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Heavy investments enable Turkey to shine

By Frances Rylands-Monk

Turkey is now leading the way in several areas of radiology. In Sunday's host session, "Turkey welcomes ECR," key figures from the country's community of radiologists provided delegates with a snapshot of their work, notably functional brain MRI, percutaneous treatment of liver hydatid cysts, and advanced hepatopancreaticobiliary imaging.

March 7, 2015

Automated perfusion mapping falls short in stroke

By Eric Barnes

VIENNA - Automatically generated color CT perfusion maps have a role in the emergency care of ischemic stroke patients, but they are less accurate than manually generated maps, according to research presented at ECR 2015.

March 7, 2015

Radiation dose and CT: What really are the essentials?

By Cynthia E. Keen

Patient dose estimates represent a dilemma. Although there has been a significant amount of research regarding patient dose assessment, international consensus has not yet been reached and further improvements are needed, according to an ECR 2015 presentation on Sunday by Dr. Willi Kalender, PhD.

March 7, 2015

Poster

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March 7, 2015

Vigilant planning aids radiation dose tracking

By Erik L. Ridley

VIENNA - Radiation dose tracking software can provide many benefits, but it's important to be aware of some key issues to yield meaningful evaluation and optimization of patient dose from CT studies, according to a Saturday presentation at ECR 2015.

March 6, 2015

Double-read DBT + digital mammo drops recall rates

By Rebekah Moan

VIENNA - Double reading of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) plus digital mammography reduces the recall rate by 40% when compared with digital mammography alone, Italian researchers reported at ECR 2015.

March 6, 2015