Frances Rylands-Monk[email protected]Molecular ImagingHybrid imaging: Collaboration's top priority for ESHIAs this month's first anniversary celebrations draw to a close for the European Society for Hybrid Medical Imaging (ESHI), its president has stressed that more collaboration and better education and training are vital for the future success of hybrid imaging.March 28, 2017Clinical NewsRadiology Across Borders aims to go globalThe Australian-based charity Radiology Across Borders is taking sustainable imaging expertise to doctors and patients in the Asia-Pacific region. It plans to grow into a global group over the next five years, and co-founder Dr. Suresh de Silva urges Europeans to get involved.March 20, 2017ConferenceTaking care of logistics can reduce errors in emergency radiologyErrors in medicine have become headline news in recent years, and legal action against physicians for alleged malpractice is an increasing problem. Radiology is not exempt from this phenomenon. Emergency radiologists must, therefore, learn how best to safeguard their practice against human error and champion processes that will prevent systematic flaws.March 4, 2017ConferencePostmortem imaging can reveal hidden trauma missed in autopsyCT angiography (CTA) and other methods can shed light on death investigations in ways that autopsy can't. CTA, for example, allows doctors to look for bleeding points, while dual-beam CT depicts soft-tissue differentiation and bruising, and the technique is useful to investigate postsurgical deaths and identify trauma areas.March 1, 2017ConferenceBone age evaluations raise complex issuesMass migration triggered by the unfolding crisis in Syria has heightened interest in radiology's role in the protection of children. For young unaccompanied persons arriving in Europe without documentation, imaging can be used to determine age and, as a result, their refugee status, having a direct impact on the aid they receive and where they can live.February 28, 2017Clinical NewsSurgeon input will boost CT lung cancer screeningCT lung cancer screening is at the fore with 10 new recommendations from the European Society of Thoracic Surgery (ESTS). A recent paper written by an international team outlines the ESTS's plans for improving lung cancer CT screening by involving surgeons at all levels of screening strategy.February 23, 2017SocioeconomicBrexit storm cloud holds uncertain lining for U.K. radiologyIn a new article about the implications of leaving the European Union for U.K.-based radiologists and their patients, senior radiologists reveal how the financial, organizational, ethical, and socio-political changes associated with Brexit will affect medical imaging.February 19, 2017Clinical NewsBreast screening organizers get creative to boost uptakeA new study from Lebanon of 2,400 women older than 40 has found that fewer than half the women sent a breast screening invitation underwent mammography. To overcome the hit-and-miss nature of screening adherence in the region, new campaigns and promotions are being used.February 5, 2017SocioeconomicGermans cast doubt on value of TB screening of refugeesA new study from Germany involving more than 17,000 refugees has shown mass tuberculosis (TB) screening by chest x-ray is inefficient due to the high number required to detect active pulmonary TB. In a migrant population in which TB prevalence is low, a more targeted approach to screening may be useful.January 22, 2017Clinical NewsVirtual reality enables parents to meet baby before birthA Finnish company has developed a virtual reality product to enable parents to meet their unborn child using 3D and 4D ultrasound. The developer thinks it could represent the future of fetal ultrasound and is speaking with a hospital and an ultrasound vendor to see what applications can be found.January 17, 2017Previous PagePage 22 of 41Next PageTop StoriesIndustry NewsSopris Capital buys Blackford Analysis from BayerSopris will fold Blackford into Azra AI, one of its portfolio companies.AIneuroRAD video: Joe Lennerz on continuous evidence tracking in medical AIAIJFR: How to integrate AI in emergency imagingCTneuroRAD 2026 Photo GalleryMRIAt neuroRAD 2026, the young take over
