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Standard Imaging opens European office
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation calibration and quality assurance firm Standard Imaging has opened up a new office in Epinal, France.
October 16, 2017
ESCR: Chest x-rays pick up incidental findings
By Philip Ward
Don't underestimate chest x-rays as a useful technique for illuminating thoracic aorta pathologies, particularly when it comes to highlighting incidental findings, according to Italian research presented at last week's European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology (ESCR) congress in Milan.
October 16, 2017
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Football club adopts Philips' Lumify portable ultrasound
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Royal Philips, the parent company of Philips Healthcare, has announced the Philips Sports Vereniging football club in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, has begun using the company's Lumify portable ultrasound scanner.
October 15, 2017
JFR 2017: CT overscanning leads to higher radiation doses
By Frances Rylands-Monk
Efforts to curb radiation exposure with dose reduction technology have stepped up in recent years, but a study from Switzerland has revealed another source of excessive radiation dose across hospitals -- overscanning, delegates at the Journées Francophones de Radiologie (JFR 2017) heard on 16 October.
October 15, 2017
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Theragnostics highlights clinical research
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceuticals firm Theragnostics is highlighting the results of a phase I clinical trial evaluating the safety of PET/CT using a Ga-68 THP-PSMA tracer in patients with prostate cancer.
October 12, 2017
South African province snubs free mammography screening
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A large South African province has turned down an offer of a free breast cancer screening truck operated by the nonprofit PinkDrive.
October 12, 2017
JFR 2017: Choose the right MRI contrast to confirm leaks
By Frances Rylands-Monk
Hypersignal seen outside the liver parenchyma on MRI scans after an injection of contrast for hepatobiliary studies is usually understood as a sign of biliary leak. But is it a good way to confirm injury after surgery? Maybe not, according to the researchers of a study to be presented on 14 October at the Journées Francophones de Radiologie (JFR 2017) congress.
October 12, 2017
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CESM boosts detection of malignant breast lesions
By Rebekah Moan
Compared with conventional mammography alone, contrast-enhanced spectral mammography (CESM) catches an additional 7.7% of lesions in recalled women -- and most of these lesions are malignant, Dutch researchers found. The low risks of using CESM as a workup tool make it a valuable addition to breast cancer care, they added.
October 11, 2017
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Staffing crisis deepens in U.K., RCR says
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Nearly 1 in 10 radiology posts in the U.K. were vacant in 2016, and 61% of those positions were unfilled for a year or more, according to a new report released by the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR).
October 10, 2017
Tales from the London crypt | Whole-body CT in trauma cases | Update on gadolinium contrast agents
By Philip Ward
October 10, 2017
Imaging in the crypt: Tales from Old London Town
By Frances Rylands-Monk
A global team of researchers has used imaging to help unlock the medical secrets of 18th and 19th century skeletons from a London crypt, shedding light on many conditions other than those detected by osteological analysis alone.
October 10, 2017
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AuntMinnieEurope.com CT Insider
By Philip Ward
October 9, 2017
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