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2013
Thales launches R/F detector at ECR 2013
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digital x-ray developer Thales Group launched a new flat-panel digital radiography (DR) detector at ECR 2013 in Vienna.
March 14, 2013
Free downloads available of
ECR Today
2013 daily issues
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The editorial team at
AuntMinnieEurope.com
again helped the European Society of Radiology to write and edit its daily congress newspaper for ECR 2013,
ECR Today
.
March 12, 2013
Adding digital tomo to mammography boosts cancer detection rate
By
Rebekah Moan
VIENNA - Adding digital breast tomosynthesis to digital mammography increased the breast cancer detection rate from 1.26% to 2.03%, in a study from Spain presented on Monday at ECR 2013.
March 11, 2013
'Unfair' regulatory stance on radiotracers poses threat to PET's future
By
Becky McCall
VIENNA - Legal and regulatory issues surrounding the production and uses of radiotracers represent a significant threat to PET imaging, a senior luminary told ECR 2013 attendees at Sunday's professional challenges session on the legal matters related to multimodality techniques.
March 10, 2013
Gymnasts' spines, footballers' ankles, and golfers' wrists take the strain
By
Philip Ward
VIENNA - The ultrademanding and highly competitive nature of modern professional sport was visible to all during Sunday's refresher course on overuse injuries at ECR 2013. An international group of radiologists discussed common injuries in professional athletes and what to look for when imaging these patients.
March 10, 2013
A 3-piece jigsaw: patient, radiologist, clinician. But do they fit together?
By
Becky McCall
VIENNA - The delicate balance of power and complex set of interactions between radiologists, patients, and clinicians was the subject of some lively and frank discussion at Sunday's professional challenges session, which followed a novel and original format, at ECR 2013.
March 10, 2013
High-field MRI exposure linked to techs' depression
By
Wayne Forrest
VIENNA - As MRI continues to advance to greater magnet strengths to uncover mysteries in the body, researchers warned on Monday at ECR 2013 that constant exposure to high-field systems could lead to psychological problems such as clinical depression among MRI technologists.
March 10, 2013
Prone-supine matching algorithm shows high accuracy in CTC
By
Eric Barnes
VIENNA - U.K. researchers have developed an accurate matching algorithm to deal with the gnarly problem of integrating prone and supine CT colonography (CTC) datasets, according to a presentation at ECR 2013.
March 10, 2013
Multislice CT can identify unknown infection, change treatment
By
Wayne Forrest
VIENNA - Multislice CT can solve the mystery behind unknown or suspected infection and alter treatment plans to provide more effective therapy, according to a German study presented on Sunday at ECR 2013.
March 10, 2013
Structured reports can improve quality and workflow efficiency
By
Rebekah Moan
VIENNA - Harder, better, faster, stronger: It's not just a song, it could also be the mantra for radiologists as they try to improve workflow efficiency and quality. Enhancing radiology reports and becoming more familiar with dose management regulations and registries can help in this process.
March 10, 2013
New FPD technology in digital x-ray drives modular future
By
Steve Holloway
VIENNA - The fundamentals of static x-ray imaging have changed little in decades, prompting the majority of radiologists to pay scant attention to developments in this sector. However, the emergence and increasing use of flat-panel detector (FPD) technology is producing surprising results.
March 10, 2013
Apply Formula 1-type methods to smooth the way in urogenital emergencies
By
Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD
VIENNA - There is no single gold standard for training medical teams, but it can pay off to adapt team-working principles from other high-reliability industries such as Formula 1 racing, and integrate them into crisis resource management training, according to a presentation by emergency room radiologists on Monday at ECR 2013.
March 10, 2013
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