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ECR 2009
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March 7, 2009
ECR 2009
Rebecca Haines, director of publications at the American Roentgen Ray Society, discusses the association's international activities.
March 7, 2009
ECR 2009
Parked outside Austria Center Vienna for the duration of ECR, Mammobiel is the first mobile mammography van in Belgium with full-field digital mammography technology. The van is operated by University Hospital Brussels.
March 7, 2009
European hospitals must do more with less
By Rob Skelding
VIENNA - An aging population and falling government healthcare budgets are forcing hospital administrators to figure out how to improve the performance of their facilities with fewer resources, according to a presentation at the 2009 European Congress of Radiology.
March 7, 2009
Diabetes renders coronary CTA more difficult, less successful
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - Diabetic patients have smaller vessels and larger coronary artery calcifications than nondiabetics, a combination that reduces the utility of coronary CT angiography (CTA), according to a new study from Italy.
March 7, 2009
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Ultrasound, MRI perform well in dense breasts
By Erik L. Ridley
VIENNA - Adjunctive use of ultrasound in dense breasts can lead to a significant increase in breast cancer detection, according to a large-scale trial reported Sunday at the European Congress of Radiology. But another presentation found that MRI mammography did even better.
March 7, 2009
Lean management plays key role in new hospital design
By Rob Skelding
VIENNA - Few healthcare administrators ever get the opportunity to entirely rebuild their radiology department from the ground up. But administrators in Canada got just such a chance, and they shared their experiences in a presentation at this week's European Congress of Radiology.
March 7, 2009
Toshiba launches Viamo ultrasound scanner
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
VIENNA - Toshiba Medical Systems Europe is launching a new portable ultrasound scanner, called Viamo, at this week's European Congress of Radiology.
March 7, 2009
Bracco revisits plans for U.S. launch of SonoVue
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
VIENNA - Italian contrast firm Bracco Imaging is reviving plans to launch its SonoVue contrast agent in the U.S. The Milan firm plans to sponsor a multicenter clinical trial this year to collect data for a regulatory submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
March 7, 2009
3D CT detection of perfusion defects mirrors SPECT
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - Three-dimensional images from normal coronary CT angiography scans are highly sensitive for detecting fixed perfusion defects compared to myocardial SPECT. A special reconstruction technique performed with customized software does the job without the need for additional radiation or contrast.
March 7, 2009
ECR 2009
Vienna residents (and maybe a few ECR 2009 attendees) enjoy ice skating by the Rathaus, Vienna's town hall.
March 6, 2009
ECR 2009
Dr. Xiaoyuan Feng, president of the Chinese Society of Radiology, discusses upcoming congresses in China.
March 6, 2009
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