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MRI
Politics blocks widespread use of breast MRI for implants
VIENNA - In the region served by the Ribera public hospital, around 10,000 women have received defective Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) implants, a population that would quickly overwhelm the radiology service if MRI examinations were authorized, according to Dr. Julia Camps Herrero, head of radiology at the center in Alzira, Valencia, Spain.
March 6, 2012
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MRI
3T MRI opens new avenues for breast cancer diagnosis
VIENNA - It's early days, but the power of high-field imaging is going to push the limits of what radiologists believe is possible in breast MRI, noted Dr. Thomas Helbich, vice chair of radiology at the Medical University of Vienna, in a pre-European Congress of Radiology meeting.
February 28, 2012
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2011
Elastography advances but doesn't replace breast ultrasound
VIENNA - The future of ultrasound in breast imaging is elastography, according to the Advances in Ultrasound session Wednesday organized by the European Society of Breast Imaging.
March 1, 2011
2011
Rubik's Cube and radiology: A conversation with Yves Menu, MD
Presiding over this year's European Congress of Radiology will be Yves Menu, MD, the French gastrointestinal specialist. For his day job, Menu faces the equally daunting task of reorganizing the department of radiology at Saint Antoine Hospital in Paris.
February 20, 2011
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PACS/VNA
Regional networks deconstruct PACS in France
NANCY, FRANCE - "Take archiving and communications out of PACS, and what is left?" asked Frédéric Lefevre, of the University of Nancy, in a session at the Volumetric Scanner Symposium on whether France can ramp up its effort to build a national network for sharing medical images.
January 27, 2011
CT
Dose reduction trumps horsepower at French CT symposium
NANCY, FRANCE - The word of the day was "dosimétrie," or the measure of radiation dose, at this week's annual Volumetric Scanner Symposium in France. The new focus on dose control represents a sharp shift from previous meetings, which were dominated by discussions of growing CT scanner horsepower.
January 26, 2011
IS
France goes online with national patient record initiative
PARIS - Earlier this month, France went online with the long-awaited Dossier Médical Personnel program by opening a portal to enable physicians in five pilot regions to create electronic health records for patients.
January 20, 2011
Ultrasound
Contrast ultrasound helps direct chemotherapy treatment
PARIS - French researchers have found that contrast-enhanced ultrasound can help to determine whether chemotherapy should be stopped, continued, or even enhanced, according to a presentation at the Journées Françaises de Radiologie annual congress.
October 26, 2010
MRI
French radiology faces crisis due to lack of scanners
PARIS - Despite good patient outcomes, France has a critical lack of imaging technology that must be addressed if the nation is to maintain the same level of healthcare quality available in other European countries, according to the opening press conference of the Journées Françaises de Radiologie (JFR) meeting.
October 25, 2010
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Body composition analysis, MRI safety topped 2024's most read articles
While COVID and radiology salaries hit the top of AuntMinnie.com's Top 10 most-read posts of 2023, they rounded out the bottom of this year's list.
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Neiman index outperforms Charlson for predicting imaging use
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40% of women in their 40s forgo biennial breast cancer screening
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Practices must comply with the Corporate Transparency Act
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Kidneys appear to tolerate Lu-177 treatments
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Body composition analysis, MRI safety topped 2024's most read articles
By Liz Carey
While COVID and radiology salaries hit the top of AuntMinnie.com's Top 10 most-read posts of 2023, they rounded out the bottom of this year's list.
December 20, 2024
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Neiman index outperforms Charlson for predicting imaging use
By Kate Madden Yee
The Neiman Imaging Comorbidity Index outperforms the Charlson Comorbidity Index for predicting advanced imaging use.
December 20, 2024
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40% of women in their 40s forgo biennial breast cancer screening
By Amerigo Allegretto
About two in every five women in their 40s do not undergo biennial breast cancer screening per USPSTF recommendations.
December 20, 2024
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Practices must comply with the Corporate Transparency Act
By Healthcare Administrative Partners
A new column from Healthcare Administrative Partners discusses the impact of the Corporate Transparency Act on medical practices.
December 20, 2024
Corporate Transparency
Kidneys appear to tolerate Lu-177 treatments
By Will Morton
Kidney-absorbed doses of lutetium-177 (Lu-177)-based treatments for prostate cancer and neuroendocrine tumors appear to be below toxicity thresholds.
December 19, 2024
Kidneys
Higher Medicaid-to-Medicare reimbursement ratios boost imaging use
By Kate Madden Yee
Higher Medicaid-to-Medicare reimbursement ratios are linked to increased likelihood of Medicaid patients receiving CT, MR, ultrasound, and x-ray imaging.
December 19, 2024
Money Hundred Bills
AI algorithm 'harmonizes' brain MRI data from different scanners
By Kate Madden Yee
A novel machine-learning algorithm used with MRI can harmonize brain volumetric data of patients undergoing Alzheimer's disease assessment gathered from different scanners.
December 18, 2024
Mri Brain Head
Recommendations address AI bias, data transparency
By Amerigo Allegretto
New recommendations seek to make medical AI safe and effective for everyone by tackling the issues of bias and transparency.
December 18, 2024
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AdvaMed applauds House Task Force on AI report
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
AdvaMed commended the end-of-year report submitted to the U.S. Congress on December 17 by the House Task Force on AI.
December 18, 2024
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African American men respond more favorably to Ra-223 therapy
By Will Morton
African American men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer may respond more favorably than white men to treatment with radium-223.
December 17, 2024
Prostate Imaging
What radiology trainees should know heading into 2025
By Liz Carey
Radiologists discuss specialty and job market: 10 takeaways.
December 17, 2024
Radiology Practice Models 2024
Solis acquires San Antonio, TX imaging centers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Solis Mammography has acquired Avestēe Women's Imaging Centers in San Antonio, TX.
December 16, 2024
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