Reuters Health

Tissue Doppler ratio predicts cardiac events in hypertensive patients

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 10 - Estimates of left atrial filling pressure, drawn from Doppler studies of the left ventricle, can strongly predict a first cardiac event in hypertensive patients, according to a report in the November 26 European Heart Journal.

December 9, 2009

Ultrasound signals of asymptomatic emboli predict stroke risk

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 7 - Asymptomatic emboli detected by transcranial Doppler ultrasonography can predict stroke risk, according to a report in the December issue of Stroke.

December 6, 2009

Echocardiography test beats SPECT for predicting problems after MI

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 7 - Myocardial contrast echocardiography is superior to nitrate-enhanced SPECT in predicting cardiac death and other cardiac events after acute myocardial infarction, say researchers from the U.K. in the November 1 American Journal of Cardiology.

December 6, 2009

Sequential trastuzumab does poorly in European breast cancer study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 3 - In women with axillary node-positive breast cancer, giving trastuzumab after the end of adjuvant chemotherapy and radiation did not significantly reduce their risk of relapse, European researchers report online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

December 2, 2009

Radiation of gangliogliomas is potentially useful only when total resection can't be done

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 3 - In a large series of patients with very rare gangliogliomas, gross total resection (GTR) provided the best outcomes. When only subtotal resection (STR) was possible -- as was often the case -- postoperative radiotherapy improved local control but not survival.

December 2, 2009

Volume-based assessments useful for managing lung nodules detected on CT

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 3 - When noncalcified lung nodules are detected by CT, assessment of their volume and volume-doubling time with repeat CT scans can be useful for deciding the best course of action, new research suggests.

December 2, 2009

Trial can't prove PCI to be noninferior to CABG for diabetics with complex CAD

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 1 - A large study of revascularization strategies in diabetics with multivessel coronary artery disease, which set out to show that angioplasty is not inferior to bypass surgery for these patients, could not prove its hypothesis.

November 30, 2009

Chest pain: Simple criteria pinpoint who benefits most from cardiac CT angiography

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 30 - Women younger than 65 years and men younger than 55 with acute chest pain benefit most from cardiac CT angiography for suspected acute coronary syndrome, results of a study indicate.

November 29, 2009

Ultrasound detects subclinical synovitis in juvenile arthritis

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 27 - Ultrasound can detect subclinical synovitis in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Italian researchers report in the November 15 issue of Arthritis and Rheumatism.

November 26, 2009

Seasonal variation seen in brown adipose tissue

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 27 - Brown adipose tissue is much more active in humans during the winter than in the summer, according to a report in the November issue of Diabetes. Researchers looked at 3,614 patients who underwent CT and PET, mostly for cancer staging purposes.

November 26, 2009

Page 19 of 58

Liver Cancer

CE MRI-based radiomics model captures DEB TACE-induced tumor changes

Researchers in Germany evaluated a Siamese network model's performance in optimizing hepatocellular carcinoma treatment.

2025 08 20 Fig2 Thumbnail

Imaging casts new light on war injuries

2025 08 19 Hybrid Ai Model Thumbnail

Hybrid AI reading shows success in breast cancer screening

Is this the future of catering in healthcare?

Cooking robot gets rave reviews in Tübingen

Woman Shoulder Pain Adobe Pics With Love

Ultrasound plus MRI helps diagnose pain from rotator cuff tendinopathy

Video from ECR: Photon-counting CT comes under scrutiny at ECR 2025

What's the impact of photon-counting CT on clinical workflow and post-processing? How is it used in postmortem imaging? We caught up with Prof. Anders Persson, PhD, in a video interview on day one of ECR 2025.

February 26, 2025

Ecr25 Anders Persson150 Ok Thumbnail

AI Act: Now's the time for hospitals and vendors to step up

By Claudia Tschabuschnig

The AI Act is no longer just a proposal -- it's here, and healthcare providers must act. With strict regulations and high penalties looming, we explore what hospitals and vendors need to do before the 2026 deadline.

February 26, 2025

The AI Act is increasing transparency and eliminating regulatory 'hide and seek,' said Dr. Hugh Harvey. All pictures courtesy of Claudia Tschabuschnig.

Siemens emphasizes new software offering, stroke care

By Erik L. Ridley

At ECR 2025, Siemens Healthineers is featuring its mobile stroke unit offering and a new way for customers to access its imaging software.

February 26, 2025

Somatom On.site enables potential stroke patients to receive a head CT in an ambulance on the way to a hospital. Image courtesy of Siemens Healthineers.

Generative AI yields potential for assisting radiologists

By Amerigo Allegretto

Generative AI may have novel applications in the clinic, but using the technology comes with its share of challenges and future directions.

February 26, 2025

Esr 67bf42ceeef28

Ablation suitable alternative to surgery in breast cancer treatment

By Amerigo Allegretto

Image-guided ablation techniques can be a suitable alternative to surgery for breast cancer patients.

February 26, 2025

Austria Center Vienna

Italian research team shows the way on sustainability

By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD

The new horizons of advanced imaging, especially in oncology, must consider not only diagnostic efficacy but also sustainability, prize-winning researchers told ECR 2025 delegates.

February 26, 2025

Tablet Mammogram Breast Cancer

Adding AI to brain MRI finds important epilepsy lesions

By Kate Madden Yee

Using an AI tool with brain MRI in children finds 64% of focal cortical dysplasias -- abnormalities linked to epilepsy -- that radiologists miss, researchers have reported.

February 26, 2025

Mri Scanner Kid

Controversy breaks out over tribunal outcome

By Maryam Payne

A public petition to reverse the decision of a U.K. medical tribunal is gathering pace, after a panel issued only a warning to a hospital doctor for serious misconduct.

February 25, 2025

Justice Scales Fire 1

PET/CT reveals new infections in ICU patients

F-18 FDG-PET/CT is a valuable approach for diagnosing unknown infections in intensive care unit (ICU) patients.

February 25, 2025

Sepsis 67b8cbbdb2a9d

7-minute shoulder MRI scans prove feasible

A commercially available deep-learning algorithm makes possible high-quality, 7-minute shoulder MRI exams.

February 24, 2025

Fast Mri 67b4d940e3fff

Swiss AI model achieves segmentation success in MRI

By Kate Madden Yee

Swiss researchers developed and tested an AI model that automatically segments anatomic structures on MR images, independent of sequence.

February 24, 2025

2025 02 18 Radiology D Antonoli Figure1 Thumbnail 67afcfff1077f

Spanish presenters scoop e-poster awards at ECR 2025

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

ECR 2025 judges have awarded prizes to 13 Spanish researchers, according to an announcement by the Spanish Society of Medical Radiology on 21 February.

February 24, 2025

Spanish Flag 400

Page 19 of 55