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Gadolinium dosing calculator can guide MRI contrast use
By Wayne Forrest
Given the ongoing concern over the safety of gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs), researchers have developed a resource for MRI technologists and radiologists that calculates accurate and appropriate GBCA doses for patients to avoid dosing errors.
May 17, 2017
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AuntMinnieEurope.com Imaging Informatics Insider
By Erik L. Ridley
May 16, 2017
Life after the cyberattack | Belgium's action plan on data security | What causes unnecessary scans?
By Philip Ward
May 16, 2017
Philips adds to image-guided therapy line at EuroPCR
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare is introducing several new image-guided therapy products at this week's EuroPCR 2017 congress in Paris.
May 16, 2017
Good follow-up can boost breast screening attendance
By Rebekah Moan
Providing women who miss breast cancer screening appointments with a fixed date and time for their new appointment could improve poor attendance and be a cost-effective way to shift national participation trends, according to a new U.K. analysis that was published on 15 May in Lancet Oncology.
May 16, 2017
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New audit pinpoints causes of 'wasteful' unnecessary scans
By Philip Ward
Radiologists' failure to check the validity of requests for CT and MRI scans, along with ignorance among referring doctors of appropriateness criteria for imaging examinations, are the most important reasons for costly inappropriate requests of radiological exams, a new study from Saudi Arabia found.
May 16, 2017
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AuntMinnieEurope.com Cardiac Imaging Insider
By Eric Barnes
May 15, 2017
RCR, Medica issue statements on ransomware attack
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The U.K.'s Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) issued a thank you for everyone who worked over the weekend due to the ransomware attack on 12 May that affected IT systems across a number of National Health Service organizations.
May 14, 2017
Needle sequencing optimizes brachytherapy dose
By Tami Freeman, PhD
Dutch researchers have used a new technique to improve dose delivery in MR-guided high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy. Now they're developing a protocol for inserting a brachytherapy needle under MR-guidance and a single-needle robotic device for MR-guided needle insertion.
May 14, 2017
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Massive cyberattack cripples U.K. health services
By Eric Barnes
England and Scotland have been hit by a large-scale cyberattack that has compromised National Health Service facilities in both countries, including radiology services, according to news and social media reports from affected facilities.
May 11, 2017
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U.K. firm explores surgery in augmented reality
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A U.K. firm has developed a system that uses Microsoft's HoloLens augmented reality (AR) headset as part of an "augmented surgical system" that it believes could be used to aid surgeons during minimally invasive procedures by giving them a 3D interactive perspective of the inside of a patient.
May 11, 2017
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CZT-based SPECT MPI may predict cardiac outcomes
By Wayne Forrest
SPECT gamma cameras featuring cadmium zinc telluride-based (CZT) digital detector technology are just what the nuclear cardiologist ordered to diagnose seemingly healthy patients with cardiac symptoms and to help predict their chances for an adverse event, according to a study published online April 27 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
May 11, 2017
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