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Migrants: How to determine age on pelvic x-rays

By Philip Ward

In an attempt to assist decision-makers in the migrant crisis, Turkish researchers have redoubled their efforts to identify an accurate way of evaluating bone age using pelvic radiographs in young adults.

September 15, 2016

Bruker to buy Oncovision's preclinical business

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Bruker said it has signed an agreement to acquire the preclinical imaging business of Spanish medical technology developer Oncovision. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

September 14, 2016

ESOR, ESHI hold hybrid imaging course

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European School of Radiology (ESOR) and the European Society for Hybrid Medical Imaging (ESHI) held their first Asklepios Course on Hybrid Imaging in Oncology earlier this month.

September 13, 2016

Imaging solves rare case of cyst caused by tapeworm

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

MR spectroscopy can be a useful adjunct for differential diagnosis of intracranial hydatid disease, a rare zoonosis caused by the Ehinococcus tapeworm, according to a case report published online on 12 September in BMJ Case Reports.

September 13, 2016

3D luminescence imaging shows subtle bone damage

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Researchers at Trinity College in Dublin have devised an experimental 3D bone scanning technique that may improve the diagnosis of bone injuries without the use of ionizing radiation, according to a new study published in Chemical Communications.

September 12, 2016

Italy unveils new findings on thalassemia

By Philip Ward

Women appear to tolerate iron toxicity better than men, perhaps due to the effect of reduced sensitivity to chronic oxidative stress, and female thalassemia patients only require follow-up every two years, according to a large Italian study.

September 11, 2016

Radiotherapy affects heart function of breast cancer patients

By Rebekah Moan

What happens to the heart when a breast cancer patient undergoes radiotherapy (RT)? The answer has been unclear, until now. Finnish researchers found radiotherapy induced regional changes corresponding to the RT fields.

September 8, 2016

CCTA plus SPECT offer solid long-term prognosis

By Eric Barnes

Patients with positive findings on both coronary CT angiography (CCTA) and SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging are at high risk of cardiac events, while negative results on both exams confer an excellent long-term prognosis, according to researchers from Switzerland.

September 7, 2016

Reconstruction kernel cuts artifacts in CT MPI

By Eric Barnes

A new reconstruction algorithm can erase beam-hardening artifacts in myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) in dual-source CT, bolstering the reliability of the increasingly popular examination, according to a U.S.-German study in European Radiology.

September 6, 2016

EANM launches new educational initiative

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

As of 2017, the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) will be focusing its educational activities on its European School of Multimodality Imaging and Therapy initiative.

September 6, 2016

DNA damage comes under fresh scrutiny

By Philip Ward

Prompted by the lively recent debate about the possible carcinogenic risk in cardiac imaging for detecting coronary artery disease, Swiss researchers say they've found no significant differences between ultralow-dose coronary CT angiography and cardiovascular MRI.

September 6, 2016

Fewer imaging studies performed at Olympic polyclinic

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Rio 2016 Olympics polyclinic performed 1,540 diagnostic imaging studies from July 22 until August 24, down from the 1,711 administered at the London 2012 Olympics.

September 5, 2016

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