Clinical News: Page 952

European survey sheds light on teleradiology usage and perception

By Cynthia E. Keen

What do members of the European Society of Radiology think about teleradiology? In the fall of 2011, several hundred were motivated to offer their opinions. They participated in an Internet survey, the full findings from which have been published online on 18 December by Insights into Imaging.

January 8, 2013

GE files applications for F-18 flutemetamol

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency have accepted applications from GE Healthcare for review of its investigational F-18 flutemetamol PET amyloid imaging agent.

January 7, 2013

Spatial resolution model enhances PET imaging of various cancers

By Wayne Forrest

Using routine clinical protocols in whole-body FDG-PET/CT, Danish researchers have found that a point spread function PET reconstruction technique increases lesion detection for numerous cancers, according to an article in the European Journal of Radiology.

January 7, 2013

Radiologist eats 'world's hottest curry'... and survives!

By Philip Ward

A consultant radiologist from the U.K. has become the first person to finish what is reputedly the world's hottest curry. Dr. Ian Rothwell took more than an hour to eat "The Widower," which is hotter than a drink of antiriot tear gas, and must be prepared by chefs wearing goggles and a face mask.

January 6, 2013

Urology residents lack awareness of radiation exposure

By Cynthia E. Keen

Urology residents in Europe are shockingly unaware of the dangers of radiation exposure and the importance of using radiation protection when performing fluoroscopy-guided endourologic procedures, if results from a survey of members of the European Society of Residents in Urology are indicative of the group.

January 6, 2013

Moving to the dark side: Personalized medicine revisited

By Dr. Peter Rinck, PhD

Swimming with the scientific tide doesn't necessarily mean clinging to progress. In his latest column, Dr. Peter Rinck revisits the topic of personalized medicine, taking a short look back in medicine's history.

January 6, 2013

3D breast technique shows promise for cancer risk assessment

By Kate Madden Yee

Functional 3D infrared imaging displays promise as a breast cancer risk assessment tool, reportedly offering high sensitivity and reasonable specificity, according to a proof-of-concept study published online in European Radiology.

January 3, 2013

RaySearch, Siemens end partnership

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm RaySearch Laboratories and multimodality vendor Siemens Healthcare have agreed to terminate their partnership in radiation therapy treatment planning.

January 2, 2013

Tailor radiology reports to recipients to save time and money

By Cynthia E. Keen

Radiology reports that are tailored specifically to the clinical needs of the recipient will save radiologists time and probably will be valued and appreciated more by ordering physicians. This blunt message was delivered by a Belgian expert at RSNA 2012.

January 2, 2013

Cardiac growth to come from developing countries

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Most of the growth in the global cardiac imaging market will come from developing countries such as Brazil, Russia, India, and China, according to a new report by market research firm Frost & Sullivan.

January 1, 2013

Positive experiences of CAD; low-dose CT & calcium scores; optimizing knee MRI

By Philip Ward

January 1, 2013

CADx outperforms radiologists in characterizing liver lesions

By Erik L. Ridley

German researchers have found that a computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) system can do better than radiologists for characterizing indeterminate liver lesions, but they believe CAD systems should work more like radiologists rather than relying too heavily on image analysis.

January 1, 2013

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