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PET/MRI head scans reveal important incidental findings

By Wayne Forrest

Adding a scan of the entire head to a routine whole-body PET/MRI protocol reveals a significant number of incidental findings in the brain in asymptomatic cancer patients, found a study presented at RSNA 2016.

January 4, 2017

Swiss identify pros and cons of 3D printing

By Philip Ward

Three-dimensional printing represents a valuable addition to the radiological report, and along with virtual reality, it will play an increasing role in conveying information to referrers, Swiss experts believe.

January 3, 2017

IRadimed begins shipping patient vital signs monitor

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

MRI accessories developer IRadimed said it has begun shipping its 3880 MRI-compatible patient vital signs monitor to customers outside of the U.S.

January 2, 2017

GE purchases expanded rights to Rapiscan stress agent

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

GE Healthcare's Life Sciences unit has purchased exclusive rights to produce and sell the Rapiscan pharmacological stress agent in territories outside of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

January 2, 2017

Machine learning improves FFR-CT for coronary ischemia

By Eric Barnes

In results that could potentially shake up the heart imaging status quo, a machine learning algorithm slightly outperformed a more traditional algorithm in analyzing fractional flow reserve CT (FFR-CT) studies for detecting signs of ischemic coronary lesions, according to a presentation at the recent RSNA 2016 meeting in Chicago.

January 2, 2017

Radiology & back pain: What's the connection?

When it comes to back pain, which patients definitely need diagnostic imaging? Dr. Rainer Braunschweig, director of the Diagnostic and Intraoperative Imaging Clinic in Halle, Germany, provides some answers.

December 28, 2016

Top 10 AuntMinnieEurope stories for 2016

By Philip Ward

We're pleased to offer the top 10 stories of 2016 on AuntMinnieEurope.com. Based on our list, the single most important issue facing European radiologists was the ongoing debate over the safety of gadolinium-based contrast agents for MRI.

December 27, 2016

Vancouver lung cancer predictor works in NLST

By Eric Barnes

A Canadian model for predicting lung cancer risk based on nodule and patient characteristics distinguished benign from malignant lung nodules in patients in the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST), according to a study presented at RSNA 2016. A second study in the same session, however, found that radiologists slightly outperformed the model.

December 25, 2016

3D-printed kidney phantom advances SPECT/CT calibration

By Wayne Forrest

German researchers have developed a low-cost 3D printing technology that can be used to create patient-specific organ models of varying sizes and shapes, according to a study published in the December issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

December 14, 2016

EANM announces 2017 board members

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

In a letter from President Dr. Arturo Chiti, the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) announced its board members for 2017.

December 13, 2016

Cardiovascular ultrasound market primed for growth

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The cardiovascular ultrasound market produced $1.27 billion in revenues in 2016 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 5.4% to reach $1.66 billion in revenues by 2021, according to a new report by research firm MarketsandMarkets.

December 12, 2016

U.K. group performs MRgFUS for essential tremor

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust has performed its first focused ultrasound treatments in the U.K. for essential tremor using the Exablate Neuro system from MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) developer InSightec.

December 11, 2016

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