Cynthia E. Keen[email protected]Enterprise ImagingAuntMinnieEurope.com PACS InsiderApril 1, 2013Clinical NewsScreening reduces late-stage breast cancer rates in ItalyA study of breast cancer screening in 700 municipalities in Italy during an eight-year period showed that the incidence of late-stage breast cancer declined starting in the third year of screening, an article published online on 15 March in Cancer revealed.April 1, 2013Clinical NewsFree breathing recommended for MRI-guided radiotherapyFree breathing by patients can reliably reduce uncertainty in tumor position caused by respiratory motion during MRI-guided radiation therapy procedures on the kidney, according to Dutch researchers.March 28, 2013Imaging InformaticsAuntMinnieEurope.com Healthcare Informatics InsiderMarch 25, 2013Clinical NewsNHS, U.S. launch exchange program for health ITThe U.K. National Health Service (NHS) is joining forces with the U.S. Veterans Health Administration on an exchange program designed to share ideas and best practices for digital health.March 25, 2013Clinical NewsEurope offers plenty of opportunities for digital health IT start-upsDoes Europe offer a strong environment for digital healthcare companies to flourish? Or should entrepreneurs go to North America instead? Despite some obstacles, Europe offers ample opportunity for digital health entrepreneurs.March 25, 2013Clinical NewsNew European lung cancer mortality rates prove insightfulDeath from lung cancer continues to decline steadily among men living in Europe, according to a study of male lung cancer mortality in 33 countries published online on 20 February in Lung Cancer. But more than 187,000 individuals are still predicted to die from the disease in 2015.March 3, 2013Industry NewsPACS makes conversations flow at Norwegian cancer centerPACS technology, combined with Web-enabled viewing, often is praised for making a patient's diagnostic images rapidly available to any authorized clinician who needs to see them, but this access can be at the expense of face-to-face discussions between radiologists and their colleagues; a Norwegian hospital counters that.February 28, 2013Clinical NewsAustrians provide boost for digital telemammographyCompared with teleradiology, implementation of telemammography has been held back by vendor-related technical limitations of some diagnostic workstations and lack of affordable data networks capable of transmitting large uncompressed mammography images. Researchers from Vienna have now given a boost to the technology's viability.February 26, 2013Clinical NewsLung cancer x-ray screening in Italy shows positive resultsA nearly decadelong lung cancer chest x-ray screening program of at-risk residents of the Varese province in Italy reduced the number of deaths attributed to lung cancer by 18%, according to findings published online in Lung Cancer. This study offers insights into the value of chest x-rays as a low cost screening tool.February 24, 2013Previous PagePage 2 of 22Next PageTop StoriesCTHow well do LLMs interpret bone fracture textual CT reports?German researchers have found that large language models (LLMs) show promise for analyzing radiology reports of bone fractures imaged on CT.MRIAudit concentrates on high error rate in cardiovascular MRIUltrasoundCan lung scans predict delirium in elderly COVID-19 patients?MRITragedy in Scotland puts focus on workplace cultureMedical, Legal, and PracticeHow can we measure happiness in radiology?
