Dr. Peter Rinck, PhD[email protected]Clinical NewsGadolinium: Row intensifies in GermanyA detailed article about gadolinium-based contrast agents from the Maverinck had quite a response. It made the news in the U.S., and he received several requests for interviews. In this follow-up, he outlines the escalation of the controversy in Germany.March 21, 2016Clinical NewsGadolinium: Will anybody learn from the debacle?Already the vultures are circling and the ambulance chasers are flooding the Internet, writes the Maverinck, and the current slogan is: "Are you gadolinium-toxic? If yes, contact us." He investigates the current debate over gadolinium-based contrast agents for MRI.December 8, 2015Clinical NewsThe calamity of medical and radiological publicationsA lot can be learned from the Volkswagen scandal: results need to be reproduced, whether it's in engineering or medical research. Unfortunately, most scientific papers don't achieve such high standards these days, writes the Maverinck. He pulls no punches in his latest column.October 20, 2015Clinical NewsThe expensive dilemma: Tablets versus textbooksE-publishing is popular and fashionable but does not always deliver when it comes to teaching and learning, and printed publications still have a role, the Maverinck writes in his latest column.September 6, 2015Clinical NewsMax Factor -- for the beauty of your curriculum vitaePublishers make a big deal about impact factor, but it's not a reliable measure of quality or a true indicator of a journal's actual impact, and you should treat them with great caution, writes the Maverinck in his latest column.July 16, 2015Clinical NewsMR fingerprinting returns -- and hopefully disappears againSome cardiologists have scientific shortcomings in imaging science, the Maverinck believes. The experiments, methods, and results described went out of date years ago; even dressed in "new clothes" they are inadequate and deficient in precision and accuracy, he writes. Radiologists have their own new clothes: MR fingerprinting.June 2, 2015Clinical NewsThe functional charlatansFunctional brain imaging celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2015. To mark the occasion, the Maverinck reflects on the good, the bad, and the ugly, and finds that much research in the field is dubious, worrying, and malign.April 7, 2015ConferenceDoes ECR increase patient survival rate?Spring is in the air -- the conference season has arrived. Major conferences are a win-win situation for both patients and doctors, the Maverinck writes in his latest column. The doctors get some days off, and the patients survive.March 3, 2015Clinical NewsRelaxing times for cardiologistsThe holy grail of diagnostic imaging is noninvasive tissue characterization and the external identification of human cell structures and organ function, if possible without even touching the body, according to the Maverinck. Relaxation times are key but controversial.February 24, 2015Organized Radiology IssuesAddress the backlog issue or you will sinkBacklogs of unread images are one of the worst nightmares in clinical practice. Any backlog must be tackled urgently and as a high priority -- otherwise you will be watching helplessly as the ship sinks and you sink with it, the Maverinck writes in his latest column.January 6, 2015Previous PagePage 5 of 10Next PageTop StoriesArtificial IntelligenceBeyond the algorithm: Embedding AI into imaging workflowsIntegrating AI into workflow is the defining factor that determines whether a tool delivers real value or fades into irrelevance, writes market analyst Umar Ahmed.Radiology EducationUkrainian radiologists train, collaborate throughout warMRICE MRI-based radiomics model captures DEB TACE-induced tumor changesCTImaging casts new light on war injuriesWomens ImagingHybrid AI reading shows success in breast cancer screening
