Imaging Informatics: Page 337

Cerner secures healthcare IT contract in Qatar

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Healthcare information systems firm Cerner has signed an agreement with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) to digitize the entire public health system of Qatar, including all HMC hospitals and primary care clinics.

January 10, 2012

Large U.K. RIS/PACS replacement goes out to tender

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Four National Health Service foundation trusts located in the southeast of England have joined forces to purchase replacement RIS and PACS valued at 50 million pounds (60.6 million euros) when their current contract ends in 2013.

January 10, 2012

AuntMinnieEurope.com Advanced Visualization Insider

By Erik L. Ridley

January 8, 2012

ETIAM names Le Bihan as new president

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

French software firm ETIAM announced that its main shareholder, Eric Le Bihan, PhD, has become the company's president.

January 8, 2012

CAD may assist in triage of TB screening cases

By Erik L. Ridley

Computer-aided detection (CAD) software can be used during tuberculosis (TB) screening to triage those at high-risk of having the disease, potentially decreasing the image-reading burden on screening programs, according to research from Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center in the Netherlands.

January 8, 2012

Interval cancers rare after negative VC screening

By Eric Barnes

Nearly all patients with negative results at screening virtual colonoscopy remain free of colorectal cancer five years later, concludes a new study in the European Journal of Radiology. However, critics contend widespread VC screening may lead to interval cancers that could be avoided if screened by colonoscopy.

January 5, 2012

CSC may write off 1.13B euros for U.K. IT contract

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) has reported to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it may need to write off 1.13 billion euros related to its work in providing information technology services to the U.K. National Health Service.

January 3, 2012

'Wait-and-see' OK if rectal CA responds completely to chemoradiation

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with rectal cancer who have a complete clinical response to chemoradiation can be managed without surgery if they are monitored closely, according to Dutch researchers who used MRI and endoscopy to assess the patients' clinical response.

January 2, 2012

Teleradiology brings VC to island outpost

By Eric Barnes

Virtual colonoscopy outperformed optical colonoscopy in an unusual teleradiology project that successfully screened hundreds of patients in Madeira, a Portuguese island off the coast of Morocco.

December 27, 2011

3D matches 2D MRI for knee osteoarthritis, but in less time

By Wayne Forrest

Three-dimensional fast spin-echo MRI can achieve "moderate to almost perfect agreement and high accuracy" compared with routine 2D fast spin-echo MRI for evaluating knee osteoarthritis, but in 30% less time, according to a study presented at the recent RSNA 2011 meeting in Chicago.

December 26, 2011

Debate over electronic health records enters new phase

By Emma Harper

The switch to electronic health records -- either as a local solution or as part of a larger national initiative -- is gathering pace across Europe, and the issues of ownership, access, control, and confidentiality are becoming increasingly pertinent.

December 22, 2011

ESR issues guidance on dealing with unexpected findings

By Rebekah Moan

Improving communication of urgent and unexpected findings is crucial for patient care, according to the European Society of Radiology (ESR). In a recently released guidance document, ESR emphasizes the importance of clear protocols and procedures agreed upon between imaging units and referrers.

December 20, 2011

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