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EMA confirms clampdown on linear gadolinium agents
By Philip Ward
It's official: After months of intense lobbying and wrangling, the use of some linear gadolinium contrast agents in MRI will be restricted, and others are to be pulled from the market, following confirmation on Friday that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved recommendations made on 7 July by the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee.
July 20, 2017
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Do older women benefit from screening mammography?
By Kate Madden Yee
Do women benefit from continuing breast screening beyond the age of 70? Australian researchers are questioning whether they do, based on their statistical model that compared screening through age 69 with screening through age 74, according to a study published online on July 10 in the International Journal of Cancer.
July 20, 2017
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Accuray highlights TomoTherapy study
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Accuray is highlighting a study conducted at 14 French centers that showed the clinical benefits of intensity-modulated radiation therapy delivered using its TomoTherapy system for patients with head and neck cancer.
July 19, 2017
AuntMinnieEurope.com MRI Insider
By Philip Ward
July 19, 2017
GE debuts film on women's health
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
GE Healthcare on July 18 debuted a film about three women's healthcare providers from India, Kenya, and Indonesia, documenting how they are overcoming challenges to bring better care to their communities.
July 19, 2017
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MRI provider calls for urgent action on patient safety
By Philip Ward
More sharing of safety events, as well as better data on contrast reactions and wider incidents, is essential if the MRI community is to learn from one another and establish good practices to help mitigate flaws in processes and human fallibility, a large study has found.
July 19, 2017
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Is MRI's future all about 7 tesla? | DWI-MRI of Parkinson's | Phone interruptions in reporting rooms
By Philip Ward
July 18, 2017
EOS makes executive moves
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Orthopedic digital radiography developer EOS Imaging has named Mike Lobinsky to the newly created position of president, North America, and Pierre Schwich to the post of chief financial officer.
July 18, 2017
PET is center of attention at U.K. Alzheimer's conference
By Wayne Forrest
While PET can accurately detect or exclude Alzheimer's disease by imaging beta-amyloid plaques in the brain, the modality is underutilized in clinical care, according to research presented this week at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in London.
July 18, 2017
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Clinical success of 7T MRI requires only 'imagination'
By Wayne Forrest
Most 7-tesla MRI scans have been devoted to the brain and neuroscience, but researchers in Berlin are focusing on the clinical potential of ultrahigh-field MR for cardiac applications. They're convinced the time is now for the game-changing technology.
July 18, 2017
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Agfa completes Guernsey installation
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare has installed its DR 600 multidetector digital radiography (DR) system at Princess Elizabeth Hospital on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel (la Manche).
July 17, 2017
Sybermedica signs up West Ham as PACSMail client
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Healthcare software developer Sybermedica has added the Premier League football club West Ham to its PACSMail Cloud network.
July 17, 2017
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