Clinical News: Page 963

Dutch group works on producing clearer ultrasound images

By Tami Freeman, PhD

Lipid-coated gas microbubbles injected into the blood can be used as an ultrasound contrast agent for diagnosis of cancers or cardiovascular disease. However, most existing contrast-enhanced ultrasound techniques suffer from artifacts due to nonlinear wave propagation through the contrast agent.

November 7, 2012

GE highlights biomarker testing research

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

GE Healthcare is highlighting results of three health economic models that estimate potential cost offsets to the healthcare system of biomarker testing in patients with early breast cancer, metastatic breast cancer, and renal cell carcinoma to guide therapy selection, the company said.

November 6, 2012

European contrast media market looks set for growth

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Although affected by price sensitivity and reimbursement policies, the European radiopharmaceuticals and contrast media market is expected to continue to grow for the foreseeable future, according to a new report by market research firm Frost & Sullivan.

November 6, 2012

Portuguese-U.K. project illuminates MR elastography

By Philip Ward

A joint Portuguese-U.K. research initiative has evaluated the most effective equipment for use in MR elastography, a promising noninvasive technique that can spatially map and quantitatively describe displacement patterns corresponding to strain waves, in tissue-like materials.

November 6, 2012

New rules pave way for faster MR training for German cardiologists

By Frances Rylands-Monk

The prospect of more intense turf battles between cardiologists and radiologists in Germany is looming large following a change in the requirements for MRI certification at the local level. The new certificate takes only 12 months of training in a cardiology department and involves the reading of 300 MR images.

November 6, 2012

AuntMinnieEurope.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Rebekah Moan

November 5, 2012

Eykona Medical debuts 3D imaging camera

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Eykona Medical, a technology firm of the University of Oxford, U.K., has commercialized a 3D imaging system for clinical use that incorporates two individual cameras and four high-powered flash units.

November 5, 2012

Philips partners with new hospital in Jordan

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Royal Philips Electronics, parent company of Philips Healthcare, announced that it will be providing imaging equipment, healthcare informatics and services, and a suite of 20 Ambient room environments to a new hospital of the Farah Medical Complex in Jordan.

November 5, 2012

MRI can provide clarity in ovarian cancer cases

By Philip Ward

As treatment options for adnexal masses get more sophisticated and patient-specific, determining the location, size, and likelihood of malignancy of a lesion are becoming increasingly important, Portuguese researchers have underlined.

November 5, 2012

Radiology advocacy group strongly criticizes French government

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

In a sharply worded manifesto aimed at addressing the French government's alleged lack of responsiveness to radiology's growing list of concerns, advocacy organization G4 said the government can no longer avoid considering the broader needs of imaging and integrating them into modern medical care.

November 5, 2012

French give new advice for imaging women with breast implants

By Rebekah Moan

In the wake of the Poly Implant Prosthèse breast implant scandal, the ability to spot the main complication -- a rupture -- is vital, but first radiologists must know what is normal, and that is based on the type of implant the woman has, according to French researchers.

November 5, 2012

Siemens Stellar CT detector promises low-dose imaging

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare said it has developed an improved detector with a new electronic design for its CT scanners.

November 4, 2012

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