The 90th German Radiology Congress - interdisciplinary and realistic
The German Radiological Society, the congress organising body, expects over 7,000 participants from Germany and abroad at this year's event.
Medical technology
Russia: A strange state for state-of-the-art laboratory diagnostics
The last time medical science enriched clinical practice with new advanced technologies ideas about aetiology and the treatment principles of a great number of diseases changed. Now the dilemma of modification of diagnoses and treatments, including laboratory diagnostics, is a very hot issue in Russia.
Improved diagnostic accuracy for acute myocardial infarction
The role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to assess the effect of therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction was demonstrated in a series of papers presented at the 12th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR).
Laser microdissection technology
The new Leica LMD7000 is a laser microdissection system with a power-adjustable, high precision laser.
EH@KIMES
Seoul, S. Korea - This March, European Hospital was present at the Korea International Medical and Hospital Equipment Show (Kimes), our fifth time at this special event.
Operating Theatre One
Tuttlingen Municipal Clinic occupies two sites, the result of merger in 2002 of two clinics in Tuttlingen and Spaichingen, following a merger of the two clinics in Tuttlingen and Spaichingen in 2002.
BrainSuite brings Günzburg neurosurgeons new tumour treatment options
Surgeons at the Department of Neurosurgery Ulm University/Günzburg District Hospital have begun to use the newly installed BrainSuite iMRI, a digitally integrated neurosurgical operating theatre (OT) that combines image-guided surgery (IGS), high-field intra-operative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (iMRI), visualisation and comprehensive OT data management.
Stephan Sagolla is BERCHTOLD's new managing director
Stephan Sagolla (56) is the new global managing director of the BERCHTOLD Group in Tuttlingen. Before joining BERCHTOLD, the internationally experienced manager held various executive positions in the healthcare and medical engineering sectors.
A new high-rise on New York´s horizon
Ten years ago, New York real estate entrepreneur Israel Green began a worldwide search for a cure for his wife´s lung cancer. A year later, the couple returned to New York empty handed. Just days before a risky surgery, they were happily stunned to be given a very different diagnosis: acid reflux.
Radiation dose-reduction strategies
Depending on the institution, CT examination doses can vary dramatically by a factor of ten, said Professor John Damilakis, PhD, associate professor at the University of Crete, Iraklion, ahead of the session. The difference is related principally to variations in the examination technique, as the protocol or the imaging system itself determines the level of radiation.
Realtime-Sonoelastography to detect and characterize breast lesions
New possibilities in breast ultrasound comprise techniques for optimizing image quality such as tissue harmonic imaging (THI) and frequency compounding (FC), tools for post-processing US raw data such as strain imaging (elastography), and the use of Realtime-Sonoelastography, PD Dr. Anke Thomas from the Charité in Berlin, Germany, introduced her speech at the Hitachi Symposium Realtime Tissue…
Mobility without compromise
One of the most exciting innovations to be presented at this year's ECR (European Congress of Radiology), was be Viamo™. This pioneering product from Toshiba Medical Systems Europe is the first to offer premium technology in an ultraportable ultrasound system without compromising image quality or ease of use.
The feasibility of breast MRI at 7 Tesla
Within the last three decades, contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance breast imaging has gone through substantial developments, evolving to become the imaging modality with the highest sensitivity for breast cancer detection. The indication to perform breast MRI ranges widely, including high-risk patients, dense breast tissue and therapy monitoring under primary systemic therapy.
ECR delivers new findings and key updates on DBT's potential
Delegates at the 2009 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) saw a series of presentations Friday unveiling new findings and key updates on digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT). As the body of research builds in this relatively unexplored field, the advantages and limitations of DBT compared with conventional full-field digital mammography (FFDM) and other modalities are becoming better defined.
Toshiba invits experts to discuss the advantages of state-of-the-art technology
Toshiba's pre-opening ECR event on Wednesday evening attracted around 120 radiological experts who wanted to learn more about the company's technology in daily practice. Toshiba invited several highly-regarded radiologists and cardiologists from Austria and Germany who not only presented the diagnostic possibilities of the firm's products offers, but answered critical questions asked by the…
Nanoparticles
EH correspondent David Loshak reports
Spring IT congresses and the economic outlook
April, the month of showers and flowers, and most importantly for those working in healthcare IT, two European congresses: ConhIT and Med-e-Tel.
Ultra-clear resin pipette tips
The multichannel tips are also packaged in new cases that simplify handling and storage and facilitate recycling.
MRI: more space for patients
Switzerland - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans could become a more comfortable experience for patients because, by tinkering with the detection technique, researchers have freed up more space inside the machine.
Laboratory automation in practice
The privately owned Laborärzte Sindelfingen in Sindelfingen, near Stuttgart, Germany, houses a specialist medical laboratory and a laboratory association*. In 2001 the management decided to simplify its work structure by installing an Olympus OLA2500 laboratory automation system (Olympus's first installation anywhere). Today the Sindelfingen has two OLAs. Here, Dr Robert Goes, who was…
PEDS - Provotec's economical digital system
Provotec is at ECR 2009 (Booth Expo C 343)
Carestream Health launches DRX-1 System in Europe
Unveiled last September, a new digital X-ray system Carestream DRX-1, is considered a breakthrough.
Is Russia still a promising market for medical manufacturers?
The Russian Healthcare market has always been lucrative for European medical technology companies.
Sonoelastography´s 2nd generation tools aid research
Current procedures are still imprecise and speculative; without a subsequent biopsy suspicious PSA levels, images and the results of palpation cannot be correctly evaluated. Thus there is an energetic pursuit to discover new imaging technologies. Dr Thilo Eggert at the Urological Clinic of the Ruhr University Bochum at the Marienhopital Herne, is among the investigators.
KIHE 2009
KIHE, Kazakhstan's leading healthcare exhibition has a strong international flavour. Last year, this event drew 6,000 visitors and 180 medical products manufacturers hailing from 21 countries, including Russia, Turkey, China, India, Egypt, France, Italy, and Poland. Special stands rented specifically to present a country's products included those of Germany and Pakistan.
