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RCR, BIR voice concerns on radiotherapy plan

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

While welcoming the announcement that the National Health Service (NHS) in England intends to spend 130 million pounds (145.3 million euros) on linear accelerator (linacs) equipment to treat cancer, the British Institute of Radiology (BIR) and the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) have expressed concerns the investment won't be sufficient.

October 25, 2016

Strickland: Situation is desperate post-Brexit vote

By Erik L. Ridley

The shortage of radiologists is contributing to a desperate situation in the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) following the Brexit vote in June, Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) President Dr. Nicola Strickland said in a national newspaper interview published last weekend.

October 18, 2016

Facebook apologizes for pulling mammo image from Le Monde

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Facebook apologized for removing a post about mammogram screening by French newspaper Le Monde that featured a woman with one of her breasts exposed, the Guardian reported.

October 11, 2016

PET/CT network expands in Russia

By Frances Rylands-Monk

A new PET/CT network in Russia promises to make the technology more accessible, but stern challenges remain in a country that up to seven years ago only had 10 PET/CT scanners across a few major cities, said PET-Technology board member Diana Kobesova.

October 9, 2016

Molecular experts share Nobel Prize in chemistry

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry 2016 to a trio of researchers for their design and synthesis of molecular machines.

October 4, 2016

U.K. radiologist shortage worsens

By Rebekah Moan

The shortage of radiologists in the U.K. is getting worse, according to a census released by the Royal College of Radiologists on 10 September. Demand for imaging services increases, but the supply of radiologists does not. A key finding is that 99% of U.K. radiology departments could not meet scan and x-ray reporting demands.

September 13, 2016

Indian radiologists suspend ultrasound services

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Unable to resolve its dispute with the government over enforcement of a law aimed at reducing gender-specific feticide, the Indian Radiological and Imaging Association said that ultrasound services nationwide are suspended indefinitely, according to an article by the Press Trust of India on India Today.

September 4, 2016

U.K. pediatric radiology shortage puts kids at risk

By Rebekah Moan

National standards for pediatric imaging are not being met in a large number of centers in the U.K., putting thousands of children at risk, according to a recent audit. A way to solve the problem in the short term is to link up specialists with their colleagues, the researchers added.

September 1, 2016

ESC: How do cardiologists use Twitter?

By Philip Ward

ROME - Tweeting cardiologists are an even rarer breed than tweeting radiologists, it seems. Scottish researchers could only identify 94 cardiologists who use Twitter, 55 of whom are based in the U.S., delegates at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) annual congress learned on Tuesday.

August 30, 2016

MRI scanners running nonstop at Olympic polyclinic

By Eric Barnes

The Olympic polyclinic inside Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Village -- and especially the imaging suite -- has become wildly popular with athletes and their entourages during the 2016 games, according to an August 11 story in USA Today.

August 11, 2016

RCR survey reveals patients' imaging experiences

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Only 41% of respondents said that a hospital doctor explained x-ray results to them, according to a survey from the Patients Association and the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR). About 29% received details from their general practitioners, while 23% received no explanation at all.

August 2, 2016

11K x-rays 'go unreported' at U.K. hospital group

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A U.K. National Health Service hospital group is coming under fire for allegedly failing to report more than 11,000 x-rays.

August 2, 2016

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