Clinical News: Page 501

Postmortem CTA can help clarify cause of death

By Abraham Kim

Postmortem CT is finding favor as an alternative to conventional autopsy alone. But Swiss researchers have added a new wrinkle -- postmortem CT angiography (CTA) -- which they found useful in detecting bone and vascular lesions during virtual autopsies, according to research published online on May 1 in Radiology.

May 8, 2018

Breast screening debate intensifies | Update on radiographer reporting | 3D printing advances

By Philip Ward

May 8, 2018

Olea unveils software upgrade for Canon MRI systems

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

French image analysis software developer Olea Medical has teamed up with Canon Medical Systems Europe on a software upgrade for Canon MRI scanners.

May 8, 2018

Isle of Man hospital recalls breast screening patients

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

After extensively investigating screening mammograms read by a former radiologist over a two-year period, Nobles Hospital on the Isle of Man is recalling 26 women for additional evaluation, according to a report on 9 May by ITV.

May 8, 2018

Icometrix participates in MRI clinical trial

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Belgian software company Icometrix said it has signed a contract with a pharmaceutical firm to provide its icobrain MRI analysis software for a large multicenter study involving patients with multiple sclerosis.

May 8, 2018

Tabár urges U.K. to take new look at breast screening

By Philip Ward

As the fallout continues from the announcement last week of a major computer glitch in the U.K. national mammography program, screening pioneer Dr. László Tabár has entered the debate by calling for a re-evaluation of how the entire service is organized.

May 8, 2018

Artificial intelligence tackles global cancer care

By Tami Freeman, PhD

As the technologies used to treat cancer continue to evolve, the amount of clinical data being recorded and analyzed is growing at an unprecedented level. The recent ESTRO 37 congress in Barcelona addressed artificial intelligence's role in this process.

May 7, 2018

Mammo skeptics seize on U.K. screening debacle

By Brian Casey

Skeptics of routine breast screening have seized on the recent computer glitch in the U.K.'s national mammography program to renew their calls that breast screening should be abolished.

May 7, 2018

Medical groups unite to address doctor visa issue in U.K.

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has joined the British Medical Association (BMA), the National Health Service (NHS), and 11 other medical royal colleges and faculties in urging the new U.K. home secretary to amend a visa restricting the recruitment of skilled non-European Union medical workers.

May 6, 2018

RCR announces error affecting oncology trainees

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has announced that as a result of an error affecting the ranking of third-year specialty medical training posts in the U.K., recent clinical oncology trainee offers were withdrawn on 4 May.

May 6, 2018

Radiographers read chest x-rays as well as radiologists

By Kate Madden Yee

Radiographers can read chest x-rays as well as radiologists, according to a new study published on 30 April in Academic Radiology. The finding is good news for busy departments -- allowing radiographers to read chest x-rays could streamline workflow, the U.K. researchers noted.

May 6, 2018

Start-ups feature in Barcelona congress

By Tami Freeman, PhD

Organized by the European Society for Radiotherapy & Oncology (ESTRO), the ESTRO 37 meeting was held in Barcelona, Spain, from 20 to 24 April. Over 100 companies displayed their products in the 5,400-square-meter exhibition. We look at the technology being developed by four emerging players.

May 3, 2018

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