Clinical News: Page 291

Prototype breast device displays much promise
By Theresa Pablos
A team from Heidelberg in Germany has reported that a prototype device combining 3D automated breast ultrasound and digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) performed well in a feasibility study. The scanner identified 97% of cancers and added only about a minute to the DBT exam time.
December 23, 2020
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Sweden's Karolinska unveils breast AI results
By Theresa Pablos
Researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm have found that a breast cancer risk assessment model based on artificial intelligence (AI) outperformed traditional methods. The AI model beat conventional risk models used alone and when combined with breast density data.
December 22, 2020
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Coping with COVID-19: Moral values must play central role
By Dr. Chris Hammond
To find answers on how to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, we may be looking in the wrong place. As much as epidemiological science, moral values underpin the huge changes in society imposed by governments worldwide. We must examine our moral values more closely, writes interventional radiologist Dr. Chris Hammond.
December 21, 2020
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Frankfurt team optimizes chest CT of COVID-19 cases
By Kate Madden Yee
Researchers from Frankfurt in Germany have used minimum intensity projection reconstructions to improve the accuracy of chest CT exams when it comes to identifying ground-glass opacity in patients with suspected COVID-19 disease. They published their findings on 14 December in the European Journal of Radiology.
December 21, 2020
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1st COVID-19 annotated dataset is published
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The first annotated dataset of anonymized COVID-19 medical images from the RSNA International COVID-19 Open Radiology Database has been published by the Cancer Imaging Archive.
December 20, 2020
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Top 10 AuntMinnieEurope stories for 2020
By Philip Ward
It's official: The role of medical imaging in the COVID-19 pandemic dominated the radiology news agenda in 2020, accounting for half of our list of top 10 articles. The use of ultrasound and CT in COVID-19 cases was a central theme, along with infection control and radiographers. Another major issue was the police report into the serious MRI accident in Swedish Lapland.
December 20, 2020
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New data reveal true scale of missed scans and backlog
By Philip Ward
At least 4.4 million fewer diagnostic examination scans were performed in England between April and September 2020 compared with the same period in 2019, BBC News reported on 17 December. One in seven patients is now waiting more than three months for a scan.
December 20, 2020
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U.K. issues advice on placing, assessing nasogastric tubes
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The U.K.'s Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) released a report on 17 December regarding the placement and assessment of nasogastric tubes that calls for national training standards in England.
December 17, 2020
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Mediaire secures 2M euros in funding
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Image analysis services provider Mediaire has received approximately 2 million euros for the continued development of its MRI deep-learning software focused on the brain.
December 17, 2020
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Hologic adds 3D breast ultrasound to SuperSonic Mach 40
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Hologic has added 3D ultrasound imaging to its SuperSonic Mach 40 system, an upgrade that will allow users to easily access the company's ShearWave Plus elastography 3D and high-resolution B-mode volumes.
December 17, 2020
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Philips, InSightec to partner on MRgUS
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare parent Royal Philips and InSightec announced they will collaborate on an effort to make MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgUS) for neurosurgery and neurological disorder treatment more accessible.
December 17, 2020
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IBA adds CBCT to 2 proton therapy centers
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Proton therapy developer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) is adding conebeam CT (CBCT) to proton therapy systems it has installed at Northwestern Medicine Proton Center in Chicago and the Centre Antoine Lacassagne in Nice, France.
December 17, 2020
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