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Screening saves lives of women with high-risk tumors
By Theresa Pablos
Women with high-risk breast tumors had more than double the chance of distant cancer spread if their cancer was interval detected rather than found on screening mammography, according to research presented on October 3 at the 2020 European Breast Cancer Conference.
October 7, 2020
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SERAM posts tribute to Cristina Corbella Sala
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Spanish Society of Medical Radiology (SERAM) has posted a tribute to Dr. Cristina Corbella Sala, a neuroradiologist at Mútua Terrassa University Hospital, near Barcelona. She died recently in her early 50s.
October 6, 2020
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Thirona licenses patent for cystic fibrosis AI software
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Dutch artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Thirona said it has exclusively licensed a patent that will enable development of an automated method for detecting and quantifying the extent of lung disease on CT scans in patients with cystic fibrosis.
October 5, 2020
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Space, the final frontier: France embarks on new mission
By Frances Rylands-Monk
The French society of radiology and the country's national center for space exploration have signed a partnership, delegates learned at the French national radiology congress on 4 October. The aim is to develop imaging solutions to be sent on space flights and to collaborate on image collection and optimization, teleradiology, and training of astronauts.
October 5, 2020
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Moscow PET facilities make change to prostate scans
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Providers of PET services in Moscow have started using a radiopharmaceutical agent, F-18 prostate-specific membrane antigen, for a more accurate diagnosis of prostate cancer, according to a statement issued by the Research and Practical Clinical Center of Diagnostics and Telemedicine Technologies in Russia.
October 4, 2020
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Mobile x-ray units expand in Sweden
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Medical technology company Solutions for Tomorrow has joined forces with the Kamprad Foundation to bring mobile x-ray imaging to patients in Sweden, specifically the elderly.
October 4, 2020
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SyntheticMR, GE extend collaboration to neuro MRI
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
SyntheticMR has signed an agreement with GE Healthcare that will extend the firm's SyMRI software into neuroimaging applications.
October 4, 2020
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3 ways COVID-19 is transforming breast cancer care
By Theresa Pablos
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a negative effect on breast cancer care, according to a panel held on 3 October at the 2020 European Breast Cancer Conference. Speakers presented evidence that the pandemic is leading to less breast screening and fewer quality-of-life-enhancing procedures.
October 4, 2020
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Breast study sheds light on detection of high-risk cancers
By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD
Breast cancers that are detected in the interval between national screening program mammograms have a worse prognosis than those detected at the time of a screening, even if they have the same biology, researchers from the Netherlands reported at the 12th European Breast Cancer Conference on 3 October.
October 4, 2020
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Sardanelli's group gives verdict on breast screening
By Theresa Pablos
The influential Milan-based research group headed by Prof. Francesco Sardanelli has provided new analysis that screening mammography will be vital to preventing breast cancer deaths, even in the age of precision medicine. The team published its work on 25 September in Insights into Imaging.
October 1, 2020
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What's the best technique to visualize hepatic malignancies?
By Philip Ward
Both 3D volume rendering (VR) and maximum intensity projection (MIP) are clinically useful imaging modalities for visualizing complex liver anatomy, but 3D VR provides additional features absent from MIP, according to research posted in the European Journal of Radiology.
September 30, 2020
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CurveBeam secures CE Mark for weight-bearing CT
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Conebeam CT technology developer CurveBeam has secured the CE Mark for its HiRise weight-bearing CT system for lower extremity imaging.
September 30, 2020
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