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Cutting bad referrals; quality matters; France & postmortem CT
By Philip Ward
June 11, 2013
Elekta signs deal with South African health network
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta has won a long-term contract with Equra Health of Cape Town, South Africa, the company said.
June 11, 2013
Study: Breast cancer screening doesn't affect mortality
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Breast cancer screening does not yet show an effect on mortality statistics, even after 40 years, according to a new study published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
June 11, 2013
Alliance for MRI praises EU's MRI report
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Alliance for MRI is praising the European Parliament's approval of an amendment for MRI use in its draft report on the revised Directive on Protecting Workers from Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields, the Alliance said.
June 11, 2013
Simple guidelines can improve appropriateness of CCTA referrals
By Philip Ward
LIVERPOOL, U.K. - As cardiac CT services are accessed by an ever wider range of referrers, ongoing education is needed to ensure appropriate use, and simple guidelines can achieve this effectively for cardiac CT angiography (CCTA), a leading group of researchers told attendees at this week's U.K. Radiological Conference.
June 11, 2013
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AuntMinnieEurope.com CT Insider
By Philip Ward
June 10, 2013
France lends support to postmortem CT
By Philip Ward
The seemingly irresistible proliferation of postmortem CT is continuing apace. The technique is already thriving in Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K., the U.S., and Australia, and now a major study from France -- thought to be the nation's first on postmortem CT -- has produced a positive outcome.
June 10, 2013
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Philips' MRI unit to be used in mapping fetal and babies' brains
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare's Achieva TX MRI system and its Avalon fetal monitor will be used at sites in the U.K. to map fetal brains and babies' brains after birth.
June 9, 2013
Women can start colon cancer screening later than men
By Eric Barnes
Women can be screened for colorectal cancer five to 10 years later than men, according to an Italian study published on June 11 in Cancer. The different findings for men and women in more than 7,000 patients could eventually translate into different screening recommendations based on gender, the investigators wrote.
June 9, 2013
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CARS Interview: Intraoperative image access advances
By Frances Rylands-Monk
Accurate real-time depiction is key to appropriate diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of patients when under challenging time pressures, according to the president of the Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS 2013) meeting Dr. Nassir Navab.
June 9, 2013
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Hand x-ray art project gets slap on the wrist
By Nicole Pettit
It seems that art and science do not always mix, at least according to the French Nuclear Safety Authority. Triggered by an art exhibit involving roughly 100 hand radiographs, the agency served a reminder to those involved and the general public that x-ray scans for artistic purposes are considered unlawful.
June 6, 2013
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Segami, DDD-Diagnostic to partner
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Segami and DDD-Diagnostic have announced a marketing partnership.
June 5, 2013
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