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Swedish group investigates how AI can enhance breast screening

By Erik L. Ridley

Artificial intelligence (AI) has drawn significant interest lately for its potential to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of breast cancer screening programs. Researchers from Sweden are putting that idea to the test in a large randomized prospective trial that will enroll 100,000 women.

May 19, 2021

Gleamer highlights AI study in Radiology

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

French radiology artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Gleamer is highlighting a study in Radiology that shows its BoneView software aided in lowering the false-negative rate of undetected fractures by 30%.

May 18, 2021

Philips unveils image-guided therapy products at EuroPCR

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Royal Philips is highlighting a number of image-guided therapy technologies at this week's EuroPCR 2021 meeting, including its IntraSight Mobile interventional applications platform.

May 18, 2021

When are cerebral aneurysm clips 100% safe for MRI exams?

By Philip Ward

In daily practice, it's often not known which type of cerebral aneurysm clip was implanted in a patient, and ferromagnetic-type clips were used until the late 1990s. The Dutch Association of Medical Specialists has now written a guideline for developing a local policy to safely perform MRI in these patients.

May 18, 2021

Bracco partners with Italian hospitals on COVID archive

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Bracco Imaging and partners in Italy have released a large dataset of chest x-rays from COVID-19 patients to facilitate the development of artificial intelligence algorithms.

May 18, 2021

Oxbridge team collects top award for 7T study of long COVID

By Philip Ward

Researchers from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, U.K., have developed a protocol for proton MR spectroscopy for evaluating brainstem function in patients recovering from COVID-19. They received a magna cum laude award at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine annual congress.

May 17, 2021

Ransomware attack leaves Irish radiology reeling after IT shutdown

By Philip Ward

Radiologists across Ireland are battling hard to deliver services to patients after a ransomware attack led to the closure of many computer systems on Friday. The major disruption looks set to last for several days.

May 16, 2021

Trauma imaging volume falls sharply in pandemic in Germany

COVID-19 restrictions have led to a significant decline in trauma injuries that require imaging, says Prof. Dr. Michael Lell from Nuremberg, Germany, in a Q&A interview. For night-duty CT scans of the midface, the fall has been around 35%.

May 16, 2021

High-resolution MRI illuminates fetal white-matter tracts

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Using high-resolution MRI, a team of U.K. researchers has visualized white-matter tracts in fetuses, according to a study published on 12 May in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America.

May 13, 2021

Rural health funding receives a boost in Australia

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Australian 2021-2022 federal budget includes a boost for rural general practitioners, according to a report posted on 12 May by the Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC).

May 13, 2021

Signs of early cardiac damage boosts risk of death in COVID cases

By Amerigo Allegretto

Researchers from London and Wuhan, China, have found that first-phase ejection fraction on echocardiography scans was strongly associated with survival in COVID-19. The measurement seems to reflect a connection between COVID-19 severity and preexisting preclinical heart failure.

May 13, 2021

Zap announces Swiss installation of brain tumor system

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Zap Surgical Systems announced that its new Zap-X gyroscopic radiosurgery platform for the treatment of brain tumors will be installed at a center in Switzerland.

May 13, 2021

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