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Mobile ambulances give boost to stroke therapy

By Abraham Kim

German investigators have provided new evidence that mobile stroke ambulances fitted with CT can greatly improve the accuracy and efficiency of determining which patients require surgical treatment, compared with standard clinical decision-making. They published their results online on 3 September in JAMA Neurology.

September 3, 2019

AuntMinnieEurope.com Ultrasound Insider

By Kate Madden Yee

September 3, 2019

Ultrasound proves value for identifying early RA

By Kate Madden Yee

French researchers have found that ultrasound can detect more joint erosion in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients than radiography, according to a study published in the September issue of the European Journal of Radiology.

September 3, 2019

Researchers to study media coverage of 'overdiagnosis' tests

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Researchers from Australia plan to explore media coverage of the benefits and harms of medical testing that they believe may lead to overdiagnosis in healthy individuals, according to a protocol published online on 24 August in BMJ Open.

September 2, 2019

Deadly MRI accident heads to court in India

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The saga of the January 2018 MRI accident that killed a man in India when he was sucked into the scanner's bore continued last week in a Mumbai courtroom.

September 2, 2019

MRI identifies white-matter lesions in heart failure cases

By Philip Ward

White-matter lesions linked with dementia and cognitive impairment are as common in heart failure patients as they are in those with a history of stroke, according to the latest results from a large German study presented on 2 September at the European Society of Cardiology congress in Paris.

September 2, 2019

ESC: Cancer cases rise in developed world

By Philip Ward

Fresh statistics presented at this week's European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress in Paris confirm that cancer is now the leading cause of death in high-income countries, while heart disease burden persists in less prosperous countries.

September 2, 2019

RANZCR issues final version of ethical AI guidelines

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) has issued the final version of guidelines on the ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. The draft version of the guidelines was issued in February.

September 2, 2019

Dutch make progress on how to achieve AI adoption

By Frances Rylands-Monk

How can medical imaging adopt artificial intelligence (AI) swiftly and effectively? Which factors tend to cause implementation delays? New research involving seven Dutch radiology departments has tried to provide answers to these burning questions.

September 2, 2019

Swiss shed light on bullets in gunshot injuries

By Abraham Kim

Researchers from Zurich have reported that dual-energy CT can differentiate between various types of bullets in gunshot wounds based on their core material. The findings may have major implications for the future of forensic imaging.

September 1, 2019

Novel contrast-free MRI technique measures heart strain

By Abraham Kim

A team of investigators from the U.K. has used 3D MRI to work out a patient's cardiac muscle strain. They have described how their method can boost the accuracy of quantifying cardiac health without the need for gadolinium contrast in an article published online on 28 August by Scientific Reports.

August 29, 2019

Philips to highlight ultrasound, informatics at ESC congress

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Royal Philips, the parent company of Philips Healthcare, plans to highlight ultrasound and enterprise informatics upgrades at the 2019 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress in Paris.

August 28, 2019

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