Clinical News: Page 496

DFG establishes research center at Charité

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has set up a collaborative research center for diagnostic radiology at the Charité in Berlin. The move creates the first such center for radiology in Germany.

May 29, 2018

New software creates personalized 'virtual brain' models

By Abraham Kim

Researchers from Belgium have created virtual models of the brain individually tailored to patients' functional MR images, according to an article published online on 28 May in eNeuro. These models can predict the effects of brain tumors and may help improve surgical planning for their removal.

May 29, 2018

Imaging sheds light on injuries from running of the bulls

By Mélisande Rouger

The running of the bulls at the Fiesta de San Fermín in Pamplona, Spain, occurs over a route less than 1 km, yet it's one of the most dangerous in the world. At the Spanish Society of Medical Radiology biennial congress last weekend, Dr. Luis Miranda Orella shared details about the spectacular injuries seen at the event.

May 29, 2018

Russian group develops mobile ultrasound transducer

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Russian researchers have developed a mobile ultrasound transducer that allows a single device to be used for applications that have traditionally been performed by either stationary or mobile scanners.

May 28, 2018

RöKo 2018 attendance slips slightly

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Attendance at the German Radiology Congress (Deutscher Röntgenkongress, RöKo 2018) in Leipzig declined 8% this year compared with the 2017 meeting, according to the German Radiological Society.

May 28, 2018

IBA receives ProteusOne order in China

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Proton therapy developer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has received an order from China CNNR for its ProteusOne compact proton therapy system.

May 28, 2018

NHS Scotland's effort to recruit radiologists 'fails'

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

An effort by the National Health Service (NHS) Scotland to recruit radiologist consultants from abroad has failed to improve the ongoing radiologist staffing crisis, and it's now critical that the country invest in training more radiologists, according to an editorial published 28 May in the Herald.

May 28, 2018

Intelerad unveils AI initiative, expands Blackford deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

PACS vendor Intelerad Medical Systems has announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) initiative and expanded its partnership with medical software developer Blackford Analysis.

May 28, 2018

Breast screening rates fall sharply in Switzerland

By Rebekah Moan

Breast cancer screening attendance in Switzerland has hit a new low, despite expanding regional mammography screening programs. Several breast radiologists have blamed antiscreening information and the debate surrounding the pros and cons of breast cancer screening.

May 28, 2018

Medsquare secures French dose tracking contract

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation dose management firm Medsquare has been selected to provide radiation dose monitoring software for an e-health initiative in southern France.

May 27, 2018

3D printing guides kidney transplant for 2-year-old boy

By Abraham Kim

A team of clinicians from the U.K. has created multimaterial 3D-printed anatomical models based on CT scans of the kidney and abdomen. They used the models to plan and guide the transplantation of an adult kidney into a 2-year-old boy.

May 27, 2018

Lack of neuroradiologists prompts ESC to make plea for stroke treatment

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Council on Stroke has asked national health authorities to permit interventional cardiologists to give mechanical thrombectomy to acute ischemic stroke patients in regions with a shortage of interventional neuroradiologists.

May 24, 2018

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