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CIRSE: Interventional radiology can help diabetes patients

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Interventional radiology is playing a more significant role in improving the quality of life for people with diabetes, according to several speakers at the recent Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) annual congress in Glasgow, Scotland.

October 13, 2014

New condensed JFR format faces acid test

By Frances Rylands-Monk

The French national congress of radiology, JFR 2014, begins in Paris on Friday and will take place over only four days, instead of the usual five. Emergency diagnostic and interventional imaging are the central themes of the congress.

October 12, 2014

RSNA to show x-ray 'nature scenes' by Dutch medical physicist

By Nicole Pettit

What happens if you combine x-rays, creatures large and small, and a diorama? You get a "biorama," as Dutch medical physicist and artist Arie van 't Riet, PhD, has termed his images. His artwork will be shown at the upcoming RSNA 2014 annual meeting in Chicago.

October 12, 2014

DRG unveils workshops on clinical research

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The German Radiological Society (DRG) is organizing a third "Researchers for the Future" (FFZ) season in cooperation with the Academy for Further Training in Radiology.

October 5, 2014

ESOR extends breast fellowship to U.S.

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European School of Radiology (ESOR) and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York will jointly offer a breast imaging fellowship in the U.S. with a new deadline of 10 October.

September 30, 2014

Radiographers' fury grows as strike looms large in U.K.

By Frances Rylands-Monk

The result of a ballot on industrial action sent to all members of the U.K. radiographer society working in the National Health Service is expected by Friday. The outcome will determine what action to take over the three-year pay freeze announced in May, and officials don't seem in the mood for compromise.

September 30, 2014

Germans focus on pediatric dose, as crisis deepens

A special session on radiation protection was a highlight at the recent annual meeting of the German Society for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. It reflected mounting concerns over dose, but also highlighted the crisis facing pediatric radiology.

September 30, 2014

COCIR offers recommendations for EU institutions

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical, and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR) has released six recommendations for EU institutions and member states.

September 29, 2014

RCR offers travel grants for ECR 2015

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Six travel awards totaling 250 pounds (320 euros) each are available for travel to the 2015 ECR to members of the faculty of clinical radiology of the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR), the college said.

September 28, 2014

Roentgen Museum opens interactive cardiac exhibit

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The German Roentgen Museum in Remscheid, Germany, has opened an interactive exhibition on the heart that continues until 1 March, 2015.

September 28, 2014

International Day of Radiology to focus on brain imaging

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Society of Radiology (ESR), American College of Radiology (ACR), and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) have decided that brain imaging and radiology's role in diagnosing and treating brain diseases will be the focus of the International Day of Radiology.

September 25, 2014

Irish radiology department finds it's not easy being green

By Kate Madden Yee

A new survey found that radiology staff members at a hospital in Dublin were reluctant to take simple actions that could save thousands of euros in energy costs. Administrators may therefore need to take more extreme actions, such as programming computers to automatically go into sleep mode overnight, to wring out cost savings.

September 25, 2014

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