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Wife of Chuck Norris blames gadolinium for pain
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The wife of action movie star Chuck Norris is blaming gadolinium contrast from a series of MRI scans for debilitating pain she experienced several years ago, according to an interview on the television news show "Full Measure."
June 12, 2017
Asian women less apt to undergo mammography follow-up
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Asian women are less likely to receive appropriate follow-up tests after an abnormal mammogram compared with white women, according to a study published online on June 12 in Cancer.
June 12, 2017
AuntMinnieEurope.com CT Insider
By Philip Ward
June 12, 2017
UKRC: U.K. team adds impetus to radiographer reporting
By Philip Ward
MANCHESTER - In a new study presented by experienced investigators from Canterbury at the U.K. Radiological Congress, well-trained reporting radiographers achieved high levels of accuracy and boosted cost-effectiveness in the interpretation of CT head scans. The findings look set to increase interest in role extension.
June 12, 2017
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Munich team develops handheld scanner
By Tami Freeman, PhD
A handheld optoacoustic scanner enables imaging of skin layers and blood vessels in patients with psoriasis. Developed by researchers from Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical University of Munich, the device uses raster scan optoacoustic mesoscopy to provide relevant clinical information, without requiring contrast agents or radiation exposure.
June 12, 2017
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European accreditation survey gets underway
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Accreditation Council in Imaging is seeking information from radiologists about different accreditation systems in Europe.
June 11, 2017
PET/optical combo can guide breast-conserving surgery
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers are reporting early success in the combination of optical and molecular imaging to view FDG-PET images that detect early-stage breast cancer. The technique can assess tumor margins during breast tumor surgery by detecting light emitted from an FDG-PET radiopharmaceutical.
June 11, 2017
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Toshiba launches new 80-row CT scanner at UKRC
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Toshiba Medical Systems Europe is launching a new 80-row multislice CT scanner, called Aquilion Prime SP, at next week's U.K. Radiological Congress (UKRC) in Manchester.
June 8, 2017
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WhatsApp helps monitor attacks on Syrian healthcare
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Healthcare data trackers are using the messaging service WhatsApp in Syria to monitor and collect information about physical attacks on healthcare workers and facilities, according to a study published online on June 8 in Lancet.
June 8, 2017
Breast density software proves reliability
By Rebekah Moan
Breast imaging software can be reliable in estimating the local glandular tissue distribution in mammograms and can be used for assessment and follow-up, according to Spanish researchers. In addition, the software can handle small variations of the acquisition angle and to the beam energy.
June 8, 2017
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Toshiba supports maternity imaging service in Scotland
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Toshiba Medical Systems has partnered with a Scottish hospital to establish a maternity scanning service across the region.
June 7, 2017
Update: Record retention in vendor-neutral archive
By Dr. Neelam Dugar
Radiology departments are relatively advanced when it comes to digital transformation, but in the absence of meaningful algorithms for record retention, the unnecessary large size of imaging data kept online is likely to cost hospitals large amounts of cash, writes columnist Dr. Neelam Dugar.
June 7, 2017
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