Body Imaging: Page 38

CT software enables custom-made shoulder implants

By Eric Barnes

Researchers in Austria are using CT to create perfect copies of patients' shoulder joints to replace their own worn-out parts. The research project shows how 3D models and special mathematical methods can be used to improve the design and integration of implants on an individual-patient basis.

May 14, 2012

Lumbar spine scanning tops for MRI at Newcastle Clinic

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Lumbar spine scans generate more than 25% of monthly MRI procedures at Newcastle Clinic, a private clinic in the U.K. that operates an open MRI scanner.

May 9, 2012

Tiger scan: Carestream lends CR to Portugal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Carestream Health and Jardim Zoológico in Lisbon have joined forces to perform an arthrodesis operation on the shoulder of a Sumatran tiger.

April 29, 2012

Paleoradiology: CT reveals mummy secrets to the world

By Cynthia E. Keen

It's not every day that a radiology department has the opportunity to evaluate the health of a 2,000-year-old mummy, but thanks to collaboration by an international team of museum specialists, radiologists, and 3D visualization experts, an enshrouded mummy has revealed its secrets.

April 22, 2012

Experts unveil musculoskeletal ultrasound guidelines

By Cynthia E. Keen

As the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound accelerates, due in part to the wider availability of handheld and portable units and the growth of image fusion, European specialists led by Dr. Andrea Klauser have developed new guidelines to inform physicians and sonographers about its appropriate clinical applications.

April 16, 2012

'Therapeutic ultrasound' shows bone stress injuries

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - So-called therapeutic ultrasound, commonly used to treat soft-tissue injuries, can be an alternative to MRI for detecting bone stress injuries, according to a U.K. research team.

March 29, 2012

O'Connor's squad gets set for imaging the 2012 Olympics

By Becky McCall

The head of the musculoskeletal (MSK) medical imaging service for this summer's Olympic Games aims to set new standards in sports radiology. Dr. Phil O'Connor, consultant MSK radiologist from Leeds, U.K., says he hopes it will become the benchmark against which future Olympic medical services are compared.

March 13, 2012

Planmeca to support world hockey event

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Planmeca Group will provide a Planmed Verity conebeam CT extremity scanner from its Planmed subsidiary, along with a Planmeca Compact i dental care unit, for the upcoming Ice Hockey World Championships in Helsinki.

March 11, 2012

Spanish team collects top ECR prize for MSK research

By Philip Ward

Calcaneal fractures are subtle injuries that require an urgent diagnosis because they can have long-term disabling consequences if not treated early, Spanish musculoskeletal (MSK) experts stated in a top award-winning e-poster at last week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR).

March 11, 2012

Expert view on implants and MRI; shocking news on ablation; teleradiology's future

By Philip Ward

The breast implant scandal looks set to impose a huge strain on MRI services in Europe over the coming months. The modality is recognized as the best way to assess patients postprocedure, and many of the hundreds of thousands of women who have received defective Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) implants may well require an MRI examination.

March 6, 2012

Whole-body MRI feasible for stage III melanoma follow-up

By Erik L. Ridley

VIENNA - Except for in the lungs, whole-body MRI can perform comparably to CT or PET/CT for following up stage III melanoma patients, according to a presentation on Sunday at the European Congress of Radiology.

March 3, 2012

Modality choice poses difficulties in hip joint replacement

By Rebekah Moan

VIENNA - Total hip arthroplasty is one of the most effective and rapidly growing orthopedic reconstruction procedures. This means radiologists can expect to see many more hip prosthesis failures over the coming years, but deciding which imaging modality to use to detect them remains problematic.

March 3, 2012

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