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French team measures iron content to show impact of stroke

By Wayne Forrest

In groundbreaking research, a group from Bordeaux, France, has used a basic MRI method to measure iron content in the substantia nigra to obtain a better reading on how stroke affects the brain and long-term patient outcomes. The results were published online on March 12 in Radiology.

March 13, 2019

Video: Kassarjian delivers real-time sports imaging

By Philip Ward

As a tournament physician and head of imaging at the Madrid Open tennis tournament, Dr. Ara Kassarjian performs real-time ultrasound scans of the top players in the medical service right next to the courts. In a video interview recorded at ECR 2019, he explains about his philosophy and approach, and he reveals which players he admires most.

March 12, 2019

Breast screening rate remains low in Greater Manchester

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The National Health Service breast screening program in Greater Manchester, England, again failed to reach its target, with only 67% of eligible participants undergoing an exam in 2018, Rochdale Online has reported.

March 11, 2019

CT's role grows in thoracic immune-related adverse events

By Philip Ward

Radiologists have an essential part to play in using CT to diagnose and monitor immune-related adverse events in the chest, according to prize-winning researchers from a top hospital in Barcelona, Spain. Optimal patient care during immunotherapy requires multidisciplinary effort by pulmonologists, medical oncologists, and radiologists, they say.

March 11, 2019

New MRI coil vest may improve breast cancer screening

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Researchers from Austria are developing a vest embedded with radiofrequency coils that would allow patients to lie face up during a breast MRI exam -- potentially improving the comfort and accuracy of breast cancer screening.

March 11, 2019

Algorithm builds model of Alzheimer's brain changes

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Researchers used an online image analysis algorithm called volBrain with MRI scans to develop a computerized model that shows how Alzheimer's disease changes the human brain, according to a study by researchers from France and Spain published on 8 March in Scientific Reports.

March 10, 2019

New ESR president lays out clear vision for ECR 2020

By Julia Patuzzi

ECR will move from its late February slot to mid-March next year. What does the man in charge of ECR 2020 have up his sleeve? What novel features can you expect? What's his own background? Incoming European Society of Radiology (ESR) President Prof. Boris Brkljačić from Zagreb, Croatia, provides some answers in this Q&A interview.

March 7, 2019

Faster breast MR protocol comparable to DBT for screening

By Kate Madden Yee

An accelerated breast MRI protocol, performed without contrast media, is comparable to digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) for breast cancer screening, according to a presentation delivered at ECR 2019 in Vienna.

March 6, 2019

JNCI: Breast screening AI software equals radiologists

By Erik L. Ridley

Artificial intelligence (AI)-based software can detect cancer on screening mammography studies as accurately as an average breast radiologist, according to research published online on 5 March in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI). But it could not beat the best radiologists in the study.

March 6, 2019

Affidea forms AI partnership with Icometrix

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Diagnostic imaging, outpatient, and cancer care services provider Affidea Group is teaming with Belgian software company Icometrix to improve care for patients with multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders using artificial intelligence (AI).

March 5, 2019

How will a no-deal Brexit affect U.K. nuclear medicine?

By Brian Casey

How will nuclear medicine services in the U.K. be affected in the event of a no-deal Brexit? Three U.K. groups, including the Royal College of Radiologists, have issued guidance on what to expect regarding the supply of radiopharmaceuticals if no deal is agreed with the European Union before the planned deadline of 29 March.

March 5, 2019

7T MRI could aid glioma treatment assessment

By Wayne Forrest

Using 7-tesla MRI to image the brains of glioma patients, German researchers have correlated the protein content of those tumors with patient response to treatment and likelihood of survival, according to a study published online on 26 February in European Radiology.

March 5, 2019

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