Clinical News: Page 359

Police report reveals mystery of vest in Swedish MRI case

By Philip Ward

The police report into the serious MRI accident in Swedish Lapland contains a series of photos of the weighted exercise vest worn by the specialist nurse who got sucked into the scanner gantry in October 2019. AuntMinnieEurope.com has obtained a copy of the report and can share some of the photos of the garment, ending months of speculation.

March 12, 2020

PET tracks down causes of fever in children

By Tami Freeman, PhD

In children with fever of unknown origin, imaging studies are scarce and the usefulness of FDG-PET/CT remains uncertain. Now a Dutch team has examined a large group of children in an attempt to fill the knowledge void.

March 12, 2020

French group calls for more coronavirus protection

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The French union of independent radiologists has urged the French health minister to set up a meeting with the key actors in medical imaging to discuss organization and optimization of the service during the coronavirus epidemic, according to a statement published on 12 March.

March 11, 2020

Behold.ai wins FDA approval for red dot AI algorithm

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

U.K. artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Behold.ai has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its red dot AI triage algorithm.

March 11, 2020

Austrian ban on meetings helps justify ECR postponement

By Philip Ward

Austria banned all indoor events with more than 100 participants on Tuesday, 10 March, providing apparent vindication of the decision made a week earlier by the European Society of Radiology to postpone ECR 2020. Also, passenger numbers at Vienna International Airport have dropped sharply during March.

March 11, 2020

Digital x-ray vendors highlight AI and advanced tools

By Brian Casey

Radiography may be medical imaging's oldest modality, but it's getting a refresh thanks to a wide range of new technologies on display at this week's ECR. The most significant of the techniques is artificial intelligence (AI), but other advances include tomosynthesis and dual-energy imaging.

March 10, 2020

RCR announces response to coronavirus threat

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The U.K. Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has canceled some exams and events and introduced restrictions on attendees as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.

March 10, 2020

ESTRO postpones 2020 meeting to summer

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Amid concerns about the coronavirus outbreak, the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) has decided to postpone its meeting scheduled for 3-7 April to later in the summer.

March 10, 2020

Eckert & Ziegler begins production of lutetium-177

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Isotope technology developer Eckert & Ziegler said it has begun commercial production of carrier-free lutetium-177.

March 10, 2020

Danish startup explores 3D-bioprinted bone implants

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Danish 3D printing startup Particle3D has developed a new technique for creating 3D-bioprinted bone implants based on medical imaging data.

March 10, 2020

AI can enhance accuracy of CT scans in emphysema

By Erik L. Ridley

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm trained and tested on more than 10,000 CT datasets acquired at over 20 clinical sites in the U.S. and Europe can provide fully automated quantification of emphysema, according to a multinational research team.

March 10, 2020

ISMRM moves annual meeting to Paris in August

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) has decided to move its annual meeting from Australia in April to Paris in August. The group cited concerns about the coronavirus outbreak as the reason for the change.

March 9, 2020

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