Musculoskeletal Radiology: Page 29

Germans support single-source dual-energy CT for gout

By Rebekah Moan

Good news: In patients with gouty arthritis, single-source dual-energy CT has good sensitivity and high specificity to detect uric acid depositions, obviating the need for digital radiography or conventional CT, German researchers have found.

August 18, 2016

1,000th scan performed at Rio 2016 polyclinic

By Philip Ward

As the Olympic flame continues to burn brightly in Rio de Janeiro, the 1,000th imaging exam was performed at the Olympics yesterday. An impressive 610 MRI scans were carried out on the first 12 days of the games, surpassing the total number completed throughout London 2012.

August 16, 2016

MRI scanners running nonstop at Olympic polyclinic

By Eric Barnes

The Olympic polyclinic inside Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Village -- and especially the imaging suite -- has become wildly popular with athletes and their entourages during the 2016 games, according to an August 11 story in USA Today.

August 11, 2016

3D imaging helps diagnose 1.7-million-year-old cancer

By Heather Hokenson

Cancer is often thought to be a product of modern times and lifestyles, but researchers have discovered what they believe is the earliest case of malignancy -- in a fossil from an early human ancestor who lived about 1.7 million years ago. The key to diagnosing this ancient cancer was advanced 3D imaging technology.

August 10, 2016

7 top tips for reporting cervical spine CT

By Philip Ward

To help eliminate mistakes by radiology trainees reporting out-of-hours cervical spine trauma CT scans, it's crucial to bear in mind seven key learning points, U.K. researchers reported at the 2016 congress of the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology.

August 8, 2016

MRI may not be needed to diagnose skier's thumb in ER

By Rebekah Moan

Skier's thumb can be diagnosed based solely on clinical findings by residents in the emergency room (ER) when instructed correctly. Additional imaging such as MRI should only be employed in cases when the physical exam remains inconclusive, according to research from the Netherlands published on 21 July in the European Journal of Radiology.

August 4, 2016

Rio 2016 polyclinic opens its doors

By Philip Ward

The Rio Olympics begin on Friday. Two MRI systems, plus three digital x-ray and four ultrasound units, will be housed in the 3,500-sq-m polyclinic, which stays open until 18 September. We take a peep inside the building.

August 2, 2016

Toshiba launches U.K. sports medicine partnership

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Toshiba Medical Systems has launched a partnership with the Tessa Sanderson Foundation and Academy of London and two sports medicine centers in the U.K.

July 31, 2016

EOS partners with French firm

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Orthopedic digital imaging developer EOS Imaging has signed a partnership agreement with French firm Anatoscope to combine that company's virtual patient models with EOS Imaging's 2D/3D images and datasets.

July 21, 2016

Use MRI for athletes' acute groin pain, study finds

By Rebekah Moan

As the Rio Olympics loom large, imaging of athletes is on the mind. A new study finds an MRI-based assessment approach for acute groin injuries shows good intra- and interrater reproducibility and may help improve clinician's confidence in scoring of these injuries.

July 14, 2016

EOS revenues surge in second quarter

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

An increase in system sales helped propel orthopedic digital imaging developer EOS Imaging to a 28% increase in revenue in its second quarter.

July 12, 2016

JFR 2016 to include focus on sports imaging

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The annual congress of the French Radiological Society (SFR), les Journées Francophones de Radiologie (JFR), will include a special focus on sports imaging, featuring nine sessions on different aspects of the subspecialty, the organization has announced.

July 10, 2016

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