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Courses in Vienna and Auckland to explore MSK ultrasound

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Upcoming training courses to be held in Austria and New Zealand will explore the use of ultrasound for musculoskeletal imaging.

December 3, 2018

IAEA signs deal to improve nuclear medicine training in Middle East

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has signed a three-year agreement with the American University of Beirut Medical Center to improve research and training in nuclear medicine in Lebanon and the Middle East.

December 3, 2018

Germans pinpoint how gadolinium passes through brain

By Philip Ward

German researchers have found a way to monitor precisely how gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) enter the brain via the glymphatic pathway. This aspect has been overlooked and misinterpreted in the past, and the discovery may have important clinical implications, they emphasize.

December 3, 2018

Showing patients their cardiac scans can have major impact

By Philip Ward

Swedish researchers of a large study have found that showing patients visible signs of arterial atherosclerosis and plaque on their own ultrasound scans can help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease a year later. Their article was published online on 3 December in the Lancet.

December 3, 2018

ScreenPoint partners with Volpara

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Dutch women's imaging software developer ScreenPoint Medical has signed a memorandum of understanding with breast imaging software developer Volpara Solutions.

November 29, 2018

Fukushima study sheds light on childhood thyroid cancer

By Philip Ward

The latest results of mass ultrasound screening of children for thyroid cancer after the Fukushima disaster were published online on 29 November by JAMA Otolaryngology. The study provides vital data on thyroid cancer, but may lead to more demands outside of Japan for ultrasound scans in younger people, increasing the risk of overdiagnosis.

November 28, 2018

Italians test novel CT method to relieve back pain

By Abraham Kim

CT-guided pulsed radiofrequency, which applies pulses of energy directly to nerve roots, may be an effective method for alleviating lower back pain for cases when more conservative treatment options fail to do so, according to a Tuesday presentation at RSNA 2018 in Chicago.

November 28, 2018

Momentum gathers behind MRI for lung cancer screening

By Abraham Kim

CHICAGO - Nearly a decade ago, CT surpassed x-ray as the imaging modality of choice for lung cancer screening. But could there be an even better option for the test? Researchers from the U.S., Switzerland, and Germany made the case for MRI in a session on Monday at RSNA 2018.

November 27, 2018

Intrasense debuts new lung, brain AI apps at RSNA 2018

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

French advanced visualization firm Intrasense is displaying new artificial intelligence (AI) applications for lung and brain imaging in collaboration with partners 12 Sigma Technologies and Quantib at RSNA 2018.

November 26, 2018

How Denmark strives for quality in breast screening

By Philip Ward

Multidisciplinary teamwork, high-volume readers, training and audits, and continuous monitoring of quality are vital in breast cancer screening, according to Dr. Ilse Vejborg, a speaker at Tuesday's RSNA 2018 session on the Nordic countries. Her group also works hard to avoid potential harms from overdiagnosis and unnecessary intervention.

November 26, 2018

Kheiron gets funding to test deep-learning mammo software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

U.K. start-up Kheiron Medical Technologies will be testing its deep-learning breast cancer screening software in the National Health Service as part of a larger radiology project funded by the U.K. government.

November 26, 2018

ESR puts renewed emphasis on clinical audits

By Vivienne Raper

An updated edition of a clinical audit tool is to be published in January 2019, delegates learned at the European Society of Radiology (ESR) Annual Leadership Meeting, held in Berlin on 16 November.

November 21, 2018

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