Clinical News: Page 370

U.K. group calls for action on aortic tear management

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A new U.K. report published by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) has called for improved diagnosis and management of deadly aortic tears. The HSIB has tasked the U.K. Royal College of Radiologists with creating a process to improve the management of aortic dissection.

January 23, 2020

Viennese biomarker study casts light on breast cancer risk

By Brian Casey

Austrian investigators have used PET and MRI to find out that patients with a malignant tumor in one breast have lower levels of certain biomarkers in the contralateral, healthy breast. They examined 141 women who had imaging abnormalities in one breast and a tumor-free contralateral breast.

January 23, 2020

Solutions for Tomorrow lands x-ray deals

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish-based medical technology company Solutions for Tomorrow has landed the first installations of its x-ray technology in Luxembourg and Slovakia.

January 22, 2020

Oxipit's ChestEye to be sold in Nigeria

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Oxipit has signed an agreement with Swiss medical products distributor Healthcare Konnect for the distribution of its AI software in Nigeria.

January 22, 2020

X-ray shows perils of 'dash surfing' in car

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A U.K. website has published an article that includes a "horrific" x-ray image showing why passengers in cars shouldn't "dash surf," or ride with their feet on the dash of the car.

January 22, 2020

European court affirms EMA's policy on study data

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Court of Justice has affirmed a policy maintained by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on the transparency of data from clinical studies and toxicology reports.

January 22, 2020

U.K. unveils learning initiative to tackle errors

By Philip Ward

The U.K. Royal College of Radiologists has released a practical guide on how to review and learn from excellence, discrepancies, and adverse events. The 36-page report contains nine key pieces of advice and can be downloaded free of charge.

January 22, 2020

Qatar achieves success with cancer screening program

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Qatar's national breast and bowel cancer screening program screened more than 25,000 people for breast or bowel cancer in 2019 -- its most successful year since the program's launch four years ago, according to a report in the Gulf Times.

January 21, 2020

AI can assess disease burden in multiple sclerosis

By Erik L. Ridley

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can accurately evaluate multiple sclerosis disease burden on MRI exams, potentially enabling better ongoing assessment of these patients, German researchers have reported.

January 21, 2020

Success with AI rests on ethics and 'explainability'

By Ivana Bartoletti

Meeting the ethical challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) and understanding and explaining the concept behind its applications are vital for successful implementation, writes digital ethics specialist Ivana Bartoletti. She encourages radiologists to engage in the discussion.

January 21, 2020

EOS brings EOSedge to North America

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Orthopedic imaging technology developer EOS Imaging has installed its EOSedge system at CHU Sainte-Justine Mother and Child University Hospital Centre in Montreal.

January 20, 2020

Shine reports Lu-177 production milestone

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Medical isotope firm Shine Medical Technologies and partners GE Healthcare and the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry in the Czech Republic said they have produced patient dose quantities of the lutetium-177 (Lu-177) therapeutic isotope.

January 20, 2020

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