Clinical News: Page 558

French raise alarm over smoldering blanket in PET/MRI

By Brian Casey

French researchers are alerting radiology facilities to an incident that occurred in their PET/MRI suite: Copper fibers in a blanket used to cover a patient began to heat up, causing the blanket to smolder and nearly catch fire, according to a case study published August 31 in Radiology.

September 5, 2017

Why Europeans must care more about AI, machine learning

By Dr. Sergey Morozov, PhD, and Dr. Erik Ranschaert, PhD

In this digital era, new types of businesses related to artificial intelligence (AI) are emerging in several areas of healthcare. Radiologists, in particular, are vulnerable to the growth of automation, write Drs. Sergey Morozov and Erik Ranschaert.

September 5, 2017

IRE-ELiT signs deal with Cardinal Health

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Belgian radiopharmaceutical developer Institute for Radioelements - Environment and Life Science Technology (IRE-ELiT) has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with radiopharmaceutical supplier Cardinal Health.

September 4, 2017

How ultrasound can trigger pain relief

By Samuel Vennin

Ultrasound can be used to release nerve-blocking agents contained in liposomes and relieve patients from pain. This would be an alternative to opioids and open up the possibility of a safer, on-demand, and personalized management of pain.

September 4, 2017

Research shines spotlight on cinematic rendering

By Brian Casey

It's been touted as "3D on steroids," but many in radiology still aren't sure how cinematic rendering of medical images works. Fortunately, two new articles from the U.S. and Europe offer an explanation of the new technique, which creates stunningly lifelike images from scans.

September 3, 2017

Rights group says Turkish radiologist languishes in jail

By Brian Casey

A human rights group in Sweden has picked up the case of a Turkish radiologist who it claims has been languishing in jail for the past year on trumped-up charges that he was connected with a coup against the Turkish government in 2016.

August 31, 2017

ESC: Novel vascular screening program saves lives

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A new screening program for vascular disease saves one life for every 169 men assessed, according to research presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress (ESC 2017) in Barcelona, Spain.

August 31, 2017

Cambridge team moves ahead with multidimensional imaging

By James Tyrrell

Sarah Bohndiek, PhD, and her colleagues at the U.K.'s University of Cambridge are on a mission to develop low-cost and nonionizing optical technology to improve early cancer detection. Bohndiek heads up an international team combining physicists, engineers, chemists, and molecular biologists.

August 31, 2017

Radiographers face up to uncertain future

By Rebekah Moan

Will the radiographer profession die out by 2025? That's certainly one possibility, according to new analysis from Sweden. But facilitating career development opportunities for radiographers could help to turn the tide, the authors predict.

August 30, 2017

U.K. issues ultrasound guidelines | Enterprise imaging's slow evolution | Achenbach's quiz from ESC 2017

By Philip Ward

August 29, 2017

GE highlights latest Vivid scanner at ESC meeting

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has been promoting its Vivid E95 cardiovascular ultrasound system this week at the European Society of Cardiology's (ESC 2017) annual congress in Barcelona, Spain.

August 29, 2017

Test yourself with 4 imaging quizzes from ESC 2017

By Philip Ward

Cardiac imaging guru Dr. Stephan Achenbach from Erlangen, Germany, contributed one of the daily quizzes posted by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) during this week's annual congress in Barcelona, Spain. Achenbach was chair of the congress program committee at ESC 2017, which concluded on 30 August.

August 29, 2017

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