Brian Casey[email protected]AIEnsuring safe use of AI | News from ESC 2018 | New breast ultrasound guidelinesAugust 28, 2018Clinical NewsMRI helps find contact lens embedded in eye for 28 yearsWith the help of MRI, ophthalmologists in the U.K. were able to discover what was causing eyelid swelling in a 42-year-old woman: a hard contact lens that had been embedded in her eye for 28 years. The bizarre case was published on August 10 in BMJ Case Reports.August 16, 2018Clinical NewsU.K. research could lead to flexible x-ray detectorsWhat if x-ray detectors were flexible enough to conform to patient anatomy? Would they produce better image quality or enable more accurate monitoring of radiation dose? It may not be a pipe dream. Researchers from the University of Surrey in the U.K. are working on a digital x-ray detector material that could be fabricated into flexible x-ray detectors.July 26, 2018Clinical NewsAustralian agency orders review of Mo-99 proceduresAn Australian government agency has ordered a review of radiation safety procedures at another federal agency in charge of running the nuclear reactor that was forced to stop shipments of the radioisotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) last month. The halt has spurred an ongoing shortage of important radiopharmaceuticals in the country.July 26, 2018Clinical NewsMRI scans show neckties cut blood flow to brainYou now have another reason to hate neckties. German researchers using MRI discovered that neckties can constrict blood flow to the brain, according to a study published online on 30 June in Neuroradiology.July 8, 2018Clinical NewsAustralian reactor woes worry nuclear medicineThe shutdown of shipments from a nuclear reactor in Australia that is a key part of the global supply network for the radioisotope molybdenum-99 is causing consternation in the nuclear medicine community, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.July 6, 2018Clinical NewsU.K. reduces tally of women affected by screening blunderThe U.K. breast screening blunder has apparently not affected as many women as initially feared, according to a statement made this week by government officials. The latest estimate is that as many as 75 women may have died as a result of not being screened, compared with an initial estimate of as many as 270.June 5, 2018Clinical NewsReport: Cancer hits poorer countries harderThe global burden of cancer has hit poorer countries harder over the past 20 years, according to new report published on 2 June in the Journal of the American Medical Association. This "cancer divide" between rich and poor countries could be exacerbated in coming years.June 4, 2018Clinical NewsWhy did the U.K. breast screening glitch go undetected?Could the U.K. National Health Service have detected sooner the fact that nearly 500,000 women were not invited to their final round of mammography in the country's national breast screening program? The authors of a new correspondence article published on 24 May in the Lancet suggest that it might have.May 29, 2018Clinical NewsCould legal liability sink breast screening in Ireland?The prospect of growing legal costs in the Republic of Ireland's national breast screening program could threaten the ongoing viability of the service. The director of the program told news media on 24 May that she has received an increasing number of letters from lawyers representing women whose cancers may have been missed.May 24, 2018Previous PagePage 7 of 20Next PageTop StoriesNuclear MedicineEANM: How PET is reshaping Alzheimer's treatment decisionsAs disease-modifying therapies enter clinical practice, amyloid and tau PET are taking on increasingly important roles in patient selection, disease staging, and treatment monitoring.CTLDCT predicts vertebral fracture risk in heavy smokersWomens ImagingNottingham radiographer struck off over misconductneuroRAD 2026neuroRAD 2026: What the EU AI Act means for clinical neuroradiologySponsor ContentFREE webinar: find your imaging capacity
