Clinical News: Page 296

Agfa launches x-ray assistant at RSNA 2020

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare is launching SmartXR Assistant, a new technology designed to improve the productivity of radiologic technologists and radiographers, at this week's RSNA 2020 virtual meeting.

November 28, 2020

Week in Review: Total-body PET can prove a game changer | New U.K. breast screening data | EuroMinnies 2021 gets underway

By Philip Ward

November 26, 2020

What's new in noninvasive detection of skin cancer?

By Cynthia E. Keen

Researchers from Israel have developed and tested a fiberoptic evanescent wave spectroscopy system that can noninvasively identify and characterize skin cancers. They successfully identified cancerous lesions on patients' skin by touching the suspicious regions for 30 seconds with an optical fiber connected to a mid-infrared spectrometer.

November 26, 2020

Ultrasound detects DVT in severe COVID-19 cases

By Theresa Pablos

French researchers have found that COVID-19 patients treated with increased anticoagulation therapy had a significantly lower prevalence of proximal deep vein thrombosis (DVT) compared with those who received standard treatment. Importantly, they used systemic ultrasound screening in all cases.

November 25, 2020

MRI cleaning kit gets tested in Melbourne

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The low-cost, simple MRI bore cleaning system highlighted in our special feature on 3 November is already proving effective, according to the Australian research team that developed it.

November 24, 2020

SERAM announces record participation in election

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Spanish Society of Medical Radiology (SERAM) has announced the results of the election for its board of directors. The society said that 1,133 members voted in the ballot -- the highest participation in the SERAM's history.

November 24, 2020

Total-body PET can prove a game changer

By Frances Rylands-Monk

Higher image quality, lower patient and staff radiation exposure, simultaneous multiorgan imaging, and expanded range for optimal dose imaging are among the significant advantages that total-body PET can bring to the clinical setting, according to a leading hybrid imaging expert.

November 24, 2020

How much emphasis should we put on cost-effectiveness?

By Dr. Chris Hammond

After a long discussion with his doctor, a patient with an abdominal aortic aneurysm selects a treatment option that is not cost-effective. Interventional radiologist Dr. Chris Hammond reflects on the ethical and moral dilemmas posed by such a case and by the costly technological advances that doctors want to offer patients but may be unaffordable for society.

November 23, 2020

Nominations open for EuroMinnies 2021 award scheme

AuntMinnieEurope.com has launched the third edition of the EuroMinnies, an annual event designed to recognize achievements in European radiology. The search is on to find out who will follow in the footsteps of Christiane Kuhl, Laura Oleaga, and other previous winners.

November 22, 2020

Home breast screening device grabs attention

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Blue Box, a home testing kit for breast cancer, has won the first prize in the international James Dyson Award, which means a 30,000 pound (33,730 euro) cash windfall for the 23-year-old Spanish developer, according to a BBC News report.

November 22, 2020

Breast screening proves most effective in women over 65

By Philip Ward

The effect of breast screening is stronger and longer-lasting in women who are 65 and older, but it remains highly relevant for younger women, according to new data from England published on 23 November in the British Journal of Cancer.

November 22, 2020

GE acquires photon-counting detector firm Prismatic

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has acquired Swedish startup Prismatic Sensors, which specializes in the development of photon-counting detectors for CT scanners.

November 19, 2020

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