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Video from RSNA: Lego imaging allays kids' fears of MRI

CHICAGO - A novel Lego kit of an MRI scanning suite that kids can assemble themselves is a hot topic at this week's RSNA 2015 meeting. The developers of the kit believe it could help familiarize kids with the imaging environment before their scans.

December 1, 2015

Densitas receives CE Mark, Canadian clearance

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Medical device firm Densitas has received the CE Mark from the European Commission and a medical device license from Health Canada for its DM-Density breast density assessment software.

November 30, 2015

Germans get star billing at RSNA with vast MRI study

By Philip Ward

Taking a broader approach to research, combined with much closer collaboration between radiologists and epidemiologists, can contribute to better patient care and disease prevention, according to speakers from Germany at a special session held at RSNA 2015 on Monday.

November 30, 2015

3D breast tomosynthesis to overtake 2D mammo by 2019

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

In the mammography market, 2D digital flat-panel detector mammography was the leading technology in both Western Europe and North America in 2014, but 3D tomosynthesis systems are forecast to surpass 2D mammography as the largest technology segment in North America by 2019, according to analyst firm IHS Medical Technology.

November 29, 2015

Breast MR finds significant cancer that mammo misses

By Kate Madden Yee

Additional breast cancers found with MRI after mammography can be larger and more aggressive -- and may prompt a change in a patient's treatment plan, according to a new study published in Radiology.

November 26, 2015

BIR approves Piramal PET reader training course

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The British Institute of Radiology (BIR) has endorsed radiopharmaceutical firm Piramal Imaging's PET reader training course to help detect beta-amyloid plaques in patients with cognitive impairment.

November 24, 2015

Paris attacks: Radiology on the front line

By Frances Rylands-Monk

After the terrorist attacks in Paris on 13 November, ambulance and hospital workers became front-line personnel fighting to save lives, and the city's imaging departments were closely involved. Three senior radiologists, two of whom are former ECR presidents, talk about their experiences.

November 24, 2015

Tomo-CAD combo targets lung cancer screening

By Brian Casey

What if you had a lung cancer screening modality that was better than x-ray and nearly as good as CT, but with less radiation and expense? Researchers from Hungary are investigating the idea with a digital tomosynthesis system that they assembled themselves, along with homegrown computer-aided detection (CAD) software.

November 24, 2015

IMS performs first prone tomo-guided biopsy

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Italian women's imaging vendor Internazionale Medico Scientifica (IMS) announced that Dr. G. Saguatti of Bellaria Hospital in Bologna, Italy, has performed a digital breast tomosynthesis-guided biopsy with the patient in the prone position.

November 23, 2015

MRI technique comes under scrutiny in wrist

By Philip Ward

At 3-tesla, delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI of cartilage and T2 mapping are feasible in the wrist, despite the thin cartilage, musculoskeletal experts from the University of Heidelberg in Germany have found.

November 22, 2015

ESSR: Keep in mind metal around the shoulder

By Philip Ward

Developing a greater appreciation of the many complications that can occur after shoulder surgery improves interactions between radiologists and orthopedic specialists, according to award-winning work presented at the 2015 congress of the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR).

November 18, 2015

ESNM announces 2016 Vienna courses

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European School of Nuclear Medicine (ESNM) is now accepting applications for a series of courses in Vienna in 2016.

November 17, 2015

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