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Tour de France goes mobile; Olympic stars & elbow pain; debate grows over trainees

By Philip Ward

August 6, 2013

IMRIS gets CE Mark for intraoperative CT

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Image-guided therapy developer IMRIS has received the CE Mark for its Visius iCT ceiling-mounted intraoperative CT scanner.

August 6, 2013

BMJ: Human transmission of new bird flu virus reported

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A study published on 6 August in BMJ reports on the first probable person-to-person transmission of the new avian influenza A (H7N9) virus in eastern China.

August 6, 2013

MRI rules supreme on elbow pain at London Olympics

By Philip Ward

It's official: MRI was the overwhelming winner when it came to elbow investigations on competitors at the 2012 Olympic Games. Also, most elbow injuries occurred in power and combat sports such as judo, boxing, wrestling, and weightlifting, according to one of the first peer-reviewed, scientific articles about the games.

August 6, 2013

Le Tour de France: Imaging cycling's elite

By Frances Rylands-Monk

For the first time, cyclists at this year's Tour de France benefited from a mobile medical and imaging unit that allowed doctors to diagnose and treat participants quickly. In total, 40 cyclists and 50 volunteer helpers underwent imaging during the arduous three-week event in July.

August 6, 2013

FDG-PET/CT tops biopsy in lymphoma patients

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

FDG-PET/CT achieved greater sensitivity, negative predictive value, and accuracy than bone marrow biopsy in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, according to a study published in the August issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

August 5, 2013

Top paid specialties? Radiology comes in 8th

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Which medical specialties have the highest paid physicians in the U.S.? Not radiology, according to a study conducted by the physician search and consulting firm Merritt Hawkins & Associates and reported by Forbes.

August 5, 2013

Debate intensifies over limits on radiology trainees in France

By Philip Ward

The French Society of Radiology (SFR) has issued a strong warning about the dangers of limits on the number of radiology trainees being imposed by the government of President François Hollande. Over the next five years, 1,114 residents will be trained, but the SFR and others think 1,300 or more will be needed to maintain care.

August 5, 2013

Photon counting can assist in energy-resolved imaging

By Tami Freeman, PhD

Photon-counting detectors based on cadmium telluride and cadmium zinc telluride offer many advantages for x-ray imaging. Their energy discriminating properties improve material decomposition, eliminate electronic noise, and can reduce patient dose, but detectors are hindered by a limited count rate relative to the photon flux.

August 4, 2013

Spanish team creates PC database for adverse events

By Rebekah Moan

Radiopharmaceuticals can interact with drugs and other agents with sometimes detrimental consequences. What if there were a downloadable database that categorized such interactions? Spanish researchers have created one, calling it Datinrad.

August 4, 2013

GE takes aim at breast tomosynthesis market

By Kate Madden Yee

GE Healthcare has long been one of the top two mammography firms, but the company until now hasn't had an offering in the cutting-edge breast tomosynthesis segment. That is changing, however: The firm has begun shipping its SenoClaire tomosynthesis system in Europe and has put the final touches on a regulatory application in the U.S.

August 1, 2013

Patient radiation tracking system moves toward going global

By Eric Barnes

A radiation patient exposure tracking system has cleared technical and political hurdles to become a useful tool for monitoring a patient's exposure history and reducing the chance of overexposure to radiation. The system will eventually be operational throughout Europe, and perhaps beyond.

July 31, 2013

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