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French radiology responds strongly to 'disdainful' criticism

By Frances Rylands-Monk

France's National Council of Radiology has reacted angrily to a series of negative comments made about the profession by an expert in infectious diseases. The remarks were made in a recent editorial in the weekly political and news magazine Le Point.

January 2, 2019

Global survey finds wide variation in CT radiation dose

By Philip Ward

Substantial variation in radiation dose used for CT scans is mainly due to how the scanners are used by medical staff rather than differences in the patients scanned or the machines used, according to an extensive international study published on 2 January in BMJ.

January 2, 2019

Report: MRI to help confirm ages of football players

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association again plans to use MRI wrist scans to verify the ages of football players in teenage competition.

January 1, 2019

High x-ray dose raises cancer risk in obese patients

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The elevated radiation dose needed to acquire x-ray images of obese patients more than doubles their risk of developing cancer, according to a study published online on 20 December 2018 in the Journal of Radiological Protection.

January 1, 2019

CT dose concerns resurface | Which modality is best for osteoarthritis? | French report augmented reality success

By Philip Ward

January 1, 2019

AR enhances visualization of shoulder joint for surgery

By Abraham Kim

Researchers from France have developed a new technique that uses augmented reality (AR) images based on CT scans to improve visualization preoperatively and intraoperatively for shoulder replacement surgery, according to an article published online in Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research.

January 1, 2019

What does the future hold for imaging of osteoarthritis?

By Marie Besnier, PhD

Radiography, MRI, and ultrasound all have a role to play in osteoarthritis imaging, but what are the pros and cons of using each modality, and how is hybrid imaging likely to transform this field? Three international musculoskeletal experts provide some answers.

January 1, 2019

Top 10 AuntMinnieEurope stories for 2018

By Philip Ward

Trends from ECR 2018 in Vienna, the golden rules of radiology, the pros and cons of radiographers reporting chest x-rays, and the safety of gadolinium-based contrast agents for MRI were the main topics that caught your attention over the past 12 months.

December 26, 2018

CT visualizes impact of bizarre hunting accident

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A team of Italian doctors has used CT to assess a man sprayed with bullets in an extraordinary hunting accident. Their case study was published on 22 December in the Lancet.

December 20, 2018

IBA secures Belgian ProteusOne contract

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Proton therapy developer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has won a contract to install its ProteusOne compact intensity-modulated proton therapy device in Charleroi, Belgium.

December 20, 2018

EMA releases draft of regulatory science strategy to 2025

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published a proposed plan covering its future efforts in regulatory science -- including for contrast agents -- through 2025.

December 20, 2018

MRI guidance is feasible for proton therapy

By Tami Freeman, PhD

MR guidance is emerging as a powerful tool for real-time monitoring of radiation treatments, offering excellent soft-tissue contrast and the ability to track intrafractional tumor motion. Hybrid devices for MR-guided photon-based radiotherapy are now in clinical use. But to date, no such combined system exists for proton therapy.

December 20, 2018

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