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Elsevier launches forensic radiology journal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Medical and scientific journal publisher Elsevier has launched the Journal of Forensic Radiology and Imaging, with its first issue dated January 2013.

February 10, 2013

Guidelines address nonsurgical stroke intervention

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Society of Interventional Radiology and several other medical societies have teamed to release new guidelines for interventional treatment of acute ischemic stroke.

February 5, 2013

Guidelines address nonsurgical stroke intervention

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Society of Interventional Radiology and several other medical societies have teamed to release new guidelines for interventional treatment of acute ischemic stroke.

February 5, 2013

Local volunteers fill breast cancer screening gap in Sudan

By Rebekah Moan

Due to limited access to mammography, researchers developed a breast screening program in Sudan that relied on clinical breast exams and self-examination. The inexpensive program used local volunteers and resulted in earlier detection of breast cancer compared with when no screening takes place.

January 31, 2013

IHE plans worldwide summit

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) will host its first annual IHE International World Summit on April 16 through 18 in Istanbul.

January 29, 2013

Options abound for mobile applications in radiology

By Erik L. Ridley

As long as they have an iPhone or iPad, imaging practitioners have plenty of quality radiology-oriented apps to choose from. Users of smartphones and tablets based on other operating systems currently face a more limited selection, however, according to an article published online in the European Journal of Radiology.

January 20, 2013

Dr. Philip Palmer, pioneering radiologist in Africa, dies

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Dr. Philip E.S. Palmer, a pioneer in promoting the use of radiology and radiation therapy in Africa and developing countries, died on January 3 at the age of 91. He was an adviser to the World Health Organization for 30 years, and was the first recipient of the International Society of Radiology's Beclere Medal.

January 14, 2013

ACR donates film to Curie Museum in Paris

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The American College of Radiology (ACR) said it has donated to the Curie Museum in Paris a film of Marie Curie receiving the ACR Gold Medal in 1931. The film has been stored in the ACR archives for 81 years.

January 9, 2013

COCIR welcomes EC e-health plan

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical, and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR) has endorsed an e-health action plan published this month by the European Commission (EC).

December 23, 2012

Philips signs partnership with Southern Denmark region

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare has signed an agreement with Region of Southern Denmark to explore joint business opportunities by opening a research and design office in Odense in 2013.

December 20, 2012

IHE publishes new radiology white papers

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) Radiology Technical Committee has published two new white papers this week, one on the subject of management of report templates and the other defining cross-enterprise screening mammography workflow.

December 20, 2012

European vote paves the way for continued use of clinical MRI

By Philip Ward

After several years of uncertainty and deliberation over the regulations affecting MRI, a European Parliament committee voted on Thursday to exempt workers who deal with MRI from exposure limits contained in the Directive on Protecting Workers from Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields.

December 5, 2012

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