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CCTA sensitive for high-risk coronary disease, overcalls stenosis
By Eric Barnes
Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) is highly accurate for diagnosing the most dangerous forms of coronary artery disease -- left main artery disease or three-vessel disease -- but the examination significantly overcalls the extent of atherosclerosis compared with angiography, Dutch researchers reported at RSNA 2012.
January 13, 2013
Report: Breast imaging market to hit $5B by 2017
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The ever-expanding range of breast-imaging technologies will reach a market value of approximately $5 billion by 2017, according to a market research report by MarketsandMarkets.
January 10, 2013
MRI can detect breast cancer in average-risk women
By Wayne Forrest
A study by German researchers shows MRI screening can help detect breast cancer in women who are only at average risk of developing the disease and have no personal or family history of breast cancer.
January 10, 2013
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Screening is best reserved for those expected to live longer
By Eric Barnes
Patients signing up for breast or colon cancer screening should have a minimum remaining life expectancy of at least 10 years to boost the chances of benefiting from the exams and overcoming their inherent risks, say researchers from the University of California, San Francisco in an article in BMJ.
January 9, 2013
ACR donates film to Curie Museum in Paris
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) said it has donated to the Curie Museum in Paris a film of Marie Curie receiving the ACR Gold Medal in 1931. The film has been stored in the ACR archives for 81 years.
January 9, 2013
Lung cancer mortality rates among European women rise steadily
By Cynthia E. Keen
Death from lung cancer has been rising steadily at an annual rate of 2.3% over the past decade among women living in the European Union, according to a study of female lung cancer mortality in 33 countries published in the latest issue of Lung Cancer.
January 9, 2013
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Rigshospitalet's PET/MR upgraded with hyperpolarizator
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Righospitalet of Copenhagen University Hospital's Biograph mMR PET/MR system from Siemens Healthcare will be upgraded with a hyperpolarizator, hospital management has announced.
January 8, 2013
Teleradiology use in Europe; new breast tomo study; 'curry king' of radiology
By Philip Ward
January 8, 2013
Study shows DBT plus mammo finds 40% more invasive cancers
By Kate Madden Yee
In one of the first large-scale studies of its kind, Norwegian researchers have found that digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) in combination with conventional digital mammography detects 40% more invasive cancers and decreases false-positive rates by 15%.
January 8, 2013
BIR publishes ultrasound safety guide
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The British Institute of Radiology (BIR) has published a free e-book on the safe use of ultrasound.
January 8, 2013
Applications drive European molecular imaging growth
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Thanks to growth from new clinical applications such as neurology, the European molecular imaging market is expected to grow from 211 million euros ($276 million U.S.) in revenues in 2011 to reach 298 million euros ($388.4 million U.S.) in 2018, according to a new report from market research firm Frost & Sullivan.
January 8, 2013
Keep aware of pearls when interpreting breast implant ruptures
By Philip Ward
MRI is the most accurate imaging modality for detecting a breast implant rupture, while mammography is the least sensitive yet the most specific method, and ultrasound is often used as a first-line screening tool but sensitivity is limited, according to award-winning research from a top London teaching hospital.
January 8, 2013
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