Genitourinary Radiology: Page 9

AR helps transform minimally invasive surgery

By Abraham Kim

A team from a leading London facility has used an augmented reality (AR) headset to examine CT images alongside an endoscopic video of patient anatomy while simulating minimally invasive surgery. The technology led to improved operating times and surgical proficiency.

June 30, 2019

NHS Scotland invests in prostate cancer imaging

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

National Health Service (NHS) Scotland plans to advance prostate cancer care by investing 2 million pounds (2.2 million euros) in PET imaging with the radiopharmaceutical gallium-68 and prostate-specific membrane antigen.

June 11, 2019

New guidance advises about anal sex after prostate cancer

By Erik L. Ridley

New clinical guidance supported by the U.K. Royal College of Radiologists and presented at this week's UK Imaging & Oncology Congress (UKIO) has provided detailed recommendations about when men should abstain from receiving anal sex prior to or after getting tested and treated for prostate cancer.

June 10, 2019

Novel MRI technique diagnoses, monitors kidney fibrosis

By Gregor Skeldon

German researchers have developed a method to image, diagnose, and stage kidney fibrosis. By using an MRI contrast agent specific to elastin, they demonstrated the use of their technique for longitudinal diagnosis and monitoring of patients.

May 16, 2019

Exact Imaging secures CE Mark for abdominal transducer

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Ultrasound technology developer Exact Imaging has received the CE Mark for a new transducer as well as color flow and Doppler capabilities for its ExactVu microultrasound system for urologic imaging and biopsy guidance.

May 6, 2019

Italians use AR to bolster prostate cancer surgery

By Abraham Kim

Italian researchers have used augmented reality (AR) technology to overlay dynamic virtual 3D models based on MRI scans directly onto patient anatomy. In a recent article in European Urology, they found their method to be highly effective for prostate cancer surgery.

May 5, 2019

EAU publishes updated prostate cancer guidelines

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Association of Urology (EAU) has released new guidelines for the management of prostate cancer.

May 1, 2019

ESTRO: U.K. group finds favor with high-dose brachytherapy

By Abraham Kim

In a study presented on Monday at the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) meeting in Milan, U.K. researchers found that a single session of high-dose-rate brachytherapy safely treated prostate cancer in men, proving especially effective in low-risk cases.

April 29, 2019

Can AI help radiologists detect prostate cancer?

By Erik L. Ridley

A team of researchers from the U.S. has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that could enable less-experienced radiologists to better detect prostate cancer on multiparametric MRI. The group reported the findings at the recent IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging in Venice, Italy.

April 17, 2019

Blue Earth's Axumin agent added to EAU guidelines

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Molecular imaging firm Blue Earth Diagnostics said that its Axumin PET imaging agent has been added to the European Association of Urology (EAU) 2019 Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for Prostate Cancer.

April 16, 2019

SPL receives German OK to test Ferrotran MRI contrast

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

SPL Medical of the Netherlands has received approval in Germany to test its Ferrotran (ferumoxtran-10) MRI contrast agent in a clinical trial.

March 25, 2019

Ga-68 PMSA PET/CT tops for prostate cancer recurrence

By Wayne Forrest

PET/CT with the radiopharmaceutical gallium-68 (Ga-68) prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) should be the choice over whole-body-MRI for detecting prostate cancer recurrence after radical prostatectomy, a German group advocates in a study published by the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.

March 24, 2019

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