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Champions League helps shed light on muscle injuries

By Philip Ward

How long will my player be out of action? That's the burning question posed by football managers, and often the radiologist is the only person who can provide the decisive answer. Important lessons can be learned here from the experiences of Europe's top competition, believes Dr. Justin Lee from London.

September 17, 2013

MRI rules supreme on elbow pain at London Olympics

By Philip Ward

It's official: MRI was the overwhelming winner when it came to elbow investigations on competitors at the 2012 Olympic Games. Also, most elbow injuries occurred in power and combat sports such as judo, boxing, wrestling, and weightlifting, according to one of the first peer-reviewed, scientific articles about the games.

August 6, 2013

Le Tour de France: Imaging cycling's elite

By Frances Rylands-Monk

For the first time, cyclists at this year's Tour de France benefited from a mobile medical and imaging unit that allowed doctors to diagnose and treat participants quickly. In total, 40 cyclists and 50 volunteer helpers underwent imaging during the arduous three-week event in July.

August 6, 2013

FDG-PET, DWI-MRI help predict osteosarcoma chemo response

By Wayne Forrest

Combining FDG-PET/CT and diffusion-weighed MRI (DWI-MRI) may be useful for predicting the histologic response of osteosarcoma to neoadjuvant chemotherapy, according to a study published in the July issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

July 24, 2013

Half dose of MRI contrast feasible for rheumatoid arthritis

By Wayne Forrest

A half dose of the MRI contrast agent gadobenate dimeglumine provides just as much relevant diagnostic information as a full dose in 3-tesla imaging of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis, according to an Austrian study published in the July issue of Radiology.

July 14, 2013

Lower limb DEXA analysis can boost bone densitometry

By Tami Freeman, PhD

Dual x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) is typically used to measure bone mineral density at the spine or hip to diagnose osteoporosis. But some conditions alter bone density at other skeletal sites, leading to increased fracture risk that's not reflected by standard DEXA measurements. U.K. researchers are now using lower limb DEXA analysis to extend the applications of bone densitometry.

July 11, 2013

Esaote wins Indian G-scan installation

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals of New Delhi, India, has installed one of Esaote's G-scan MRI scanners.

July 10, 2013

NaF-PET/CT beats scintigraphy, SPECT/CT for bone metastases

By Wayne Forrest

Sodium fluoride (NaF) PET/CT provides greater sensitivity and specificity for the detection of bone metastases than planar bone scintigraphy and SPECT/CT, according to a new pilot study from Copenhagen University Hospital.

July 7, 2013

Better patient positioning cuts dose in x-ray of spine

By Rebekah Moan

Patients lying supine for lateral lumbar spine examinations will receive a higher x-ray dose under single automatic exposure control and without tube potential change than if they had been lying on their side, U.K. researchers have found.

May 15, 2013

Sectra completes osteoporosis deal with Argenteuil

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Healthcare IT firm Sectra has provided its OneScreen online bone health assessment service to Argenteuil, a public hospital outside of Paris.

May 14, 2013

Adolescent woes: MRI illuminates ACL tears

By Philip Ward

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are not isolated events, but only the most obvious sign of a complex knee injury involving multiple structures. Awareness of the broad spectrum of MRI appearances at common sites of associated injury is vital, according to a multinational group of musculoskeletal experts.

May 12, 2013

Davos group offers 3 global training courses

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The International Diagnostic Course Davos is offering three training courses this spring, the organization announced.

March 12, 2013

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