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4D MRI enables blood-velocity measurement in mitral valve insufficiency
June 24, 2005 -- BERLIN - Mitral valve insufficiency is a fairly common heart problem that lacks ideal imaging solutions. The problem lies in assessing regurgitant blood flow to determine the need for intervention. A presentation Thursday at the Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) meeting discussed the limitations in assessing blood flow, and highlighted a new measurement approach using time-resolved MRI vector fields. Read More

CARS suite of the future sees key role for image-guided intervention
June 23, 2005 -- BERLIN - In Wednesday's opening session of the 19th International Congress of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS), Dr. Michael Vannier set forth his vision of the interventional suite of the future, and touched on the powerful forces shaping its development. Read More

CARS opens with call for more PACS research
June 23, 2005 -- BERLIN - After 23 years of academic research and commercial evolution into a clinically viable technology, does PACS merit another decade of additional R&D by the medical academic community? Dr. Davide Caramella, president of EuroPACS, addressed this question during a presentation Wednesday at the International Congress of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS). Read More

Nanotechnology and new horizons: A talk with the president of ECR 2005
March 3, 2005 -- We are pleased to present our annual interview, and our first bilingual interview, with the president of the European Congress of Radiology. Professor Antonio Chiesa is director of the department of radiology at the University of Brescia in Italy.

View from the president: Professor Helen Carty scans ECR 2004
March 4, 2004 -- As ECR 2004 begins, AuntMinnie.com is pleased to present an in-depth interview with this year's president, Professor Helen Carty. She is a senior member of the Royal College of Radiologists, a consultant radiologist at the Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital, Alder Hey, and professor of pediatric radiology at the University of Liverpool in the U.K. Read More

Radiology workstations need integration, automation
March 15, 2002 -- SAN ANTONIO - Diagnostic radiology workstations have come a long way from the early days of PACS. But further progress can still be made, said Dr. Steven Horii in a presentation at the "PACS 2002: Implementing CR/DR and Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise" conference. Read More

View from the president: Dr. Philippe Grenier scans the ECR
February 28, 2002 -- Dr. Philippe Grenier of Paris offers his insightful comments about the ECR conference, its highlights, and the difficulties the organization still faces. Read More

MRI algorithm envisions better look at the eyes
July 24, 2000 -- British engineers have designed a post-processing algorithm that could give imaging specialists a better view of the orbital cavity and its surrounding structures with MRI. Read More

Researchers take aim at next-generation image-guided surgery systems
July 17, 2000 -- Just as virtual guided imaging is beginning to pay off in diagnostics, a group of techno-wizards have taken aim at the next goal: putting powerful, intuitive, real-time image guidance systems into surgeons' hands. Read More

Finnish team searches for better mammography CAD system
June 30, 2000 -- SAN FRANCISCO - A fully automated computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system that provides differential diagnosis for breast calcifications may prove superior to neural network-based CAD systems, but must face down several challenges before it can move past the conceptual phase, according to its Finnish designers. Read More

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