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Sam Hare secures key U.K. job as national adviser

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Dr. Sam Hare, the U.K. thoracic radiologist who came to prominence during the pandemic when he called radiographers "the real heroes" and used a plastic cup in a BBC interview to demonstrate how COVID-19 can leave lung damage, was named the new National Specialty Advisor for Imaging for National Health Service England on 21 September.

September 21, 2020

50 years of CT scanning approaches

By Dr. Adrian Thomas

A widely held view is that the profits from the Beatles funded early research into the CT scanner, but this is an urban legend and there is no evidence for it, writes radiology's history buff Dr. Adrian Thomas. As CT's 50th anniversary looms large, he tells the story of the modality's origins.

September 21, 2020

Safety of 3D printing comes under growing scrutiny

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Office for Product Safety and Standards in the U.K. has announced plans to focus on the safety of 3D printing technologies, according to an article published by law firm Pinsent Masons.

September 21, 2020

RapidAI secures large funding boost from Germany

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Artificial intelligence (AI) software developer RapidAI has secured $25 million (21 million euros) in funding, which it plans to use to support further development of its AI software for cerebrovascular imaging around the world.

September 20, 2020

iCAD promotes Karolinska decision-support study

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) software developer iCAD is highlighting research published on 8 September in Radiology that attests to the ability of its ProFound AI Risk clinical decision-support software to provide accurate two-year breast cancer risk estimates.

September 20, 2020

MRI flags asymptomatic brain metastasis in breast cancer

By Frances Rylands-Monk

A new German study looking at breast cancer brain metastasis detection by MRI has revealed that patients survive longer and may undergo less aggressive treatment if metastases are discovered before the onset of symptoms. The findings are to be presented at the virtual European Breast Cancer Conference on 2-3 October.

September 20, 2020

Experience matters in detection of COVID-19 pneumonia

By Erik L. Ridley

Italian investigators have revealed that the capability of radiologists to detect COVID-19 pneumonia on chest x-rays grew over time, as they gained experience. This also applied to readers with less x-ray experience, they noted in an online article posted on 10 September in the European Journal of Radiology.

September 17, 2020

Global COVID-19 survey casts light on modality use

By Philip Ward

A survey of 50 radiology departments in 33 countries has highlighted significant variations in imaging procedures for COVID-19 patients. Conducted by the International Society of Radiology and supported by the European Society of Radiology, the research was published online on 17 September by European Radiology.

September 16, 2020

Synthetic lesions boost AI stroke detection results

By Erik L. Ridley

After training on a dataset that included tens of thousands of synthetic images, an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm produced over 90% sensitivity for detecting clinical stroke lesions on MRI, Swiss researchers reported in a study published online on 16 September in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence.

September 16, 2020

Sleep wrecker: COVID-19 causes insomnia in radiologists

By Frances Rylands-Monk

It's official: The COVID-19 pandemic has induced widespread insomnia, anxiety, and depression among radiologists. A large French survey has confirmed this, but it has also shown that access to logistical and psychological support has been easier in public rather than private hospitals during the pandemic.

September 15, 2020

AI aids diagnosis of heart failure on chest x-rays

By Erik L. Ridley

Deep learning is useful for diagnosing heart failure on x-ray images, researchers reported at the recent European Society of Cardiology virtual congress. They used chest x-rays from a publicly available database to train an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that yielded 82% accuracy for detecting heart failure on a test dataset.

September 15, 2020

Breast specialists must anticipate 2nd COVID-19 wave

By Kate Madden Yee

It's likely that there will be a second wave of COVID-19 illness going into the autumn and winter, and breast imaging specialists must continue to be proactive in planning for it, according to a report published on 1 September in the European Journal of Radiology Open.

September 15, 2020

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