Clinical News: Page 988

CT proves indispensable in acute small-bowel disorders

By Philip Ward

Effective treatment of acute small-bowel disorders depends critically on early and accurate diagnosis, as well as radiologists' familiarity with the CT appearances of different pathologies, a leading group of researchers from Portugal have stressed.

July 11, 2012

Europe played leading role in early days of cardiac x-ray

By Otha Linton

In early 1896, just after the birth of medical x-ray, doctors experimenting with the new rays realized that in addition to imaging bones, the technology was useful for the circulatory system. Otha Linton, executive director of the International Society of Radiology, explores the roots of interventional radiology, from Forssmann to Dotter.

July 11, 2012

Second opinions from India; how to improve reports; Olympics update

By Philip Ward

July 10, 2012

Fuji donates CR unit to wildlife hospital

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Fujifilm Medical Systems has provided a computed radiography (CR) unit to a U.K. wildlife hospital, the company said.

July 10, 2012

Fuji donates CR unit to wildlife hospital

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Fujifilm Medical Systems has provided a computed radiography (CR) unit to a U.K. wildlife hospital, the company said.

July 10, 2012

Sectra signs deal with Matakina

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

PACS firm Sectra announced it has signed an agreement with Matakina International to distribute Matakina's Volpara breast density software integrated with Sectra's breast imaging PACS.

July 10, 2012

Italian radiologist wins iPad in prize draw for ESR members

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Dr. Giuseppe Vadalà, chair of radiology and director of the diagnostic imaging department at Melegnano Hospital in Milan, is the winner of AuntMinnieEurope.com's prize draw for members of the European Society of Radiology (ESR) who signed up for a free subscription during the recent promotion.

July 10, 2012

Olympic polyclinic team gets set to admit 1st wave of patients

By Philip Ward

When the doors of London 2012's Olympic polyclinic open to athletes for the first time next week, the chances are that Finn Crotty will be close on hand. As GE Healthcare's head of Olympic delivery, he's responsible for the installation of a wide range of imaging equipment on a tricky site in a congested part of the city.

July 10, 2012

Dutch auction? Debate grows over second opinions from India

By Frances Rylands-Monk

Intense media scrutiny over the spread of second opinion services in the Netherlands has rekindled discussion about the ethical and legal position of commercial teleradiology operators. While some experts see the business model as a logical evolution mirroring that of similar services in the U.S., others feel considerable unease about the situation.

July 10, 2012

CT scrutinizes mummies from Egypt, Peru, Sudan

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

BMI Shirley Oak Hospital of Croydon, U.K., is working with the British Museum to image six mummies in the museum's permanent collection. The mummies range in age from 800 to more than 2,000 years old and are originally from Egypt, Peru, and Sudan.

July 9, 2012

Michelson announces progress in dermatology research

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Research conducted at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London has shown that optical coherence tomography can be used for assessing the depth -- and therefore the degree of malignancy -- of the most common type of skin cancer, according to OCT manufacturer Michelson Diagnostics.

July 9, 2012

Report: Rapid growth for digital x-ray retrofit market

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Rapid growth in the retrofit market for flat-panel digital radiography detectors is predicted to signal a new era in modular x-ray for general radiography, according to a report from market research firm InMedica. The company predicts that revenue for retrofit flat-panel digital detectors will grow more than 250% by 2016.

July 9, 2012

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