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AuntMinnieEurope.com Advanced Visualization Insider

July 18, 2016

3D technique reconstructs missing mandibles

German researchers used a 3D advanced visualization algorithm to reconstruct mandibles with missing parts -- the first step in the process of mandible bone restoration in patients with severe illness or injury, they wrote in the International Journal of Computer-Assisted Radiology and Surgery.

July 18, 2016

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Simulation platform streamlines VR training

Researchers are simplifying the creation of virtual reality (VR) surgical training modules with the development of a task-based approach to simulations training, according to an article in the International Journal of Computer-Assisted Radiology and Surgery.

July 17, 2016

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Kalender: New CT detectors promise sharper images

Why has so little happened with CT detector technology in recent years? The short answer is the next big leap forward is a giant one. But exciting new technologies are definitely making their way to commercial systems, according to a keynote lecture given this week on behalf of Willi Kalender, PhD, from Erlangen, Germany.

June 21, 2016

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AuntMinnieEurope.com Cardiac Imaging Insider

June 20, 2016

T1 maps can't pick healthy from diseased myocardium

Native T1 mapping may be the year's hottest cardiac imaging technique, but it can't do something it's expected to do: distinguish healthy from diseased myocardium. That's the key finding by researchers from Essen University Hospital in Germany.

June 20, 2016

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High iodine concentrations don't improve CCTA

Using higher iodine concentrations when performing coronary CT angiography (CCTA) yields no significant improvement in contrast attenuation, concludes a new study led by cardiac imaging pioneer Dr. Stephen Achenbach.

June 19, 2016

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RSNA, NCI to collaborate on image perception research

RSNA is teaming up with the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) to sponsor a week of image perception research starring you -- the radiologist. You're a notoriously hard-to-recruit demographic, but organizers hope to entice you into participation with promises of swag and a chance to do great things during RSNA 2016 in Chicago.

June 8, 2016

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U.K. team shows survival benefits of CT lung screening

Screening patients at high risk of lung cancer with CT can consistently identify early-stage disease in time for a cure, offering a 73% chance of living five years or more when cancer is detected, concluded an important U.K. pilot study.

June 1, 2016

MRI reveals how schizophrenia may improve

The brains of patients with schizophrenia have the capacity to reorganize themselves and fight the disease, concludes a new MRI study of brain tissue changes published online last week in Psychological Medicine.

May 29, 2016

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Unfilled vacancies and disparities persist in nuclear medicine

Nuclear 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).

Dual PET imaging in Case Two illustrates a patient with discordant disease. FDG PET (b & d) shows FDG uptake in tail of pancreas primary lesion (yellow arrow), as well as multiple hepatic metastases (yellow boxes), with enlarged liver span. DOTATATE PET on left (a) shows several hepatic metastases that do not demonstrate DOTATATE uptake above background of liver parenchyma. The liver lesions in (c) demonstrate moderate FDG uptake in liver lesions, with no corresponding DOTATATE avidity (white box) or central photopenia (white arrow). This discordance in dual PET imaging corresponds to a NETPET score of 5. This suggests de-differentiated disease and a less favorable prognosis. The patient was not suitable for Lutate treatment and received chemotherapy.

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Example of prostate zonal segmentation by the AI software in a patient. Yellow: transition zone; green: peripheral zone; red, anterior fibromuscular stroma; blue, central zone.

Zonal segmentation with AI shows promise in prostate cancer

Short MRI, ultrafast parameter time protocols find breast cancer

By Kate Madden Yee

A Dutch team has found that short MRI and ultrafast MRI parameter time to enhancement can help identify cancer in BRCA carriers and classify ductal carcinoma in situ.

December 1, 2025

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Survey casts light on latest thoughts of radiology trainees

By Maryam Payne

What do radiology residents really think of their training? How many of them get the chance to work overseas? An Italian survey provides some answers.

November 26, 2025

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Multimedia education tools can help reduce patient anxiety

By Amerigo Allegretto

Patients planning to undergo interventional radiology procedures reported less anxiety after viewing an educational video, U.K. researchers have found.

November 25, 2025

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McCoubrie: It’s time for a rethink on MDTs

By Dr. Paul McCoubrie

Large multidisciplinary team meetings (MDTs) are expensive and time-consuming, and they don’t advance patient care and should be replaced by protocol-driven care and smaller meetings for complex patients, says Dr. Paul McCoubrie.

November 25, 2025

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LLMs improve patient comprehension of oncologic CT reports

By Kate Madden Yee

The use of large language models (LLMs) with oncologic CT reports brings benefits, but radiologist oversight is still vital, German researchers have reported.

November 24, 2025

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Belgian study supports use of romosozumab in older women

Age appears not to be a factor in whether postmenopausal women with osteoporosis respond to treatment with romosozumab.

November 24, 2025

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Art and radiology: Seeing beauty and value in images

“Radiological illustrations are more than medical images. They teach!” That’s the view of Dr. Harun Yildiz from Bursa, Turkey. In a Q&A interview, he elaborates on his passion for art.

November 20, 2025

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AI enables tissue matching for digital breast tomosynthesis

By Maryam Payne

Ahead of RSNA 2025, Elaitra has highlighted an AI product featured recently in a European Journal of Radiology study.

November 19, 2025

Example case demonstrating improved accuracy in lesion location with ViewFinder (VF) on versus VF off. The mediolateral oblique (MLO) view shows the source reference-standard annotation (red), while the craniocaudal (CC) images show individual radiologist annotations (blue) for both, ViewFinder ON and OFF, and the reference standard annotation (in red). Courtesy of Stephen Morrell, PhD, et al and EJR. (Note: For interpretation of the references to color in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the original version of this article.)

Gianfranco Gualdi breaks his silence

Prof. Gianfranco Gualdi, the senior radiologist from Rome who faces manslaughter charges over alleged malpractice, gave a presentation at a meeting held on 14 November. A video clip of him has appeared on social media.

November 18, 2025

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IAEA recommends global adoption of PSMA-PET

A global trial sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) supports the adoption of prostate-specific antigen (PSMA) PET/CT into standard staging protocols.

November 18, 2025

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French group focuses attention on benign bone lesions

By Maryam Payne

Musculoskeletal radiologists from Lille have conducted a large study of nearly 600 benign bone lesions found in almost 500 patients.

November 17, 2025

Lesions with concave borders (arrows): (a, b) intraosseous abscess, (c) chondroblastoma, (d) Langerhans cell histiocytosis, and (e, f) metastasis (same patient). In (a) and (c), one concave border follows the shape of the growth plate.

Study finds gender differences in inappropriate imaging requests

By Maryam Payne

A Dutch study has pointed out that women are more likely than men to receive inappropriate diagnostic imaging requests.

November 17, 2025

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