Eric Barnes[email protected]Clinical NewsTumor-analysis tool can help predict survivalTexture analysis may still be experimental, but it's becoming a leading cancer research technique in several institutions around the world. Technology developed in the U.K. is being applied to MR and CT images to predict the aggressiveness and prognosis of cancers throughout the body.November 25, 2014Cardiac ImagingAuntMinnieEurope.com Cardiac Imaging InsiderNovember 3, 2014Clinical NewsCT values determine coronary stenosis severityA novel technique developed in the Netherlands promises to determine stenosis severity in coronary CT angiography noninvasively -- and without the complexity of fluid dynamics calculations used in other noninvasive CT examinations, according to an article-in-press by the European Journal of Radiology.November 3, 2014Clinical NewsCCTA, not calcium score, predicts events in asymptomatic patientsCoronary CT angiography (CCTA) significantly outperformed coronary calcium scoring for predicting cardiac events in asymptomatic individuals, concludes an Austrian study presented at the recent European Society of Cardiology meeting in Barcelona, Spain.October 15, 2014Clinical NewsU.K. patients die of lung cancer unseen in office visitsMore than one-third of all lung cancer patients in the U.K. die within three months of diagnosis, despite having serial office visits before their diagnosis, according to a new report in Thorax.October 12, 20143D PrintingAuntMinnieEurope.com Advanced Visualization InsiderOctober 5, 2014Clinical News3D CT reveals brain damage in Paleolithic youthDetailed high-resolution 3D 256-detector-row CT images have opened a fascinating window onto the life of a teenager who lived in what is now northern Israel and who suffered severe head trauma 100,000 years ago, according to a French anthropologist.October 5, 2014Clinical NewsSpanish newcomer shakes up advanced visualization marketA start-up firm in Madrid is fomenting something of a revolution in how advanced visualization software is developed and implemented. MedimSight is in the business of helping developers and users worldwide find each other on a website and in the cloud.October 5, 2014RadiographersU.K. radiographers say they are ready to strikeIn a widely expected rejection of a continuing pay freeze, U.K. radiographers working in medical imaging and radiation therapy voted today to join other healthcare unions in the country by taking industrial action that could include a strike, the Society of Radiographers reported.October 2, 2014Clinical NewsPeripheral artery disease gets its own CADResearchers in Switzerland and the U.K. have built a computer-aided detection (CAD) system that locates and measures peripheral artery disease based on the size of the lumen and the degree of stenosis. The system has been tested on a phantom and in 15 patients.October 2, 2014Previous PagePage 20 of 59Next PageTop StoriesMolecular ImagingUnfilled vacancies and disparities persist in nuclear medicineNuclear medicine specialists have high career satisfaction, but unfilled vacancies and career disparities persist, finds a workforce survey by the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM).Molecular ImagingPET develops key clinical role in neuroendocrine tumorsMolecular ImagingPET/CT visualizes complications in patients on hemodialysisCTAll roads lead to outsourcingMRIZonal segmentation with AI shows promise in prostate cancer
