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ESR announces its general assembly date
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European Society of Radiology (ESR) announced that it will hold its fifth general assembly on Monday, 5 March 2012, at the Austria Center Vienna during its annual congress, which runs from 1 to 5 March.
December 5, 2011
New society represents forensic radiology
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
An international group of forensic pathologists, radiologists, radiographers, and surveying engineers has established the International Society of Forensic Radiology and Imaging.
November 28, 2011
ESC delves into guidelines after research scandal
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Dr. Don Poldermans, PhD, was dismissed by the Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands on 16 November following an academic inquiry into his research methods, and now the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is investigating clinical guidelines he worked on.
November 22, 2011
Industry leaders gather at HIMSS Europe summit
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Healthcare Information Management Systems Society Europe (HIMSS) CIO Summit under way in Geneva this week reached sell-out capacity, with 150 hospital IT directors and executives in attendance.
November 22, 2011
Off-label use merits attention in interventional radiology
By Cynthia E. Keen
A weeklong audit of interventional radiology procedures conducted in Liverpool, U.K., showed that off-label use of drugs and medical devices were used in more than 80% of the performed procedures. The researchers published their findings online in Clinical Radiology.
November 9, 2011
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MRI reception in Brussels to discuss EU directive
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Alliance for MRI will hold a reception at the European Parliament in Brussels on 8 November.
November 2, 2011
Budapest meeting gets revamped
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European Association of Echocardiography has changed the name of its annual meeting, being held in Budapest, Hungary, from 7 to 10 December, to EuroEcho and Other Imaging Modalities.
October 23, 2011
Patient care looks set to take center stage at JFR
By Frances Rylands-Monk
The French national radiology congress, JFR, starts in Paris on 21 October. We interviewed Dr. Sylvia Neuenschwander, president of the French Society of Radiology, about her hopes and plans for this important meeting.
October 12, 2011
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COCIR supports software harmonization
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
As pressure grows to harmonize global approaches for regulating medical software, representatives of leading European standards organizations and industry trade associations have met in Brussels to discuss the benefits of aligning standards with regulations on medical software.
October 11, 2011
ESR focuses attention on personalized medicine
By Philip Ward
The era of personalized medicine has major implications for medical imaging and will bring considerable changes in the years ahead, predicts a European Society of Radiology (ESR) white paper. Find out more in our news report.
October 11, 2011
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Study: CT calcium screening cost-effective only in men
By Eric Barnes
CT-based coronary artery calcium screening in individuals at intermediate risk of heart disease is probably cost-effective for men but not women, according to an extensive new study from the Netherlands.
October 11, 2011
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Spain health service chokes as austerity tightens
By Reuters Health
MADRID (Reuters) - Medical suppliers haven't been paid for as much as two years, emergency rooms have been shut down, and doctors in Catalonia have been told to accept a pay cut or 1,500 medical residents will lose their jobs.
October 10, 2011
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