Medical, Legal, and Practice: Page 169

Merge expands Fysicon partnership
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare is extending its software relationship with Fysicon, based in Oss, the Netherlands.
March 13, 2011
ECR attendance rises by 5%, breaks 20K
By Rebekah Moan
Attendance at this year's European Congress of Radiology (ECR) grew by 5.3% and crossed the 20,000 mark, according to congress organizers. This year's attendance was 20,120, compared with 19,100 last year.
March 10, 2011
Infinitt expands into U.K. PACS market
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
RIS/PACS vendor Infinitt has signed a three-year contract extension with the Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the U.K.
March 9, 2011
Imagers strive to come to terms with age old clinical problems
By Frances Rylands-Monk
VIENNA - A declining birth rate and an increasing elderly population have resulted in new socioeconomic and healthcare problems. Physicians are confronted with complex clinical scenarios arising from this situation, according to a presentation at Sunday's European Congress of Radiology.
March 8, 2011
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Swedish krona affects Sectra's Q3
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The performance of the Swedish krona negatively affected the earnings of PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra in its third fiscal quarter of 2011.
March 7, 2011
Dutch study finds few medicolegal claims from mammo screening
By Erik L. Ridley
VIENNA - While a 10-year review at a Netherlands breast cancer screening program discovered only three medicolegal cases stemming from screening mammography, it also identified opportunities for improvement, according to a study presented Monday at the European Congress of Radiology.
March 6, 2011
Moving image data beyond radiology promises to transform working practices
By Philip Ward
Better and faster imaging techniques enable more accurate diagnoses with less risk. They also mean a change from static to dynamic information, requiring new expertise from radiologists, according to a refresher course Monday at the European Congress of Radiology.
March 6, 2011
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CT, MR make rapid, sustained progress in brain perfusion
By Philip Ward
Perfusion imaging is proving increasingly useful for analyzing the biological behavior of central nervous system diseases, particularly the hemodynamic features. Qualitative and quantitative information can now be acquired for evaluating pathoanatomical structures, and pathophysiological changes of the lesions.
March 6, 2011
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Hot topic of radiological reports draws the ECR crowds
By Mélisande Rouger and Erik Ridley
VIENNA - Abnormal reporting is the principal cause of lawsuits against radiologists. As they search for the best way to protect themselves, radiologists have been left wondering what form their reports should take. Experts echoed these concerns in a jam-packed session Saturday at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 5, 2011
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To err is human, to learn from that error is vital
By Frances Rylands-Monk
VIENNA - Mistakes that have an impact on patient management often stem from problems of perception, and lack of background clinical information is frequently due to communication issues, delegates heard at the European Congress of Radiology's packed Special Focus Session on Saturday.
March 5, 2011
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Act now to avoid defeat in turf battles
By Philip Ward
VIENNA - The wider recognition of interventional radiology as a separate specialty, along with a far more rigorous approach to training and accreditation, is vital to stave off looming turf battles with other healthcare professionals, according to a Saturday presentation at the European Congress of Radiology.
March 5, 2011
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MR images of edema can assess pathology response to chemo
By Wayne Forrest
VIENNA - Using conventional T1-weighted dynamic MRI to evaluate edema in breast cancer patients, radiologists and physicians can accurately assess pathology response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, according to a study presented Sunday at the European Congress of Radiology.
March 5, 2011
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