Clinical News: Page 935

Adults with congenital heart disease represent growing challenge

By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD

VIENNA - Thanks to medical progress, most babies born with congenital heart disease (CHD) now survive to adulthood. Imaging is critical for these patients, and it's important for radiologists to become familiar with the most common CHD imaging aspects and surgical procedures, according to a special focus session on Saturday at ECR 2013.

March 8, 2013

Agfa launches DX-D 400 at ECR

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare released its DX-D 400 digital x-ray suite this week at ECR 2013 in Vienna.

March 7, 2013

ESC applauds EC medical device regulation proposals

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) said that the European Commission's proposal for a new regulation to govern the evaluation and approval of medical devices in Europe is an important step toward improving patient safety.

March 7, 2013

Toshiba forms partnership to support dementia research

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Toshiba Medical Systems has initiated a scientific partnership with VU Medical Center in Amsterdam for research into dementia and neurodegenerative disorders.

March 7, 2013

DMS unveils 3D-DXA at ECR 2013

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Bone densitometry developer Diagnostic Medical Systems (DMS) is debuting its 3D-DXA bone densitometry technology at ECR 2013 being held in Vienna.

March 7, 2013

GE gets CE Mark for SilentScan MRI mode

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has received the CE Mark for SilentScan, an MRI scanning mode that reduces scanning noise dramatically.

March 7, 2013

Debate ignites over breast MRI's added value

By Philip Ward

VIENNA - Researchers from the Netherlands found that 3-tesla breast MRI of mammographically detected microcalcifications is of added diagnostic value, but only by expert radiologists, according to a presentation during the breast scientific session on Thursday at ECR 2013. However, their findings were challenged by a member of the audience.

March 7, 2013

Global radiologist leads the way in musculoskeletal trauma cases

By Becky McCall

VIENNA - Go back to basic anatomy and mechanism of injury to understand which structures could possibly be injured in a particular scenario. That was the overriding message of a leading musculoskeletal radiologist in a lunchtime session on trauma on Thursday at ECR 2013.

March 7, 2013

Warning: Staff with prosthetics may not be as safe as patients

By Becky McCall

VIENNA - Some prosthetic devices that pass as MR-compatible for patients may not be safe for radiographers and nurses, according to Dr. Nadia Oberhofer from South Tyrol, Italy. She spoke in a scientific session dedicated to MRI safety on Thursday at ECR 2013.

March 7, 2013

Ga-68 DOTATOC PET/MRI tops PET/CT for staging neuroendocrine tumors

By Wayne Forrest

VIENNA - Researchers from University Hospital Essen in Germany have shown the feasibility of whole-body staging of patients with neuroendocrine tumors with PET/MRI and the radiotracer gallium-68 (Ga-68) DOTATOC, and with greater reliability than PET/CT, in a preliminary study presented Friday at ECR 2013.

March 7, 2013

Airport security scanners carry some radiation risk

By Rebekah Moan

VIENNA - Airport security scanners are safe for individuals, but when their effects are considered collectively, there is still a risk of cancer developing due to the machines, ECR 2013 delegates learned at a standing-room-only session on Thursday afternoon.

March 7, 2013

CT vendors focus on iterative reconstruction, cardiac applications

By John Bonner

VIENNA - Innovation in software technologies provides the main talking points for visitors to the CT equipment vendors' booths at the ECR 2013 commercial exhibition. Companies are demonstrating novel approaches to reducing radiation dose, improving image quality, and extending the modality's capabilities in cardiac imaging.

March 7, 2013

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