Philip Ward

[email protected]

Week in Review: Spotlight falls on MRI infection control | Neurological signs of COVID-19 | Gadolinium trends in France

July 9, 2020

COVID-19: Attention shifts to MRI infection control

Cleaning procedures for CT units used to scan COVID-19 patients have remained a hot topic since March, but now that it's becoming clear the disease can cause brain alterations, more consideration is being given to how radiology departments are dealing with infection control in the MRI suite.

July 8, 2020

2020 07 08 18 27 8684 Cleaning Staff Disinfecting 400

Week in Review: Laszlo Tabar reflects on 50 years | Moscow's COVID-19 findings | Cinematic rendering advances

July 2, 2020

Cinematic rendering transforms forensic imaging

Once referred to as "3D on steroids," cinematic rendering has now become a powerful and effective tool to present pathologies found in postmortem CT for judicial reviews. That's the view of German researchers who have evaluated over 100 fractures and soft-tissue injuries.

June 29, 2020

2020 06 30 15 23 7169 2020 06 30 Boeven Figure 5 20200630154717

AuntMinnieEurope.com CT Insider

June 28, 2020

COVID-19: Anxiety levels fall, patient handling improves

There is now a general absence of fear of COVID-19 patients among radiology staff, and the reduced anxiety levels have resulted in better patient handling, according to two chest radiologists with extensive experience of these cases.

June 28, 2020

2020 06 29 15 34 3391 2020 06 29 Ct Insider Figure 2 B

Artificial Intelligence

Russian team presents 9-point plan to combat COVID-19

A group from Russia has issued details about how the medical imaging community can operate effectively in the pandemic. In Moscow, 48 outpatient CT facilities have performed over 170,000 chest CT scans, and more than 82,000 cases of COVID-19 pneumonia were detected.

June 28, 2020

2020 06 26 16 22 6774 2020 06 29 Moscow Ct Clinical Figure 20200626162847

Week in Review: 3D printing comes of age in Paris | Lessons from Asia on 2nd wave of COVID-19 | Use of whole-body CT in trauma cases

June 25, 2020

Week in Review: Low uptake hampers breast screening | Dutch support COVID-19 chest CT system | 3D software boost for knee MRI

June 18, 2020

Artificial Intelligence

Pandemic leads to surge of interest in informatics

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a sudden increase in data sharing, multicenter image data collection, online data annotation, deep learning, and the building of large repositories, according to informatics expert Peter van Ooijen, PhD, who calls for more consideration of these topics in radiology training.

June 15, 2020

2018 07 17 18 25 2634 Data Sharing 400

Page 50 of 189

2026 02 12 Chest Ac2 Thumbnail

Chest x-rays reveal atherosclerosis in patients undergoing amputations

Lower limb amputation is an increasingly common major complication of advanced peripheral arterial disease and diabetes mellitus.

Finland Flag

MRI safety panel unveils findings on patient death

Fish Skeletons Sm

Abdominal pain? Consider fishbones

2026 02 13 Kuhl Drg Thumbnail

Christiane Kuhl endorses DRG's new women’s health campaign

Skier

Do young athletes with low back pain need advanced imaging?

EBR opens applications for Oleaga Educational Grant

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Board of Radiology (EBR) has opened applications for the Prof. Laura Oleaga Educational Grant.

September 20, 2024

Medical Student Tablet Conference 400

France unveils patient education plan for breast cancer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The French National Federation of Radiologists has launched an action plan to inform women about the value of mammography screening.

September 19, 2024

AI brings new life to Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

The father of diagnostic radiography, W.C. Roentgen, has come to life in an AI-generated video in which he explains why he named his 1895 discovery “x-rays.”

September 19, 2024

Roentgen Thumbnail

Investigation into patient death focuses on radiology's failures

A patient death following a COVID-19 vaccination was due to a combination of tragic unfortunate timing, system shortcomings, and human error – including by a reporting radiologist – a U.K. independent review has found.

September 18, 2024

Gavel World Map

What's the 10-year impact of digital breast tomosynthesis?

By Amerigo Allegretto

New research has looked at the clinical impact of digital breast tomosynthesis on cancer detection rates and survival outcomes over a decade.

September 18, 2024

2024 09 17 Radiology Dbt

MRI proves value in tricky renal cases

MRI can play a central role in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant renal tumoral masses, French researchers have reported.

September 17, 2024

How to reduce contrast media waste in CT operations

The use of CT iodinated contrast media must be optimized to limit its environmental impact, according to research presented at the International Society for Computed Tomography meeting.

September 17, 2024

Planet Sustainability

The remarkable legacy of Austria's Guido Holzknecht

By Dr. Adrian Thomas

Austrian pioneer Guido Holzknecht published the first book devoted to chest radiology. History expert Dr. Adrian Thomas explains why medical imaging owes him a huge debt.

September 16, 2024

Austria Thomas Fig6 Statue Thumbnail

Photon-counting CT reduces radiation in lung transplant cases

Ultralow-dose photon-counting CT is a promising tool for repeat follow-up exams in lung transplant patients, Viennese researchers have reported.

September 16, 2024

Pct 66e081f76316a Thumbnail

Radiotracer for kidney cancer performs well in phase III trial

A PET radiotracer that detects clear-cell renal cell carcinoma proved safe and highly effective in a clinical trial conducted at 36 research hospitals across nine countries.

September 13, 2024

Pet Renal Cancer 66e1e00428375 Thumbnail

Mevion, Nelco to partner on proton therapy

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Mevion Medical Systems and Nelco Worldwide are collaborating on the faster adoption of proton therapy.

September 13, 2024

Mevion Astro 2019

Hyperfine plans to use Swoop MR system on astronauts

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Hyperfine has announced plans to work with the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) to assess the brains of astronauts before and after spaceflight.

September 13, 2024

Space Astronaut2

Page 50 of 71