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Radiology referral guidelines go live in Australia
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The first international pilot of the iRefer radiology referral guidelines in the OrderWise clinical decision support platform has been launched at Royal North Shore Hospital in New South Wales, Australia.
October 9, 2017
Agfa brings the cloud to Saudi Arabia
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare is collaborating with STC Solutions to bring advanced IT to healthcare providers in Saudi Arabia through a cloud-hosted service model.
October 9, 2017
How to win 'ongoing battle' over CT dose in trauma
By Philip Ward
Optimizing radiation dose in whole-body CT polytrauma cases represents an ongoing battle, but it can be won, according to researchers from Oxford, U.K. To minimize risk to patients, the justification criteria must be robust and documented justification should be clearly communicated.
October 9, 2017
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Evidence mounts: Use macrocyclic GBCAs in pediatric MRI
By Wayne Forrest
Could macrocyclic gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) become the standard MRI protocol for pediatric patients? German researchers think so, after finding no measurable increase in signal intensity in key brain regions after multiple administrations in a study published in the October issue of Radiology.
October 9, 2017
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IAEA video promotes its radiotracer support
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is spreading the word on its support for the development, manufacture, and expanded use of radiopharmaceuticals in the former Yugoslavian republic of Macedonia.
October 8, 2017
New method painlessly measures gadolinium in bone
By Tami Freeman, PhD
The use of gadolinium-based contrast agents for MRI is under scrutiny. There's an urgent need for an in vivo measurement technique that can assess gadolinium deposition in bone, and Canadian researchers think they've made a breakthrough.
October 8, 2017
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Giant python receives CT scan
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Medical staff performed a CT scan on an 8-ft python at Modern Health Care Clinic in India, according to an article from the Mirror.
October 5, 2017
French radiologists get set to become TV stars
By Frances Rylands-Monk
France's national union of independent radiologists has unveiled a new television advertising campaign to promote breast cancer screening in tandem with Pink October, the country's national breast cancer awareness month.
October 5, 2017
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Schönberg: Spirit of innovation must continue unbroken
The new president of the German Radiological Society (Deutsche Röntgengesellschaft, DRG), Dr. Stefan Schönberg, reflects on the changes taking place in the fast-moving world of medical imaging and shares his thoughts on the challenges ahead.
October 5, 2017
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Toshiba prepares for Canon name change
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Toshiba Medical Systems will officially change its company name to Canon Medical Systems on January 4, 2018.
October 4, 2017
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CT radiation dose tracking reveals global disparities
By Abraham Kim
The growing use of radiation dose tracking software has revealed an inconvenient truth: There are substantial differences around the world in the amount of radiation dose being used for CT scans, according to a Swiss study published online in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
October 4, 2017
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Spago readies gadolinium-free MRI agent for trials
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Spago Nanomedical is reportedly making progress toward proof-of-concept clinical trials in 2018 for its novel gadolinium-free MRI contrast agent designed to target tumors.
October 3, 2017
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