Toshiba's Activion 16 Multislice CT system
The 'revolutionary' Activion16 Multislice CT system will be launched at the ECR 2007 congress Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation reports.
Congresses
The 4th Hospital Manager Symposium
Experiences, advice and discussions for radiologists and managers
eHealth week Berlin 2007
Following the success of three previous events the International Forum for Healthcare IT (IteG) expects over 250 specialist exhibitors at its 2007 event. Aimed at IT managers, healthcare decision-makers, doctors and those responsible for IT in nursing, participation in the ITeG specialist programme is free of charge.
Med-e-Tel 2007
Med-e-Tel - the International Educational and Networking Forum for eHealth, Telemedicine and Health ICT - expects to host IT industry specialists, government representatives, healthcare providers, payers/insurers and researchers from 50 countries at this 5th conference and exhibition.
Hospital Manager Symposium at ECR 2007
For Christian Herold, President of the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2007, the Hospital Manager Symposium is one of the annual highlights of the congress.
“Outlook for the future on healthcare in Europe”
During the course of the EU Council Presidency, Germany is setting a special focus on the health policy with the priorities prevention, innovation and access to health services. The latter was the first topic discussed by European experts from politics, research and health insurances during the conference “The social dimension in the Internal Market — Outlook for the future of healthcare in…
RSNA 2006 — Strengthening Professionalism
RSNA 2006 - that means six days of educational programmes, 1,625 scientific papers, more than 300 refresher courses and 738 technical exhibits on 514,800 square feet. The 92nd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) which takes place in Chicago from 26 November to 1 December will once again be the highlight of the year for those who are in touch…
The trauma surgeon is a decathlete
Fear for the quality of acute care for the injured and victims of accidents was expressed by Professor Vilmos Vécsei, traumatology and sports traumatology specialist and Head of the University Clinic for Trauma Surgery in Vienna (VV), as well as President and General Secretary of the European Trauma Society (ETS), and Professor Otmar Trentz, Director of the Trauma Surgery Clinic at University…
Patient's brain controls mechanical ventilation
Among ventilation advances demonstrated at this year's European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Congress, held in Barcelona, the combination of the SERVO-i ventilator with Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (NAVA) provoked considerable interest because the system allows ventilation to be controlled by the patient's own respiratory centre in the brain. During a discussion with Daniela…
Switzerland
The 6th Swiss eHealthcare Congress gave an overview about the latest topics concerning eHealth.
The heart of healthcare beats in Dusseldorf
Horst Giesen, the project coordinator of MEDICA, describes highlights of the 38th show, and future plans for the event. Interview by Daniela Zimmermann
The extracorporeal lung
German medical technology firm Novalung GmbH (est. 2002) produces extracorporeal artificial lungs.
The Lancet highlights cardiac research
Among the research articles published in this issue, are some ...
European Hospital at the ECR
Daniela Zimmermann reports on the 2nd Hospital Administrator Forum.
Women in Radiology
Member of the Board of the ECR Professor Malgorzata Szczerbo-Trojanowska, is Chairman of the Department of Radiology and Head of the Department of Interventional Radiology, at the University Medical School, in Lublin, Poland. The professor has carried out research in Italy, the UK, Sweden and Germany and is a member of many Polish radiological organisations, as well as the Cardiovascular and…
Perinatal medicine
Interview with Prof. Klaus Vetter MD, director of the Obestetrics Clinic at the Perinatal Centre, Vivantes Hospital Neukölln, Berlin, Germany.
Exposanita 2006
Bologna, Italy - With 670 exhibitors - 595 domestic and 78 international companies from 18 countries as well as 344 represented companies from 36 countries - and close to 28,000 visitors, the medical event Exposanita was, once again, a huge success.
German Congress of Radiology
Berlin became the venue for the German Congress of Radiology this May, for the second time. 118 exhibitors showcased products on 4,900 square metres, and the event attracted 7,000 radiologists, and 970 medical-technological radiology assistants (MTRA) to convene simultaneously, leading some to suggest the city will be the future home of the Congress.
SCAR is now SIIM
The Society for Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR) has undergone a name change. SCAR is now the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM).
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Diabetes-Nanny
About 25,000 German children are diabetic, and numbers are increasing rapidly. Specialists in childhood diabetes gathered at a meeting held by the Dianino Foundation during the 41st Annual Meeting of German Diabetes Society (DDG), to discuss `Diabetes-Nanni´, a programme in which female diabetes advisers receive additional psychology training to care for diabetes-affected families in their homes.…
The 1st International High Tech in Medicine congress
Prevention is better than cure - use the technology! A report from the 1st International High Tech in Medicine congress.
Success of forum for managers continues
Within the five-days of ECR 2006, the congress management collaborated with European Hospital to hold another two-day:
Europe needs radiologists
The 12th annual European Radiology Congress, held in Vienna, received 16,000 visitors from 90 countries.