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Same-day MRI scans boost radiology productivity
By Wayne Forrest
With the right processes in place, requests for same-day MRI scans can be handled more than 90% of the time, resulting in productivity gains and boosting revenue for radiology departments, according to a German study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
September 18, 2011
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Same-day MRI scans boost radiology productivity
By Wayne Forrest
With the right processes in place, requests for same-day MRI scans can be handled more than 90% of the time, resulting in productivity gains and boosting revenue for radiology departments, according to a study in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
September 18, 2011
Toshiba donates Aquilion CT to Kenyan hospital
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems said it has donated and installed a refurbished Aquilion 4 CT system at a Kenyan hospital.
September 14, 2011
Manual offers guide to basic radiology services
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Two nonprofit groups have published a manual on how to implement radiology services in underserved and developing economies.
August 4, 2011
Why 'feminization' of radiology is good news for patients
By Dr. Peter Rinck, PhD
Women in medicine are usually dedicated and have no problems working long days. They are more cautious and avoid unnecessary risks. They also seek help and discuss issues with their colleagues, and seem to be less anxious than men to lose face.
June 19, 2011
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Philips partners with charity on Moscow pediatric unit
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare is partnering with the cancer charity the Grant Life Foundation to provide imaging technology to a new Children's Oncology complex in Moscow, which opened yesterday.
June 1, 2011
Everybody suffers from publishers' thirst for quick profits
By Dr. Peter Rinck, PhD
Publishers are part of the huge apparatus making money from the work and financial input of other people and institutions. As always in business, the middlemen gain, not the authors.
May 17, 2011
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European imaging market to surpass $5.6B by 2017
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
European medical imaging markets are forecasted to exceed $5.6 billion U.S. (3.8 billion euros) by 2017, according to a new report.
April 21, 2011
UCSD student strives to bring US to Uganda
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A fourth-year student at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine will be traveling to Africa in May to try to make medical imaging technology more widely available in low-income countries.
March 28, 2011
Norwegian radiologists face increasing uncertainty, disruption
By Frances Rylands-Monk
Unrest is growing among radiologists and other healthcare professionals over drastic restructuring measures that are having a substantial impact on clinical practice in Norway.
March 24, 2011
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CAD may drive chest DR screening for tuberculosis
By Erik L. Ridley
A prototype computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithm for tuberculosis (TB) developed by Dutch researchers performed well in a pilot study, offering hope that the software could enable the use of chest digital radiography (DR) to screen for TB in areas with a high burden of the disease but not many skilled readers.
January 4, 2011
Access trumps sophistication in bid to bring CT to Africa
By Eric Barnes
A new program called CT for Africa aims to address global disparities in access to healthcare by making advanced imaging technology such as CT available in developing countries. The firm that launched the program, GE Healthcare, is delivering low-cost CT units to areas that previously only had access to radiography.
November 3, 2010
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