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PET/CT-MR imaging offers advantages for oncology imaging
By Cynthia E. Keen
Trimodality PET/CT-MR imaging using a novel system to shuttle patients between scanners offers new insights into the diagnosis of cancer patients. How the configuration is being used at the University Hospital Zurich is described in an 8 October article in Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology, and Medicine.
October 18, 2012
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MILabs debuts SPECT system
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Preclinical molecular imaging developer MILabs has developed U-SPECT Quick Start (U-SPECTQS), a molecular imaging system targeted at research institutions.
October 17, 2012
How to handle noncooperative patients in abdominal MRI
By Philip Ward
Getting images of sufficient quality for clinical evaluation in children as well as agitated or sedated patients represents a major challenge in abdominal MRI because the need for many sequences requires a breath-hold of about 15-20 seconds. Portuguese radiologists have outlined how to address this problem.
October 17, 2012
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International Day of Radiology set for Nov. 8
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European Society of Radiology, the American College of Radiology, and the Radiological Society of North America are joining forces to sponsor the first annual International Day of Radiology.
October 16, 2012
What's new at JFR? ESGAR statement on CTC; breast screening recalls
By Philip Ward
October 16, 2012
Bilateral breast ultrasound of limited use in recalled patients
By Rebekah Moan
Bilateral breast ultrasound offers little or only marginal benefit in routine breast cancer screening for recalled patients, German researchers have found. In their study published in European Radiology, ultrasound detected unexpected breast cancer in dense breasts, but ultrasound-only cancer detection had a low positive predictive value.
October 16, 2012
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Russian military study illuminates ankle inversion injuries
By Philip Ward
The most common pathologic changes occurring in acute ankle inversion trauma are tears to the anterior talofibular and calcaneofibular ligaments, followed by injuries to the sinus tarsi structures and tears to the peroneus longus and brevis tendons, according to a study conducted at a top Russian military hospital.
October 16, 2012
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JFR: French congress puts stress on intervention and ethics
By Frances Rylands-Monk
Interventional radiology's status has visibly moved up the agenda at the 2012 French national radiology congress, the JFR, which starts in Paris on Friday, not only because of the program's vast array of sessions dedicated to it but also because of the subspecialty's new inclusion in the official title.
October 15, 2012
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Elekta sells additional systems to Dutch hospital
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta has sold three Synergy treatment systems equipped with Agility 160-leaf multileaf collimator to Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center in the Netherlands.
October 14, 2012
Copenhagen hospital installs Elekta Clarity
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Copenhagen University Hospital in Herlev, Denmark, is the first hospital in Scandinavia to acquire radiation oncology firm Elekta's Clarity soft-tissue visualization system, the company said in a statement.
October 14, 2012
Noncontrast CT may underestimate lung nodule volume
By Eric Barnes
Low-dose unenhanced CT scans may underestimate the volume of smaller lung nodules compared with standard-dose contrast CT studies, creating potential problems when tracking nodules over time, wrote researchers in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
October 14, 2012
ESGAR publishes consensus statement on CT colonography
By Eric Barnes
The European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR) has published its first update on CT colonography (CTC) guidelines since 2007. Its working group on CTC has endorsed 86 statements, reaching near-complete agreement on 71 of the 86 items relating to critical practice areas affecting CTC.
October 14, 2012
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