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Novel contrast-free MRI technique measures heart strain

By Abraham Kim

A team of investigators from the U.K. has used 3D MRI to work out a patient's cardiac muscle strain. They have described how their method can boost the accuracy of quantifying cardiac health without the need for gadolinium contrast in an article published online on 28 August by Scientific Reports.

August 29, 2019

Philips to highlight ultrasound, informatics at ESC congress

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Royal Philips, the parent company of Philips Healthcare, plans to highlight ultrasound and enterprise informatics upgrades at the 2019 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress in Paris.

August 28, 2019

Augmented reality can help guide aneurysm repair

By Abraham Kim

Visualizing patient anatomy in 3D through augmented reality (AR) technology can overcome key limitations of image-guided surgery, according to researchers from Poland. They shared their initial experiences of using AR to facilitate aortic aneurysm repair in a recent article in the Journal of Endovascular Therapy.

August 28, 2019

Eckert & Ziegler receives approval for Ga-68 expansion

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Isotope technology firm Eckert & Ziegler has received manufacturing authorization in Germany and the U.S. for additional production lines on its GalliaPharm gallium-68 (Ga-68) generators.

August 27, 2019

Live hybrid imaging conference will return in October

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The 2019 edition of the Conference on Hybrid Imaging Live (CHILI) will be broadcast live on 25-26 October from a studio in Vienna.

August 27, 2019

Researchers to study media coverage of 'overdiagnosis' tests

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Researchers from Australia plan to explore media coverage of the benefits and harms of medical testing that they believe may lead to overdiagnosis in healthy individuals, according to a protocol published online on 24 August in BMJ Open.

August 26, 2019

Haifa 3D provides kids with 3D-printed 'superhero' hands

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Israeli 3D printing company Haifa 3D is providing patient-specific 3D-printed bionic limbs to individuals missing a hand or arm, according to a 25 August report from ISRAEL21c.

August 26, 2019

3D models show osteoarthritis risk after knee surgery

By Abraham Kim

A Scandinavian-led research group has developed a virtual 3D modeling technique that may provide a pathway to patient-specific clinical evaluation of osteoarthritis risks in those with anterior cruciate ligament tears and indicate optimal rehabilitation protocols.

August 26, 2019

Spanish find key to success in liver transplant cases

By Philip Ward

Early detection of vascular complications of liver transplantation is vital to establish effective treatment, and this can determine the outcome of transplantation, patient mortality, and morbidity, according to an experienced group of gastrointestinal and abdominal imaging specialists from Valencia, Spain.

August 25, 2019

Thieves target mobile breast screening unit

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Thieves stripped a mammography van of copper cable in the city of Perth in Western Australia, forcing the cancellation of breast screening services on a day devoted to cancer awareness, according to an article on the website WAtoday.

August 22, 2019

MILabs completes SPECT/CT installation

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Dutch-headquartered MILabs has installed an E-Class U-SPECT6/CT system at a Japanese university.

August 22, 2019

Swiss make clinical use of cinematic rendering

By Abraham Kim

The highly detailed, photorealistic appearance of cinematic rendering reconstructions makes it ideal for teaching, according to a team of researchers from Zurich. They have used cinematic rendering to create images of head CT and conebeam CT scans, and have integrated them into the evaluation of maxillofacial anatomy and pathology.

August 22, 2019

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