Clinical News: Page 450

PET/CT facility in India loses isotope license

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A lack of expertise and absence of radiation safety has prompted the closure of a PET/CT imaging facility in northwest India, according to a December 18 article in the Kashmir Reader.

December 17, 2018

African nations ponder nuclear energy

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Several countries in Africa are considering an investment in nuclear energy, which could have a positive residual effect on the world's supply of medical isotopes.

December 17, 2018

Germany releases new protocol for small-joint MRI

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The German Radiological Society has developed a new set of recommendations for imaging small joints with MRI.

December 17, 2018

Adding CAD to DBT can cut reading time by 14%

By Kate Madden Yee

The addition of computer-aided detection (CAD) to digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) interpretation can reduce reading time by 14% -- for both beginner and experienced readers, according to a study published online on 13 December in European Radiology.

December 17, 2018

U.K. team to conduct personalized breast screening study

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Researchers from Loughborough University in Leicestershire, U.K., plan to conduct a study investigating whether personalized breast cancer screening is a better option for women between the ages of 40 and 70.

December 16, 2018

RCR prepares major review with eye toward future

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has tasked a working party, led by RCR President Dr. Nicola Strickland, with reviewing strategies to prepare the college for the future.

December 16, 2018

Machine learning can generate realistic breast phantoms

By Tami Freeman, PhD

Dutch and Italian researchers have used machine-learning algorithms to generate "superresolution" digital breast phantoms. They are now working to develop dynamic contrast-enhanced dedicated breast CT, which may prove useful for many stages of breast cancer care.

December 16, 2018

U.K. review finds only 5K women missed breast screening

By Brian Casey

An independent review of the recent U.K. breast screening debacle has found that only 5,000 women actually missed invitations to screening appointments, down sharply from the 450,000 originally estimated. The review panel also noted that U.K. public health authorities initially overstated the magnitude of the problem, causing unnecessary anxiety among women.

December 13, 2018

U.K. regulator recommends prostate MRI before biopsy

By Philip Ward

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in the U.K. has supported the use of multiparametric MRI as a frontline tool in English hospitals to scan for prostate cancer, but the Royal College of Radiologists has already expressed concerns over the shortage of equipment to cope with the additional examinations.

December 13, 2018

Imaging reveals subtle brain alterations in gaming addiction

By Erik L. Ridley

New research involving the use of functional MRI has shown that internet gaming disorder is associated with gender-specific changes in the brain. Men have alterations in brain regions that affect impulse control, while women do not, according to a presentation at the RSNA 2018 meeting in Chicago.

December 13, 2018

AuntMinnieEurope.com Molecular Imaging Insider

By Wayne Forrest

December 12, 2018

Ga-68 PSMA-11 PET/MRI benefits prostate cancer patients

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

PET/MRI with the radiopharmaceutical gallium-68 (Ga-68) prostate-specific membrane antigen-11 (PSMA-11) is on par with currently available tools for determining the risk of prostate cancer progression, according to a study published in the December issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

December 12, 2018

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