Eric Barnes[email protected]Molecular ImagingLarge European dose survey shows low medical exposureA pan-European dose estimation project has found that doses administered to patients in medical imaging examinations vary widely by country, but are lower than comparable levels reported for the U.S. and Australia.April 28, 2013Cardiac ImagingAuntMinnieEurope.com Cardiac Imaging InsiderApril 22, 2013Clinical NewsReader experience tied to CCTA accuracyTraining and experience wield a huge effect on reader accuracy in coronary CT angiography (CCTA) interpretation, and current minimum standards may not be sufficient, concluded a new study published online in the European Journal of Radiology.April 22, 2013Clinical NewsAustrians announce progress in determining age of skullsInto the torrent of research from Europe that applies imaging technology to forensic tasks comes a new Austrian study that uses a computer algorithm to pinpoint both the age and sex of skulls.April 21, 2013Clinical NewsAutomated CT dose maps tailor radiation dose to patientsA new technique aimed at mapping CT radiation dose individually for each patient is showing just how far from reality the current standard for calculating dose can be, especially in obese patients, researchers concluded at the 2013 European Congress of Radiology.April 14, 2013Clinical NewsCT can sub for MRI in patients with ventricular tachycardiaLate-enhancement CT can replace MRI for preprocedural evaluation of myocardial scar in patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT), according to a study from Italy. That's good news because CT actually needs to replace MRI for preprocedural planning in many VT patients who have contraindications to MRI.April 10, 2013Clinical NewsExtracardiac vascular disease patients have coronary disease tooPatients with extracardiac arterial disease have a high prevalence of occult coronary artery disease and may benefit from early detection, Dutch researchers said at last month's ECR 2013.April 2, 2013ConferenceProne-supine matching algorithm shows high accuracy in CTCVIENNA - U.K. researchers have developed an accurate matching algorithm to deal with the gnarly problem of integrating prone and supine CT colonography (CTC) datasets, according to a presentation at ECR 2013.March 10, 2013ConferenceIntegrated CT detector improves coronary stenosis assessmentVIENNA - A new integrated circuit CT detector may improve the ability of clinicians to accurately grade coronary artery stenoses visualized during coronary CT angiography, especially when combined with thin-slice imaging and iterative reconstruction, researchers reported on Sunday at ECR 2013.March 9, 2013ConferenceCAD scheme automatically characterizes lung nodulesVIENNA - Taking a step beyond lung nodule detection schemes evaluated in previous studies, researchers from the Netherlands have developed an automated method of characterizing nodules as solid, part-solid, or nonsolid, pointing the way to different patient management paths, according to a presentation at ECR 2013.March 8, 2013Previous PagePage 29 of 59Next PageTop StoriesWomens ImagingHybrid AI reading shows success in breast cancer screeningA Dutch team found that a hybrid reading strategy for screening mammography reduced radiologist workload by 38% without changing recall or cancer detection rates.Medical, Legal, and PracticeCooking robot gets rave reviews in TübingenMRIUltrasound plus MRI helps diagnose pain from rotator cuff tendinopathyMedical, Legal, and PracticePressure grows for more rigorous financial disclosureMRIMRI, CT findings correlate for assessing epicardial fat volume