Clinical News: Page 936

Collaboration among specialties enhances prospects of cancer patients

By Becky McCall

VIENNA - Promoting more effective collaboration among radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and radiation oncologists to improve imaging and radiotherapy outcomes is a core principle underpinning the lectures in a special focus session on Friday at ECR 2013.

March 7, 2013

Prepare for the transformation of care by prostate MR imaging

By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD

VIENNA - Some urologists continue to persist with the old methods of prostate biopsy and tumor detection, despite the benefits of MRI in visualizing the most aggressive parts of prostate tumor. But the situation is changing fast, according Dr. Jelle Barentsz, PhD, of University Hospital Nijmegen in the Netherlands, in a session on Friday at ECR 2013.

March 7, 2013

AuntMinnieEurope.com Launches Coverage of 2013 European Congress of Radiology

CHESTER, U.K. (PRWEB) - Radiology portal AuntMinnieEurope.com has begun publishing news coverage of the 2013 European Congress of Radiology in Vienna, the pre-eminent European radiology conference.

March 6, 2013

IMS presents breast tomosynthesis research at ECR

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Italian women's imaging vendor Internazionale Medico Scientifica (IMS) is highlighting research on digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) using its Giotto device at ECR 2013.

March 6, 2013

News & analysis from day 1 of ECR 2013 in Vienna

By Philip Ward

March 6, 2013

Agfa gets Serbian DR contract

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare has won a direct radiography (DR) contract with a Serbian hospital, the company announced.

March 6, 2013

FDG-PET/MRI 'comparable' to FDG-PET/CT in head/neck cancer

By Wayne Forrest

VIENNA - FDG-PET/MRI can produce diagnostic quality images "comparable" to FDG-PET/CT in patients with head and neck cancer, according to a study presented on Thursday during the opening day of ECR 2013.

March 6, 2013

Outsourced CT reads reliable even for emergency department

By Eric Barnes

VIENNA - Can a hospital turn its critical after-hours emergency reads over to a teleradiology provider without putting patients at risk? It most likely can, according to a U.K. study of more than 1,000 patients, in results presented on Thursday at ECR 2013.

March 6, 2013

European experts urge caution on PET/MRI use

By Rebekah Moan

VIENNA - "Hold your horses" was the main message regarding PET/MRI at Thursday's ECR 2013 opening press conference. People may want to quickly adopt the fairly new technique, but Dr. Heinz-Peter Schlemmer of the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg urged caution.

March 6, 2013

Ziehm to highlight product updates at ECR

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

C-arm developer Ziehm Imaging announced it will highlight updates to its Ziehm Vision mobile x-ray unit at ECR 2013.

March 6, 2013

Breast cancer screening in Austria: A new approach to early detection

By Dr. Oswald Graf

VIENNA - With the exception of some local pilot projects, early breast cancer detection in Austria has depended upon opportunistic breast cancer screening in individual radiology practices. But in October, organized mammography screening will be introduced, utilizing the robust existing infrastructure of local radiology practices. Performing screening exams in locations all over the country should help achieve high rates of participation.

March 6, 2013

Cardiac imaging comes under intense scrutiny at ECR 2013

By Mélisande Rouger

VIENNA - A panel of experts will update both general and specialized radiologists with the latest information available on cardiac imaging, during the dedicated Mini Course "Organs from A to Z: Heart," which starts today.

March 6, 2013

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