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Munich team uses dark-field x-ray for COVID-19 pneumonia detection
By Will Morton
Scientists at the Technical University of Munich in Germany have reported that a prototype dark-field chest x-ray device is of potential value for diagnosing COVID-19 pneumonia. They found that dark-field imaging has a higher sensitivity than attenuation-based imaging, and that the combination of both is superior to a single modality.
April 18, 2022
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Affidea acquires stake in Swiss medical group
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Dutch diagnostic imaging, outpatient, and cancer care services firm Affidea has acquired a stake in Brust-Zentrum Zürich, the largest breast medicine group in Switzerland. With the acquisition, Affidea Switzerland expands into the breast care space.
April 11, 2022
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Mathias Prokop shares his thoughts on artificial intelligence
By Frances Rylands-Monk
How close are we to implementing artificial intelligence (AI) for lung cancer screening? How can AI assist radiology workflow? Which applications are most exciting? Prof. Mathias Prokop, PhD, from Nijmegen, the Netherlands, addresses these and other questions in an interview.
April 11, 2022
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Sun Nuclear releases SaaS option for SunCheck
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation oncology quality-assurance technology developer Sun Nuclear has released a cloud-hosted software-as-a-service (SaaS) option for its SunCheck radiation therapy quality assurance management platform.
April 10, 2022
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Mammography use declines in breast cancer survivors
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The rate of mammography use by breast cancer survivors has been declining "steadily" since 2009, according to research published on 7 April in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
April 10, 2022
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Impact of vaping comes under intense scrutiny in Swiss study
By Kate Madden Yee
Investigators from Bern University Hospital in Switzerland have reported that MRI shows value as a noninvasive way of assessing the short-term effects of vaping and tobacco smoking -- effects that manifest in different ways on medical images.
April 10, 2022
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Unilabs partners with GE for products and services in Portugal
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Unilabs is linking up with GE Healthcare to provide imaging equipment and digital technology in Portugal via a 45-million-euro investment.
April 7, 2022
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EANM suspends Russian Society of Nuclear Medicine
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) has temporarily suspended the Russian Society of Nuclear Medicine (RSNM) as a national society within the association.
April 7, 2022
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How has radiology in Rome fared during the pandemic?
By Philip Ward
Extensive data and analysis about the full impact of COVID-19 on scanning volumes and workflow at a public hospital in Rome were released on 5 April in a European Radiology article. Resilience and meticulous planning got his team through the crisis, says Prof. Andrea Laghi.
April 6, 2022
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MEDIRAD unveils radiation safety recommendations
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The MEDIRAD project has launched recommendations aimed at enhancing the protection of patients and staff exposed to low doses of radiation during imaging.
April 6, 2022
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IBA to partner with Dutch hospital on breast cancer research
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Proton therapy developer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) and the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands will collaborate on research into flash radiation therapy for breast cancer.
April 5, 2022
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BMJ: CT lung cancer screening saved more than 10K lives
By Kate Madden Yee
The start of organized CT lung cancer screening in the U.S. in 2013 has helped avert more than 10,000 deaths from the disease between 2014 and 2018 due to earlier cancer detection, offering lessons for Europe and the rest of the world, according to a study published on 30 March in the BMJ.
April 5, 2022
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