Clinical News: Page 419

Dutch show how to cut need for CTPA in pregnancy

By Abraham Kim

A Dutch-led research team has used a set of clinical rules to enable almost 40% of pregnant women suspected of having a pulmonary embolism to avoid an unnecessary CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) examination. Their findings were published in the 21 March edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.

March 31, 2019

ECR 2019 Video Roundup: Top 5 trends

What were the top five trends at the ECR 2019 conference in Vienna? Artificial intelligence (AI) was a big deal, but AI was overshadowed by the rising importance of women in top leadership positions in radiology -- indicating that medical imaging's glass ceiling is starting to crack. Find out what other trends were hot in this video slideshow.

March 29, 2019

Registration opens for ESR's free AI event

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Online registration has opened for the artificial intelligence (AI) course being organized in April by the European Society of Radiology (ESR). The live stream from Barcelona, Spain, is available free of charge.

March 28, 2019

Focused ultrasound releases cancer drugs on target

By Tami Freeman, PhD

Researchers from the U.K. are using computational planning models to determine the focused ultrasound parameters required to release drugs from liposomes, without the need for real-time thermometry. This approach could make ultrasound-mediated targeted drug delivery more widely accessible and simpler to administer than techniques that use MRI guidance.

March 28, 2019

Intelligent Ultrasound posts healthy 2018 revenue

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Artificial intelligence (AI) software and simulation company Intelligent Ultrasound has posted healthy revenue results for 2018.

March 27, 2019

NHS England cancels privatization plan for Oxford

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Following vehement opposition from cancer patients and U.K. Members of Parliament, National Health Service (NHS) England has reversed its plan to privatize PET/CT scanning services for cancer patients at Churchill Hospital in Oxford, according to a 27 March report in the Guardian.

March 27, 2019

IAEA launches competition for radiation safety

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is taking submissions from healthcare professionals to be included in an upcoming training program on demonstrating radiation safety in medicine.

March 27, 2019

EOS completes 1st installation in UAE

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Orthopedic imaging technology developer EOS Imaging has completed the first installation of its system in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

March 27, 2019

ScreenPoint partners with Incepto on AI

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Dutch women's imaging software developer ScreenPoint Medical has signed a distribution deal with Paris-based Incepto Medical for ScreenPoint's artificial intelligence (AI) offerings.

March 27, 2019

London group finds AI can identify pacemakers on x-rays

By Erik L. Ridley

Researchers from Imperial College London in the U.K. found that artificial intelligence (AI) software can be used to identify cardiac rhythm devices such as pacemakers on x-rays. AI could therefore speed up the diagnosis and treatment of patients with faulty devices, according to the study published online on 27 March in JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology.

March 27, 2019

TB screening can give boost to migrants' health

By Frances Rylands-Monk

More mobile x-ray units for tuberculosis (TB) screening is a practical solution for migrants in Europe and should be a priority for populations at risk, as long as screening is conducted without stigmatization, according to an expert in healthcare provision for migrant communities.

March 27, 2019

French show the way on radiation dose | Strickland seeks change at the RCR | Recall rate in breast screening for younger women

By Philip Ward

March 26, 2019

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