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ESR invests in youth for ECR 2019

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Society of Radiology (ESR) continues to invest in youth at its annual meeting, ECR, by providing free registration and accommodation vouchers to 1,000 young professionals for the 2019 congress.

August 19, 2018

RCR creates AI expert group

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) continues to prioritize artificial intelligence (AI) and has assembled a group of clinical radiologists and clinical oncologists with expertise in AI.

August 19, 2018

MRI quantifies magnetic targeting of tumors

By Louisa Cockbill

To avoid the adverse impact of chemotherapy on healthy tissue, a useful targeting mechanism is to magnetically guide nanocarriers of toxic drugs to tumors using an applied magnetic field. The method is cheap and easy, but it lacks a quantifiable way of evaluating targeting efficiency.

August 19, 2018

French team publishes 5-year data on MRI contrast safety

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

French researchers have released updated results from the International Research and Working Committee on Imaging Contrast Media (CIRTACI) study. The findings were published online on 28 July in EClinicalMedicine, a new journal from the Lancet group.

August 16, 2018

MRI helps find contact lens embedded in eye for 28 years

By Brian Casey

With the help of MRI, ophthalmologists in the U.K. were able to discover what was causing eyelid swelling in a 42-year-old woman: a hard contact lens that had been embedded in her eye for 28 years. The bizarre case was published on August 10 in BMJ Case Reports.

August 16, 2018

French mammography usage soars after national rollout

By Rebekah Moan

Once breast cancer screening went national in France, takeup of mammography rose by 12%, a study published online on 6 August revealed. The effects were particularly significant among women with less education and lower incomes, suggesting the program reduced socioeconomic disparities.

August 16, 2018

5 risk factors help predict brain hemorrhage on CT

By Abraham Kim

U.K. researchers have identified five factors -- including contrast leakage on CT scans -- that may indicate a higher risk of continued bleeding in the brain of stroke patients. Checking for these factors may help improve survival, according to an article published online on August 14 in Lancet Neurology.

August 16, 2018

ANSTO offers virtual reality tours of OPAL reactor

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Want to tour a nuclear reactor from the comfort of your home or office? The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) is offering virtual reality tours of its Open Pool Australian Lightwater (OPAL) reactor.

August 15, 2018

SoR disparages NHS effort to ease radiographer shortage

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The U.K. Society of Radiographers (SoR) has criticized efforts by the government and the National Health Service (NHS) of England to address an ongoing shortage of therapeutics radiographers, warning that the availability of cancer treatment could be negatively affected because not enough students are being trained.

August 15, 2018

Prescan tutorial eases patient concerns about PET/CT

By Wayne Forrest

Giving patients knowledge of what to expect from an upcoming FDG-PET/CT scan can go a long way toward helping them to relax and improving their experience, according to a study published online August 3 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology.

August 15, 2018

AI's impact on radiology | Tribute to forensic expert Hermann Vogel | 3D printing assists spinal surgery

By Philip Ward

August 14, 2018

Radiologist shortage worsens in Scotland

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The radiology service in Scotland is on "red alert" because of a shortage of trained professionals, according to a news report published online by the BBC on 14 August.

August 14, 2018

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