Philip Ward[email protected]ConferenceAllez les bleus! Rugby final proves popular at JFRIt seems the imaging industry has discovered the secret to dramatically boost booth traffic at a conference: Show a live sporting event. The 2011 Rugby World Cup final between the All Blacks and France proved to be the star attraction on Sunday in the exhibition hall at the annual congress of the French Radiology Society, les Journées Françaises de Radiologie (JFR).October 24, 2011Clinical NewsEANM: PET/MRI displays promise in brain, head, neckTwo admittedly small studies -- one from Germany and one from Switzerland -- presented at last week's European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) annual congress have underlined the emerging clinical potential of PET/MRI in both the head and neck region, and the brain.October 23, 2011Clinical NewsEANM: PET and PET/CT scans grow by 21% a yearThe number of patient studies using PET or PET/CT increased by an average of almost 21% per year between 2005 and 2010, and now exceeds 900,000 a year, according to new market data for Western Europe presented at this week's European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) annual congress.October 20, 2011Molecular ImagingPET/CT & second tumors; rapid prototyping; JFR congressOctober 18, 2011Clinical NewsEANM: PET/CT proves value in detecting second tumorsResults from a large study have confirmed that PET/CT is a powerful technique for the preclinical detection of second primary tumors in oncology patients. The findings were presented at this week's European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) annual congress, held in Birmingham, U.K.October 18, 2011Clinical NewsLa prise en charge des patients appelée à prendre le devant de la scène lors des JFROctober 18, 2011Clinical NewsCT gives renewed hope to gastric cancer patientsGastric cancer remains a major cause of cancer-related morbidity and mortality worldwide, despite extensive screening programs and improved therapeutic strategies, but CT gastrography is beginning to show significant promise in the battle against this disease.October 12, 2011CTFuture of personalized medicine; cardiac CT for calcium scoring; MR-guided biopsiesOctober 11, 2011Molecular ImagingESR focuses attention on personalized medicineThe era of personalized medicine has major implications for medical imaging and will bring considerable changes in the years ahead, predicts a European Society of Radiology (ESR) white paper. Find out more in our news report.October 11, 2011Clinical NewsGermans act creatively to make MR-guided biopsies viableMR-guided biopsies can produce valuable results, but often they are time-consuming and expensive. To make them a more realistic clinical proposition, it is vital to cut the preparation time, obtain fewer image acquisitions, and involve experienced interventional radiologists, researchers from the University of Tübingen in Germany have reported.October 11, 2011Previous PagePage 179 of 189Next PageTop StoriesMRIMarion Smits joins Cambridge teamProf. Marion Smits speaks about her new U.K. post at Cambridge University with Prof. Ferdia Gallagher’s group and looks ahead to ECR 2026.Womens ImagingMammography screening improves survival for late-stage cancersCTUsing GPT‑4o with CT exams helps diagnose ovarian cancer earlierMRIUnclear explanations of contrast MRI exams heighten patient anxietyMRI15 years of top stories: Which are the standouts?
