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England moves ahead on stereotactic ablative radiotherapy
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The U.K. Royal College of Radiologists has applauded National Health Service England for its decision to implement the use of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy n all radiotherapy facilities by April 2021.
June 15, 2020
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Why Europe must invest to realize promise of AI
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The vast potential for artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology cannot be fully tapped without significant short-term investment in supporting IT infrastructure. That's the view of Prof. Fabian Kiessling, PhD, from Aachen, Germany, in a blog posted on 15 June by the European Society of Radiology.
June 15, 2020
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Pandemic leads to surge of interest in informatics
By Philip Ward
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a sudden increase in data sharing, multicenter image data collection, online data annotation, deep learning, and the building of large repositories, according to informatics expert Peter van Ooijen, PhD, who calls for more consideration of these topics in radiology training.
June 15, 2020
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Nanox secures digital x-ray deal in Russia and Belarus
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Medical technology company Nanox has signed a distribution deal worth $48 million (42.4 million euros) with local partners to bring its digital x-ray systems to Russia and Belarus.
June 14, 2020
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GE, Oxford to create COVID-19 pneumonia AI algorithms
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
GE Healthcare and the University of Oxford-led U.K. National Consortium of Intelligent Medical Imaging announced on 15 June that they are collaborating to create artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to help clinicians diagnose and manage patients with COVID-19 pneumonia.
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PET helps guide therapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
FDG-PET can help determine which younger patients with newly diagnosed early-stage unfavorable Hodgkin's lymphoma don't need treatment with radiation therapy, German researchers have reported at the virtual European Hematology Association (EHA) congress, held between 11 and 21 June.
June 14, 2020
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Breast MRI lesion score can cut unnecessary biopsies
By Rebekah Moan
A lesion classification scheme named after breast MRI pioneer Dr. Werner Kaiser may help prevent anywhere from 45% to 72.5% of unnecessary breast biopsies in high-risk patients, Austrian researchers have found. The tool also refutes the notion of benign-appearing cancers.
June 14, 2020
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Clinicians fall short in case of 24-year-old man, inquest finds
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A U.K. hospital admitted it failed a young man after his fatal heart defect was not detected when he was admitted to the hospital after a stabbing, the Manchester Evening News reports.
June 11, 2020
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U.K. grants CapeRay patent for DBT with ABUS
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
South African mammography developer CapeRay Medical was awarded a U.K. patent for technology that combines digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) with automated breast ultrasound (ABUS).
June 11, 2020
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EU survey seeks input from radiopharmaceutical users
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A new survey requested by the Council of the European Union (EU) seeks feedback and information from users of radiopharmaceuticals and other therapeutic radionuclides.
June 11, 2020
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FOMO can't justify thirst for congresses, Dutch duo argues
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Fear of missing out (FOMO) is often given as a reason for attending medical meetings onsite, but it doesn't provide sufficient justification for radiology's failure to take strong action to reduce its carbon footprint, according to an editorial published on 10 June in European Radiology.
June 11, 2020
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Random Walk Imaging promotes MS study with MRI software
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
MRI software developer Random Walk Imaging is highlighting results from a study showing that its scanning method and software improved the sensitivity of MRI to detect white-matter brain changes related to multiple sclerosis (MS).
June 11, 2020
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