Advanced Visualization: Page 96

3D contrast-enhanced MRA enters clinical practice

By Erik L. Ridley

Evidence is mounting that low-dose 3D contrast-enhanced MR angiography (CE-MRA) is both practical and reproducible in the carotids, chest, abdomen, and lower extremities, and may reduce the risk of dose-dependent patient complications.

October 4, 2011

TeraRecon highlights iNtuition Cloud at CIRSE

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Advanced visualization firm TeraRecon is highlighting its iNtuition Cloud software to interventional radiology professionals attending the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe (CIRSE) meeting, held on 10-14 September in Munich.

September 12, 2011

Back to the future: Interventional suite advances

By Eric Barnes

The interventional radiology suite of tomorrow is already developed and ready to go -- notwithstanding the minor detail of clinical experience -- with robust systems capable of working with humans to perform any number of tasks more accurately than traditional methods, and often with less radiation exposure.

September 11, 2011

SyntheticMR lands Swedish install

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Medical imaging software developer SyntheticMR of Stockholm has sold its MRI software to Umeå University Hospital to monitor treatment for patients with multiple sclerosis.

September 5, 2011

AuntMinnieEurope.com Advanced Visualization Insider

By Erik L. Ridley

August 31, 2011

3D imaging market expected to grow by 9%

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The global 3D medical imaging market is primed to grow by nearly 9% in the next three years, according to TechNavio Insights. The company estimates the market will grow to about 2.2 billion euros ($3.2 billion U.S.) by 2014.

August 31, 2011

MR guidance improves outcome after brain surgery

By Cynthia E. Keen

When neurosurgery is performed to resect a glioma, the use of intraoperative MRI guidance improves the chances the entire cancerous tumor will be removed. Patient outcomes from a randomized clinical trial confirmed this in an article published online on 24 August in Lancet Oncology.

August 31, 2011

Siemens highlights new Acuson SC 2000 version

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare is presenting version 2.0 of its Acuson SC2000 volume imaging ultrasound system at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) annual congress, being held in Paris from 27 to 31 August.

August 29, 2011

3D measurements of knee offer hope in osteoarthritis

By Erik L. Ridley

Austrian researchers are convinced that quantitative 3D measurements of meniscal position on MRI may lead to a better understanding of knee pain in patients with osteoarthritis. They published their findings online in European Radiology on 14 August.

August 28, 2011

Swiss team validates 2D/3D model after total hip arthroplasty

By Cynthia E. Keen

A model to measure cup orientation from postoperative radiographs following total hip arthroplasty has been developed at a Swiss surgical technology research center. The validation study was described in an online article in the International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery.

August 23, 2011

Flat-detector CT helps diagnose congenital heart disease

By Eric Barnes

They require a little more contrast and dose, but catheterization procedures performed with flat-detector CT offer high-resolution images that can improve the diagnosis of congenital heart disease in children, according to a new study in European Radiology.

August 7, 2011

Study argues against colorectal polyp surveillance

By Eric Barnes

French researchers are recommending against polyp surveillance for small colorectal lesions 6 to 9 mm in diameter, according to a new study in the August issue of Digestive and Liver Disease. The relatively high prevalence of advanced dysplasia in 6- to 9-mm lesions at colonoscopy renders the practice inadvisable, they said.

July 28, 2011

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