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JFR: At the heart of emergency care

By Dr. Olivier Vignaux

Emergency medicine was a central theme during the French national radiology congress, the JFR, which ended on Monday. The cover story in the final edition of the daily newspaper focused on cardiac imaging and was written by Dr. Olivier Vignaux from Paris.

October 20, 2014

FDG-PET/CT has mixed results in lung cancer screening

By Wayne Forrest

Lung cancer researchers from Italy have found that FDG-PET/CT is "highly sensitive" in the diagnosis of indeterminate nodules, as well as nodules larger than 15 mm and solid nodules, but less effective with other smaller, subsolid nodules.

October 20, 2014

Mediso launches PET/CT research scanner

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Mediso Medical Imaging Systems has launched its new MultiScan LFER 150 PET/CT scanner, dedicated to research applications in clinical and preclinical imaging.

October 19, 2014

PET/MRI matches PET/CT with less radiation for children

By Wayne Forrest

German researchers have found promising evidence that PET/MRI is equivalent to PET/CT for lesion detection in pediatric cancer patients, while at the same time delivering just one-quarter of the radiation dose, according to a study published in the October issue of Radiology.

October 19, 2014

CCTA, not calcium score, predicts events in asymptomatic patients

By Eric Barnes

Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) significantly outperformed coronary calcium scoring for predicting cardiac events in asymptomatic individuals, concludes an Austrian study presented at the recent European Society of Cardiology meeting in Barcelona, Spain.

October 15, 2014

Consent problems hold back fetal autopsies

By Philip Ward

Global researchers who are eager to gain experience in fetal autopsies using CT and MRI are facing immense frustration due to ongoing difficulties over obtaining consent, and one investigator reports being "hamstrung" by the procedures and bureaucracy of ethics committees.

October 14, 2014

Spanish dismiss digital mammo's overdiagnosis risk

By Rebekah Moan

In a new 16-year study, Spanish researchers have found that switching to full-field digital mammography (FFDM) leads to early diagnosis, not overdiagnosis. The group found that cancer detection rates did not increase when compared with film-screen mammography, but going digital did lead to an increase in ductal carcinoma in situ detection rates.

October 13, 2014

PET imaging technique lessens motion effects

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Finnish researchers have developed an imaging technique to reduce the effect of respiratory motion on PET image quality, according to a new study published in Physics in Medicine and Biology.

October 12, 2014

U.K. patients die of lung cancer unseen in office visits

By Eric Barnes

More than one-third of all lung cancer patients in the U.K. die within three months of diagnosis, despite having serial office visits before their diagnosis, according to a new report in Thorax.

October 12, 2014

Imricor highlights MR-enabled cardiac ablation study

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Imricor Medical Systems is highlighting a study investigating the use of MR-enabled cardiac ablation to treat atrial flutter.

October 8, 2014

Echo spots heart trouble signs in obese kids

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Obese youth have physical signs of nascent heart problems that can be identified on echocardiography scans, according to a German study published online October 8 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

October 8, 2014

ASL-MRI detects early signs of cognitive decline in elderly

By Wayne Forrest

Using arterial spin-labeled (ASL) MRI, Swiss researchers found evidence of cognitive decline in the brains of healthy elderly individuals before symptoms appeared, according to a new study published online on 7 October in Radiology.

October 8, 2014

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