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Week in Review: What's COVID-19's economic impact? | U.K. struggles to restart services | Effects of COVID-19 on the brain

June 11, 2020

U.K. radiology only running at 60% capacity, says RCR

Radiology is still only running at about 60% of normal capacity in the U.K., and hospitals are struggling to cope with the pent-up demand for imaging, according to Dr. Caroline Rubin of the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR).

June 10, 2020

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ESR gives full support to validation of biomarkers

The rapid and effective validation of quantitative imaging biomarkers is essential if they are to have any meaningful future impact on both clinical practice and research, the European Society of Radiology (ESR) has asserted in a consensus statement released on 4 June.

June 8, 2020

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Week in Review: McCoubrie on the pandemic | Advances in ovarian cancer detection | PET/CT for breast cancer

June 4, 2020

New advances in ovarian cancer detection offer hope

Important hurdles such as reproducibility and lack of automation must be overcome before radiomics is integrated as a clinical adjunct in ovarian cancer detection, but artificial intelligence shows considerable promise in this area, according to a leading European specialist in women's imaging.

June 3, 2020

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MRI reveals brain changes in radiographer with COVID-19

MRI scans of a 25-year-old Italian radiographer who contracted COVID-19 and lost her sense of smell suggest the virus may invade the brain through the olfactory pathway and cause dysfunction of sensorineural origin. This finding was published online by JAMA Neurology on 29 May.

May 31, 2020

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Week in Review: Breast screening is back in the news | Consensus grows on prostate MRI | Maskell's musings on COVID-19 crisis

May 28, 2020

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May 26, 2020

Europe achieves growing consensus on prostate MRI

A group of expert radiologists and urologists have released new recommendations on quality issues in prostate MRI, covering acquisition, reporting, training and education, and experience prerequisites. The consensus paper has the support of the European Society of Urogenital Radiology and European Association of Urology.

May 26, 2020

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Week in Review: U.K. AI study of traumatic brain injury | ESR's take on online meetings | Get into molecular research, urges Helbich

May 21, 2020

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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.

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MRI safety panel unveils findings on patient death

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Abdominal pain? Consider fishbones

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Do young athletes with low back pain need advanced imaging?

Team Madrid seeks to minimize radiation dose in spine x-ray

By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD

A single-exposure x-ray system allows optimization of radiation dose in spinal exams and has great potential for reducing artifacts, Spanish researchers insist.

September 12, 2024

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Radiologist faces strong criticism in negligence case

By Amerigo Allegretto

A radiologist exhibited a "lackadaisical attitude" and did not show compassion when informed of a patient's burns due to a radiofrequency ablation, according to a media report in Malaysia.

September 11, 2024

AI helps out with spotting interval breast cancers

By Erik L. Ridley

A new study from Cambridge in the U.K. has assessed performance characteristics of AI software in identifying and localizing interval breast cancers.

September 11, 2024

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Hospital doctor gets struck off for fraud

A clinician who defrauded the U.K. health service of £50,000 (€59,200) by submitting false time sheets has been struck off. Another recent tribunal issued a warning to a radiologist over care quality.

September 10, 2024

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Serac highlights first patient imaged with SPECT agent

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Serac Healthcare and the University of Exeter are highlighting that the first patient has been scanned with a novel molecular SPECT imaging agent.

September 10, 2024

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Vaping no better than smoking, especially in youngsters

By Kate Madden Yee

Imaging shows younger people who vape have a lower capacity for exercise, according to research presented on 8 September at the European Respiratory Society Congress.

September 10, 2024

MRI model predicts therapy response in breast cancer

By Amerigo Allegretto

Radiomics scoring derived from contrast-enhanced MRI can predict treatment response in women being treated for triple-negative breast cancer, French researchers have reported.

September 9, 2024

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Embolization can mitigate enlarged prostate symptoms

A team from Paris has found that men with enlarged prostates who undergo minimally invasive prostatic artery embolization have significant improvements in symptoms after two years.

September 9, 2024

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Nori: Lack of awareness remains major issue in CEM

By Dr. Jacopo Nori

Contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) has many technological advantages in breast screening, but the biggest obstacle to wider adoption is a shortage of know-how and training among radiologists, Dr. Jacopo Nori writes.

September 6, 2024

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DeepHealth partners with HOPPR on foundational AI model

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

DeepHealth is partnering with HOPPR to commercialize a medical-grade generalized foundational model.

September 5, 2024

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EANM announces training initiatives

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) is reorganizing its training and education section and will establish a new Education Council.

September 5, 2024

ESC 2024 attendance reaches pre-COVID-19 levels

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has announced that about 32,000 health professionals from 171 countries attended its 2024 annual meeting.

September 5, 2024

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