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Musculoskeletal speakers reveal trade secrets on sports injuries

By Becky McCall

To achieve success and consistently good results in sports imaging, you must be descriptive in the radiology report, know what pitfalls to avoid, and find out what is important to the surgeon. That's the view of Dr. Theodore Miller, from Weill Cornell Medicine of Cornell University in New York City and a speaker at today's transatlantic master class on sports injuries.

March 2, 2018

Contrast-enhanced mammography prepares to enter clinical mainstream

By Rebekah Moan

Contrast-enhanced spectral mammography (CESM) is gaining momentum, and like it or not, the technique will be a part of the workup for breast imaging in the future, not least because CESM rivals breast MRI in many ways, according to European breast imaging specialists.

March 2, 2018

Facebook Live from ECR 2018: Day 4

Our video coverage of ECR 2018 wraps up with a final Facebook Live broadcast from the lounge of Austria Center Vienna on day 4 of the congress. Today's topics are Brexit and women's imaging, with a guest appearance by Rebekah Moan, associate editor of AuntMinnieEurope.com.

March 2, 2018

Volpara launches 2 new products at ECR 2018

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Breast imaging software developer Volpara Solutions launched two new breast imaging products in Europe at ECR 2018 in Vienna.

March 2, 2018

Evidence-based medicine 'misused' in breast MRI

By Rebekah Moan

VIENNA - During a refresher course at ECR 2018, breast MRI expert Dr. Christiane Kuhl said the principles of evidence-based medicine have been misused in the case of preoperative breast MRI, and that's part of the reason why the modality hasn't been adopted more widely by the surgical community.

March 2, 2018

Augmented reality may help guide facet joint injections

By Erik L. Ridley

VIENNA - Augmented reality technology could potentially be used to guide injections of the lumbar facet joint, saving time and avoiding radiation dose exposure for radiologists, according to research presented on Saturday at ECR 2018.

March 2, 2018

New Logiq E10 ultrasound scanner paces GE ECR launches

By Brian Casey

VIENNA - A flagship ultrasound scanner optimized for the coming age of artificial intelligence, as well as a CT scanner designed to simplify dual-energy scanning, are among the new product introductions in the booth of GE Healthcare at ECR.

March 2, 2018

Leave no invasive breast cancer behind by using MRI

By Rebekah Moan

VIENNA - Mammography and ultrasound underestimate 30% of disease in patients with invasive ductal carcinoma, according to research from Israel presented at ECR 2018. MRI overestimates the extent of disease, but at least no cancer is left behind.

March 2, 2018

Video from ECR 2018: Thomas Beyer on hybrid imaging

VIENNA - The successful clinical implementation of hybrid imaging in Europe still appears to be a long way off. Major challenges remain, particularly in terms of training and education and also the availability of equipment. Thomas Beyer, PhD, MBA, professor of physics of medical imaging at the Medical University of Vienna, speaks about an extensive new survey that sheds light on the issues to be resolved.

March 2, 2018

Video from ECR 2018: Marijana Basta Nikolic on training

VIENNA - The Invest in the Youth scheme of the European Society of Radiology (ESR) celebrates its 15th anniversary at ECR 2018. One of its success stories, Dr. Marijana Basta Nikolic, a radiologist from Novi Sad, Serbia, explains what the project did for her. A former vice chair of the ESR's Radiology Trainees' Forum, she advises young radiologists about how to build their careers.

March 2, 2018

Necessity of gadolinium contrast comes under scrutiny

By Katrina Megget

Gadolinium-enhanced MRI scans have been the gold standard in suspected cases of vestibular schwannoma and multiple sclerosis (MS), but given the growing evidence of deposits left in the brain, debate has ensued about how to image wisely. Is it always necessary to use gadolinium contrast agents? Regarding vestibular schwannoma and MS, today's Pros and Cons Session will explore this question.

March 1, 2018

MRI holds promise for immunotherapy but needs more research

By Mélisande Rouger

Immunotherapy is a booming field, and recent trials have shed light on the effects of these drugs on cancer. A panel of experts will unveil the latest results and discuss the challenges for imaging in triaging patients and assessing treatment response during the dedicated New Horizons session today at ECR.

March 1, 2018

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