Clinical News: Page 977

Toshiba secures major new football sponsorship deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Toshiba Medical Systems has formed a partnership with the Manchester United Football Club.

September 4, 2012

Radiologists can help implement molecular imaging for diagnosis

By Philip Ward

Dr. Fabian Kiessling is one of the few European radiologists who have truly embraced the brave new world of molecular medicine. To coincide with the start of the World Molecular Imaging Congress in Dublin, we interviewed him about the current status and future development of molecular imaging.

September 4, 2012

Emerging markets to drive mammography growth

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Due to strong investment in healthcare services, healthcare markets in emerging countries will soon account for more than half of worldwide mammography unit shipments, according to a new report from market research firm InMedica.

September 3, 2012

Portuguese develop interinstitutional DICOM cloud-based relay

By Cynthia E. Keen

It can be challenging for unaffiliated hospitals to share diagnostic images when they reside in different storage archives. A DICOM relay system to make queries and retrievals of images in PACS using cloud services easy and transparent has been developed and successfully tested.

September 3, 2012

Web tutorial replicates polytrauma CT scan interpretation

By Cynthia E. Keen

The need to interpret a polytrauma CT scan rapidly, accurately, and thoroughly places a lot of pressure on an experienced radiologist. A human life may be at stake. For a radiology resident, the pressure's even greater, but a free Web-based tutorial described may make the process easier.

September 3, 2012

ESUR updates guidelines to prevent NSF

By Rebekah Moan

The Contrast Media Safety Committee of the European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR) has updated its guidelines on nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF), which includes the point of caution that patients with a glomerular filtration rate below 30 mL/min/1.73 m2 have an increased risk of developing the disease.

September 2, 2012

MRI tops x-ray for knee osteoarthritis

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

MRI detected a high prevalence of abnormalities associated with knee osteoarthritis in middle-aged and elderly patients who had no evidence of the condition on x-ray, according to a study published online on Wednesday in the British Medical Journal.

August 30, 2012

Germans develop new SiPM for PET/MRI

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

German researchers at the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Modular Solid State Technologies EMFT and Ketek said they have developed a more efficient silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) for use in PET/MRI systems.

August 30, 2012

IBA grows revenue but posts loss

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Growth in its radiation therapy business powered radiopharmaceutical provider Ion Beam Applications (IBA) to a double-digit gain in revenue in the first six months of 2012.

August 30, 2012

Biotronik begins ICD MRI study

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

German biomedical device company Biotronik has initiated its Prospective Assessment of Risk Factors for Appropriate ICD Intervention in Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy (PARCADIA) multicenter study.

August 30, 2012

CAD-first scheme speeds virtual colonoscopy reads

By Eric Barnes

Does virtual colonoscopy need the kind of speed that only computer-aided detection (CAD) can provide? An advanced reading technique cut interpretation times to a minimum by using CAD first for polyp detection -- followed by the radiologist, who looked only at CAD results, according to a new study from Europe and the U.S. in European Radiology.

August 30, 2012

Study queries effects of 7T MRI on the brain

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Standard head movements made while exposed to electromagnetic fields produced by a 7-tesla MRI scanner seem to temporarily lower concentration and visuospatial awareness, according to a study published online on Monday in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

August 29, 2012

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