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Brussels team shares experiences of COVID-19 imaging

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The low-to-moderate specificity of the chest CT scan can be partly explained by initial false-negative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction tests in COVID-19 patients, according to Belgian radiologists.

February 14, 2021

U.K. team backs shorter MRI exam for prostate cancer screening

By Kate Madden Yee

A research team from Imperial College London has reported that a short, biparametric MRI protocol without contrast detected twice as many clinically significant prostate cancers compared with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing. The authors published their results on 11 February in JAMA Oncology.

February 14, 2021

Dutch parliament supports MRI screening for dense breasts

By Frances Rylands-Monk

The second chamber of the Dutch parliament has voted unanimously in favor of women with dense breast tissue undergoing MRI exams as part of the national screening program, following lively debate between radiologists and politicians over recent weeks.

February 10, 2021

Deep learning provides boost for detection of aortic valve calcium

By Erik L. Ridley

Researchers have found that their artificial intelligence model was highly accurate for automatically detecting and quantifying aortic valve calcium on cardiac CT, outperforming radiologist assessments in severe cases.

February 9, 2021

RadQual signs distribution deal with LEA

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radioisotope manufacturer International Isotope's RadQual nuclear medicine quality-control subsidiary has signed a North American licensing agreement with French calibration equipment provider Laboratoire d'Etalons d'Activite (LEA).

February 8, 2021

Third Opinion AI reveals advances in COVID-19 pneumonia

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Russian-based Third Opinion AI has trained a neural network to detect the signs of pneumonia caused by COVID-19 with low-dose CT, according to a presentation at the OpenTalks.AI conference, held from 3 to 5 February.

February 8, 2021

U.K. issues best practice statement on brain tumor imaging

By Philip Ward

A U.K. position statement published on 9 February has highlighted evidence gaps for routine follow-up brain tumor imaging. The authors hope it will pave the way for progress in evidence-based imaging.

February 8, 2021

Dutch experts lock horns over MRI's screening role in dense breasts

By Frances Rylands-Monk

The heated debate over the pros and cons of contrast-enhanced mammography and MRI for screening women with dense breast tissue has resurfaced in the Netherlands, with parliament scheduled to vote on the use of MRI as a screening tool.

February 8, 2021

Investigation finds diagnostic delay caused patient's death

By Philip Ward

A serious incident report issued by a U.K. hospital group has found that the root cause of a woman's death in May 2020 was a delay in diagnosing her lung cancer following the results of a CT scan, according to two local newspaper articles.

February 8, 2021

EANM launches extremity dose survey

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) has launched a survey to explore how different European countries use nuclear medicine extremity dose guidelines and dosimeters.

February 7, 2021

Danish study shows outdoor work reduces risk of breast cancer

By Theresa Pablos

Working outdoors in sectors like agriculture may come with the benefit of a lower risk of breast cancer for women over 50, according to research published on 1 February in Occupational & Environmental Medicine.

February 7, 2021

Berlin's mobile stroke initiative gathers momentum

By Kate Madden Yee

Stroke ambulances shorten the time to treatment, increase thrombolysis rates, and improve prehospital triage, German researchers reported in JAMA on 2 February. Mobile units can treat more patients with acute ischemic stroke and boost outcomes, they say.

February 4, 2021

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