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Danish study shows outdoor work reduces risk of breast cancer

Working outdoors in sectors like agriculture may come with the benefit of a lower risk of breast cancer for women over 50, according to research published on 1 February in Occupational & Environmental Medicine.

February 7, 2021

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CT provides boost for mapping of breast density

Researchers from Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands have used nearly 100 CT images to map breast density. The analysis may lead to more accurate radiation dose estimates and improved breast cancer risk models.

January 21, 2021

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Novel thyroid study hits the right note

A research group from Tours, France, has reported the initial success of a thyroid cancer screening technique called vocal passive elastography. The method can detect abnormally stiff tissues on ultrasound when participants sing the "eeee" sound.

January 14, 2021

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New study investigates what influences mammography

Breast cancer cases are growing in Turkey and other low- and middle-income countries, prompting researchers to look for factors that may influence whether a woman decides to participate in mammography or clinical breast examinations.

January 10, 2021

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Germans shine light on family breast cancer history

A large German study has found that women with a family history of breast cancer had a higher rate of cancers detected on imaging and cancers that were a smaller size at diagnosis. The results suggest the higher cancer detection rate may be tied to additional screening rather than family history.

January 7, 2021

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New study confirms safety of ultrasound-guided vein access

Australian researchers have shown that ultrasound-guided tunneled central venous access is safe for children. Their randomized clinical trial included more than 100 patients and showed that ultrasound-guided placement reduced operating time and preserved vein size.

January 4, 2021

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UCL team evaluates COVID-19's impact on emergency visits

Researchers from University College London (UCL) have estimated the effect of reduced accident and emergency visits for suspected cardiac disease on non-COVID-19 deaths. A 35% decline in visits early in the pandemic may have contributed to hundreds of avoidable deaths.

January 3, 2021

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Prototype breast device displays much promise

A team from Heidelberg in Germany has reported that a prototype device combining 3D automated breast ultrasound and digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) performed well in a feasibility study. The scanner identified 97% of cancers and added only about a minute to the DBT exam time.

December 23, 2020

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Sweden's Karolinska unveils breast AI results

Researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm have found that a breast cancer risk assessment model based on artificial intelligence (AI) outperformed traditional methods. The AI model beat conventional risk models used alone and when combined with breast density data.

December 22, 2020

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Reliance on ultrasound grows in COVID-19 pandemic

Doctors in Italy are depending more than ever on ultrasound as part of their daily physical examinations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We can't afford CT scans for all our patients, and ultrasound's become like a third arm, according to one internal medicine physician.

December 17, 2020

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Routine hand views (a) and ‘high noon’ view (b) of a 31-year-old male with penetrating nail gun injury (case 4). The lack of cortical bone involvement is much better visualized on the high noon view.

'High noon' x-rays help with nail-gun injuries

The intervention required no additional equipment, cost, or considerable workflow disruption, supporting real-world applicability.

'Images make diagnosis possible, but communication makes them meaningful,' said Dr. Ioana Andreea Gheonea, MD.

Same report, different worlds

'We gave her information, but we did not give her readiness,' said Celine Tan.

What AI still can't do for radiographers

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Angiography-based FFR validated in patients with coronary artery disease

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When war hits your radiology department

'High noon' x-rays help with nail-gun injuries

The intervention required no additional equipment, cost, or considerable workflow disruption, supporting real-world applicability.

April 2, 2026

Routine hand views (a) and ‘high noon’ view (b) of a 31-year-old male with penetrating nail gun injury (case 4). The lack of cortical bone involvement is much better visualized on the high noon view.

Same report, different worlds

By Claudia Tschabuschnig

Patients now have instant access to their imaging results. But what they don't always have is someone to explain what they mean. This gap often runs along generational lines.

April 1, 2026

'Images make diagnosis possible, but communication makes them meaningful,' said Dr. Ioana Andreea Gheonea, MD.

What AI still can't do for radiographers

By Claudia Tschabuschnig

The ambiguous case, the junior who doesn't ask and the protocol that doesn't quite fit. AI inherits radiology's hardest problems, not just its workload.

March 31, 2026

'We gave her information, but we did not give her readiness,' said Celine Tan.

Angiography-based FFR validated in patients with coronary artery disease

Vessel fractional flow reserve (vFFR) was found a noninferior alternative to invasive pressure-wire–based FFR for guiding revascularization decisions.

March 30, 2026

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When war hits your radiology department

By Claudia Tschabuschnig

More than 2,881 attacks on healthcare in Ukraine have been documented since February 2022. At ECR 2026, a radiologist from Kyiv walked a room of European colleagues through what that actually means for a department, and what to do before it happens to yours.

March 26, 2026

ECR: The scan you've already done: Body composition's missing picture

By Claudia Tschabuschnig

The argument for body composition in radiology is not about acquiring new data, but about reading what's already there. At ECR 2026, two sessions made the case that every CT scan already holds information that could change a patient's prognosis. Most of it is never reported.

March 25, 2026

'We can see what the clinicians cannot see, and especially sarcopenia and osteoporosis are under-reported and under-diagnosed,' said Kerensa Beekman, MD, PhD, of Radboud University Medical Center.

Study finds that AI fails to speed lung cancer diagnosis

AI prioritization of chest x-rays requested by U.K. primary care had no significant impact on the lung cancer pathway.

March 24, 2026

New FAPI tracer shows promise across 19 solid tumor types

PET using fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI) tracers has emerged as a robust imaging tool for detecting solid tumors.

March 23, 2026

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42 countries, 1 standard, and radiology leading the way

By Claudia Tschabuschnig

It is collaboration, not legislation, that drives European radiology training forward, according to the joint ESR-UEMS session "Harmonia" at ECR 2026.

March 23, 2026

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CDSS improves outcomes among stroke patients

By Kate Madden Yee

Use of a clinical decision-support system (CDSS) with stroke sufferers decreased the incidence of new vascular events at three months.

March 20, 2026

Radiology's carbon problem needs more than good intentions

By Claudia Tschabuschnig

Healthcare generates 4.4% of global emissions. Radiology accounts for a notable slice. At ECR 2026, three perspectives on the same problem showed exactly why change is slow and where the real leverage is.

March 20, 2026

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Mammography AI approach finds more breast cancers, reduces workload

By Amerigo Allegretto

An AI approach that excludes low-risk mammograms from radiologist reading led to more cancers being found.

March 19, 2026

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