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Initial stress echo safe, cheap for high-risk patients
By Eric Barnes
Stress echocardiography is as effective and cheaper than direct referral to invasive coronary angiography in chest pain patients with a high pretest probability of coronary artery disease -- and appears competitive with rival coronary CT angiography as an initial exam.
June 20, 2017
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Harry Potter's not the only injured quidditch player
By Philip Ward
Injuries from the Harry Potter-inspired sport of quidditch are far from make-believe, researchers from Oxford, U.K., have found. Fractures are surprisingly common, and players should consider wearing protective helmets and gloves, they recommended at last week's U.K. Radiological Congress.
June 20, 2017
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DiACardio changes name
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Echocardiography image analysis software developer DiACardio has changed its name to DiA Imaging Analysis.
June 19, 2017
German team wins SNMMI Image of the Year award
By Wayne Forrest
The U.S. Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) on 14 June awarded its Image of the Year to German researchers who used PET/CT followed by fluorescence-guided surgery to demonstrate how dual-labeled prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) inhibitors based on PSMA-11 enhance preoperative staging of metastatic prostate cancer.
June 18, 2017
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SNMMI Image of the Year awarded to German researchers
By Wayne Forrest
DENVER - The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) on Wednesday awarded its Image of the Year to researchers who used PET/CT followed by fluorescence-guided surgery to demonstrate how dual-labeled prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) inhibitors based on PSMA-11 enhance preoperative staging of metastatic prostate cancer.
June 18, 2017
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Optellum unveils lung cancer analysis software
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Artificial intelligence software developer Optellum said it will showcase a prototype of its deep learning-based lung nodule risk stratification software at this week's World Congress of Thoracic Imaging in Boston.
June 15, 2017
Fresh scandal breaks out over radiologist who missed cancer
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A U.K. radiologist who was allowed to continue working despite having missed identifying a patient's breast cancer more than a decade ago has failed to identify the disease in another patient, according to a report published in The Independent newspaper.
June 15, 2017
U.K. releases DRLs for hybrid imaging
By Rebekah Moan
A new U.K.-wide survey of radiation dose administered in a broad range of PET/CT and SPECT/CT imaging procedures has resulted in diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) for six common examinations, including cardiac and bone SPECT/CT.
June 15, 2017
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Elekta points to study of older lung cancer patients
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation oncology vendor Elekta is highlighting research that found stereotactic body radiation therapy to be a safe treatment option for early-stage lung cancer patients ages 80 and older.
June 14, 2017
Philips relaunches Pioneer Plus IVUS catheter
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Royal Philips has relaunched its Pioneer Plus catheter, a re-entry device with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) capabilities and needle deployment designed to assist arterial vessel intervention.
June 14, 2017
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Nikulin scoops valuable breast cancer prize
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A research scientist with French artificial intelligence firm Therapixel has been named the winner of the Digital Mammography DREAM Challenge, an effort to use artificial intelligence to improve the accuracy of breast cancer detection and reduce patient recalls.
June 13, 2017
SNMMI: FET-PET could have answers for brainstem glioma
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers in Switzerland are setting their sights on fluoroethyl-tyrosine (FET) PET imaging as the best way to assess adult brainstem glioma and gauge patients' chances for progression-free survival. Study results were presented on 11 June at the U.S. Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging annual meeting in Denver, Colorado.
June 13, 2017
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