Why standards matter
Better measurement standards for high-intensity focused-ultrasound (HIFU) are necessary.
Visualising the breathing lung
After previous meetings in the USA (2002) and Japan (2004), this October the 3rd International Workshop of Pulmonary Functional Imaging (IWPFI) took place in the German Cancer Research Centre, based in Heidelberg University, Germany. " 'The clinicians' need for earlier and more detailed diagnosis in pulmonary disease demands a joint interdisciplinary effort to push the limits in pulmonary…
New possibilities for the first trimester of pregnancy
New ultrasound technologies detect foetal heart defects earlier.
Neurology
The value of diffusion-weighted and diffusion tensor imaging techniques.
Workflow improvements with thin client PACS
High-resolution tomographic scanners and other 3-D technologies provide a number of compelling advantages for diagnostic medical imaging.
EIBIR - The European Institute for Biomedical Imaging Research
Aiming for European biomedical research at the highest level.
90th RSNA Scientific Assembly
As information and communications technology (ICT) makes it way into the everyday practice of medicine, the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) is integrating ICT with clinical presentations at the world's largest healthcare meeting this year.
The European respiratory diseases market
Affordable, effective and innovative products drive sales.
The ERS 2006 COPD research awards
Belgium and United Kingdom - Two researchers, Dr Charles Pilette, currently at the Pneumology Department, University Hospital of Louvain, St-Luc, Belgium, and Dr William Man, who is completing specialist clinical training in Respiratory Medicine and General Internal Medicine, in London, have received this year's awards for research into Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), granted by…
Bone denistometers gain hip structure analysis software
USA - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently cleared the incorporation of Hip Structure Analysis (HSA) software in Hologic dual-energy X-ray (DXA) bone densitometers.
Toshiba's 256-row CT
With Toshiba's 256-row CT scanner, Multi-Slice Computed Tomography (MSCT) will make a quantum leap. Consequently, expectations were high when the new CT premiered during “New Horizons” on 18-21 October. And the expectations were more than met. In his presentation, Dr Patrik Rogalla, radiologist at the Charité Berlin, impressively demonstrated the diagnostic potential of the new 256-row CT…
High performance contrast agent injection systems
Medtron AG is a leading European designer, manufacturer and distributor of contrast agent injectors used for CT, MRI and Angiography.
Real-time access to CT scans on laptops and PCs
In July, Siemens Medical Solutions launched syngo WebSpace, a new client-server computed tomography (CT) system that is the first to provide real-time access to patient's CT scans on personal computers (PCs) and laptops, via a simple network connection.
NICE recommends annual MRI screenings for breast cancer
Guidelines updated for high-risk women aged between 20-49 years.
Eye software firm focuses on the US market
Marc Winchester is new President, North America of Digital Healthcare Inc.
Sony's audio-visual portfolio at MEDICA
Sony holds an increasingly important position within healthcare.
MRI software for detection & diagnosis
Ideal solution for paediatric neurological and orthopaedic imaging.
The SonoAce X8
Eliminating Windows-based image protocols, SONOACE in Germany, has produced the SonoAce X8 which, the firm reports, is the first Smart S/W protocol-based ultrasound image processing system.
Ultrasound: New Guidelines
Guidelines increase the use of contrast agents.
Neonatal MRI of premature babies
Infants born very prematurely have a high probability of experiencing behavioural and neuro-cognitive impairments during childhood and adolescence.
Vision Inside the Heart
A small, powerful new ultrasound catheter, named AcuNav 8F, improves access to the entire heart, Siemens Medical Solutions reports.
Increasing the range of minimally invasive tumour therapy
Surgery is no longer the automatic choice to eradicate malignant tumours.
Networking cardiovascular imaging
There is no lack of IT and software solutions for putting digitisation and networks into practice; however, many hospitals wonder how the implementation will work in practice and whether the investment will prove successful.
Dual source CT reduces heart catheterisations
Prof. Stehphan Achenbach about his experience with the dual source CT and its impact on cardiac diagnostics.
Microspheres destroy liver tumours
Unlike conventional radiation therapy, selective, internal radiotherapy (SIRT), uses tiny radio-active microspheres to attack malignant liver tumours.
