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Ronald Grainger: Radiology loses one of its greats

By Dr. Adrian Thomas

When Dr. Ronald Grainger died in the autumn, radiology lost one of its greats. He was joint editor of the profession's "bible," Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology, and the first professor of radiology in Sheffield, U.K. Dr. Adrian Thomas pays a personal tribute.

December 22, 2014

GE signs molecular agreement with Swedish facility

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has signed a cyclotron and radiochemistry system agreement with Stockholm County Council and Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden.

December 21, 2014

Economy will dictate global nuclear med sales through 2020

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The lackluster world economy and reimbursement issues will result in only modest growth in the global nuclear medicine imaging equipment market in this decade, according to a report from market research firm GlobalData.

December 21, 2014

Novel CT technique emerges for acute appendicitis

By Philip Ward

Abdominal CT with compression to the right lower quadrant has a high diagnostic accuracy in cases of acute appendicitis, and it can be considered as a CT counterpart of graded compression ultrasound, Turkish researchers reported at the recent RSNA 2014 meeting.

December 21, 2014

VirtualScopics, IXICO sign new licensing deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Clinical trial imaging services provider VirtualScopics and brain health firm IXICO have finalized a multiyear software license and support agreement.

December 15, 2014

U.K. issues new advice on coronary CT angiography

By Philip Ward

The U.K. Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has published recommendations for the safe use of coronary CT angiography to investigate patients with chest pain. The 26-page document can be downloaded for free from the RCR's website and includes practical information.

December 15, 2014

RSNA analysis: New tools will improve breast exams

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Market analyst firm IHS thinks new tools presented at RSNA 2014 will streamline breast exams.

December 14, 2014

N. Ireland adopts novel approach to lung cancer screening

By Frances Rylands-Monk

An innovative lung cancer screening pilot project in Northern Ireland designed to target selected patients older than 50 is underway. The scheme is based on sensitive, low-cost chest x-ray, the first port of call to exclude lung cancer.

December 8, 2014

Eckert & Ziegler gets German approval for gallium-68 generator

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Isotope technology firm Eckert & Ziegler received approval from the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices for its pharmaceutical germanium-68 (Ge-68)/gallium-68 (Ga-68) generator for the German market.

December 7, 2014

PET/MRI matches PET/CT in NSCLC accuracy

By Wayne Forrest

CHICAGO - Using a 15-minute MRI protocol with PET/MR, Swiss researchers achieved diagnostic accuracy equal to that of PET/CT for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Study results were presented at last week's RSNA 2014 conference.

December 7, 2014

MRI helps predict return to action for injured soccer players

By Wayne Forrest

CHICAGO - The best way to determine how long it will take a professional soccer player with a thigh-muscle injury to return to the field is by evaluating certain key MRI results, according to a German study presented at the RSNA 2014 meeting.

December 4, 2014

Spanish scoop top RSNA award for hip arthroplasty work

By Philip Ward

Researchers from the Basque Country in Northern Spain received a top prize for their exhibit on hip arthroplasty on Wednesday at the RSNA 2014 meeting in Chicago. The four other European recipients of the prestigious Magna Cum Laude poster award were from France and the U.K.

December 3, 2014

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