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How can you reduce radiation dose from frequent imaging?
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The International Atomic Energy Agency is focusing attention on how to minimize radiation-related risks for patients who need frequent medical imaging.
October 26, 2020
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Dynamic PET edges closer to clinical prime time
By Frances Rylands-Monk
Dynamic whole-body PET is evolving fast and showing considerable clinical promise, a leading French molecular imaging expert told the opening plenary session at the annual congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine. The technique is benefiting from artificial intelligence-based assistance to simplify the challenging and time-consuming tasks associated with the acquisition and analysis of data.
October 26, 2020
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Hologic ships 3DQuorum workflow in Europe
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Women's imaging vendor Hologic has announced the commercial launch in Europe of 3DQuorum, a new tool for reconstructing digital breast tomosynthesis scans that's designed to improve workflow.
October 25, 2020
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What effect does fatigue have on reading breast scans?
By Philip Ward
U.K. researchers have found that increased blinking -- often a key indicator of visual fatigue -- occurs after examining 20 digital breast tomosynthesis cases. Taking a break after 20 reports may help to eliminate mistakes, they suggest.
October 25, 2020
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Italian team reports new data on COVID-19 tests
By Theresa Pablos
A group of emergency physicians from Turin, Italy, have used the point-of-care lung ultrasound scan findings and clinical symptoms of more than 200 patients to highlight patients with false-negative COVID-19 test results.
October 25, 2020
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French study supports spectral CT for COVID-19 assessment
By Kate Madden Yee
A team from France has found spectral CT can improve detection of early-stage COVID-19 disease and lead to better visualization of pulmonary lesions compared with conventional CT. They published their results on 21 October in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
October 22, 2020
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MIM Software receives CE Mark for SPECT software
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Medical imaging software developer MIM Software announced it has received the CE Mark for its quantitative SPECT reconstruction software SPECTRA Quant and vendor-neutral SPECT reconstruction method SPECTRA Recon.
October 20, 2020
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QC failure halts Mo-99 supply in Australia
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The failure of a batch of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) to pass a quality control (QC) inspection has caused an interruption in nuclear medicine procedures in Australia, according to an article published on 21 October in the Guardian.
October 20, 2020
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PET moves ahead in detection of hypoxic tumors
By Marric Stephens
Researchers have used PET to provide a new way to diagnose hypoxia in tumors. They demonstrated that signs of tumor hypoxia can be spotted among the gamma rays collected routinely during a PET scan, providing clinicians with extra information to guide treatment decisions.
October 20, 2020
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Patient dies after mix-up over CT scan
By Philip Ward
An inquest has heard a 28-year-old man with a heart disorder and chest pain died two days after a doctor at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn, U.K., viewed the wrong CT scan and sent him home. The radiology department has now changed its procedures and will soon upgrade the PACS, according to a report posted on 19 October by BBC News.
October 19, 2020
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Lessons from COVID-19 front line: What can we learn?
By Frances Rylands-Monk
Gaining a more complete knowledge of COVID-19 and the value of imaging in these cases -- along with the need to reorganize services, protect staff, and cope with the impact on non-COVID-19 pathologies -- are among the main lessons radiology must learn during the pandemic, according to a senior French radiologist.
October 19, 2020
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Women express caution about trusting breast AI
By Erik L. Ridley
A research group from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands surveyed more than 900 Dutch women in April 2020 to gauge their attitudes on using artificial intelligence (AI) for interpretation of screening mammograms. Over 75% of women didn't approve of standalone use of AI without a radiologist.
October 18, 2020
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