Are you safe?
EuroSafe Imaging is a wake-up call, an ambitious campaign launched by the European Society of Radiology (ESR) to increase awareness about the risks of radiation in medical imaging, but also to better promote the benefits of exams.
Precision medicine will transform reporting, reimbursement
Nothing is more personal than a scan of the insides of your body. Yet radiology images today look a little old-fashioned and out-of-step in the fast-emerging movement to personalised medicine.
Russia: Scanners plentiful but radiologists too scant
However, investments in equipment and advanced training are attracting medical students, John Brosky reports
Teleradiology and education
Given the ever more complex radiological examinations, the need to provide care in sparsely populated regions, or new labour law provisions such as the EU working time directive, radiologists are under increased pressure to find solutions to provide imaging services during off-hours.
Mobile IT has a place within radiology
Workstations and desktops may still be around in future hospitals – will be of clear benefit to medics in a large variety of medical applications.
Ultrasound in progress
Ultrasound technology is continuously developing and competing with the sectional imaging procedures – therapy progress can be monitored, facilitating personalised medicine.
Compact, comfortable and cost-effective
Toshiba’s new 1.5-T MRI Vantage ELAN system is not only cost-effective, the firm reports, but truly compact; it needs only 23 square metres of space. Yet, the system uses the same type of magnet as other Toshiba products to achieve excellent image quality.
Overcoming the technical challenges
Digital breast tomosynthesis offers a number of benefits over other modalities but challenges remain in its optimum clinical application.
Musica hits the high notes in imaging
MUSICA software introduced automated, exam-independent digital image processing using contrast enhancement founded on multi-scale mathematics.
CT developments far excel those for MRI
For the sixth time, Alain Blum MD has invited the French CT community to Nancy to attend a symposium on multi-detector CT. The last invitations, two years back, drew several hundred radiologists and every CT manufacturer to Nancy for two days of debate, discussion and demonstrations.
Should CTA become a screening procedure?
With low tube voltage, reduced radiation and contrast agent dose, the system delivers sufficient and meaningful data
Aiding maxillofacial, small joints, cervicals and ENT diagnoses
‘A precursor in Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) imaging, NewTom is the unrivalled benchmark in radiology thanks to highly effective research standards, flawless reliability and sheer quality,’ the manufacturer reports.
Dual energy brings more to meet the eye
How does spectral – or dual energy – imaging work? Very similar to red and green light used in black-and-white photography. A black-and-white camera provides information on the colours of the photographed objects: an object that is black under red light is actually green.
MIR@ECR
Management in Radiology (MIR) is a subcommittee of the ESR Professional Organisation Committee, set up to address current challenges and provide a forum for education and the exchange of ideas and concepts.
Mobile C-arms in hybrid operating theatres
Hybrid operating theatres that combine conventional surgical tools with image-guided diagnostic tools, allow cardiologists and cardiac surgeons to perform minimally invasive surgery (MIS).
'Women have a right to make informed decisions'
Breast cancer hurt her but after a long treatment, she is now 10 years past the day she heard "You have cancer."
Digital tomosynthesis for lung cancer screening
Screening for lung cancer saves lives. This fact has been documented by outcomes of the U.S. National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) which showed a 20% reduction in lung cancer-specific deaths in patients who had a chest CT screening. What is controversial is how to establish the radiology resources needed to perform exams for all the people who need it and then how to pay for the exams.
RSNA Mobile Computing Devices
Within many exhibitors’ booths at the RSNA, mobile computing devices are in use, a sales tool augmenting the vendor’s display. They are like bunnies running rampant. They are proliferating, and their intelligent use is aiding complex sales presentations.
Excellent images, better workflows and optimized collaboration
That’s what the annual RSNA meeting is all about: meeting friends and learning all about new devices, explained Jeff Immelt, GE CEO, in his keynote address at the company booth.
Article • Software
Monitoring radiology report turnaround time
Improving the turnaround time of radiology reports is a key performance objective of most hospital radiology departments. Software that automates the process has been available for many years.
RSNA honours leading European radiologists
At the 99th Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), two of Europe's leading radiologists were among the three recipients of the Honorary RSNA Membership Awards that recognize significant achievements in the field.
Breast cancer early detection – quo vadis?
Why is early detection of breast cancer so important? Professor Dr Walter Heindel, Director of the Institute of Clinical Radiology at University Hospital Münster, Germany, offers an unequivocal answer.
VuCOMP takes lead in aiding diagnosis of breast cancer
It may well be the first computer-aided detection (CAD) software that went to school with radiologists to study breast cancer.
Article • Portfolio expansion
Konica Minolta expands footprint in 'Primary Imaging'
The new President and COO of Konica Minolta Medical Imaging, David Widmann, stepped forward boldly at RSNA announcing major deals with strategic partners and expanding the product portfolio into new markets.
Collaborate – or face oblivion
Partnerships are at the top of the agenda for RSNA 2013. To meet current and emerging challenges, “we need internal partnerships within radiology and external ones with our clinical peers as well as with our patients,” outlined Sarah S. Donaldson, MD in her opening address of the 99th RSNA Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting.
