, 2021

EDiR celebrates 10 years with week of tests and webinars

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Board of Radiology is celebrating the European Diploma in Radiology's (EDiR) 10th anniversary with an "Eduteintment" week, starting on 15 February.

February 8, 2021

U.K. issues best practice statement on brain tumor imaging

By Philip Ward

A U.K. position statement published on 9 February has highlighted evidence gaps for routine follow-up brain tumor imaging. The authors hope it will pave the way for progress in evidence-based imaging.

February 8, 2021

Dutch experts lock horns over MRI's screening role in dense breasts

By Frances Rylands-Monk

The heated debate over the pros and cons of contrast-enhanced mammography and MRI for screening women with dense breast tissue has resurfaced in the Netherlands, with parliament scheduled to vote on the use of MRI as a screening tool.

February 8, 2021

Investigation finds diagnostic delay caused patient's death

By Philip Ward

A serious incident report issued by a U.K. hospital group has found that the root cause of a woman's death in May 2020 was a delay in diagnosing her lung cancer following the results of a CT scan, according to two local newspaper articles.

February 8, 2021

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