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New guidance on dating apps and sexting gets mixed response

Healthcare professionals should not send sexual messages and images and should avoid using dating apps at work. But if they do use apps, they should hide their faces, and they should only sext people they know and trust, says new U.K. advice that has received a mixed response.

November 5, 2023

Modified imaging tool visualizes teeth segmented from bone

Using new, modified dental imaging reconstruction parameters, a cinematic rendering technique can help to visualize supernumerary and ectopic teeth separated from surrounding bone.

April 23, 2023

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U.K. watchdog calls for urgent improvements in radiology services

A highly critical report released on 8 July by the U.K. Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has expressed deep concerns about the state of medical imaging services and called for prompt and concerted action by government and hospital groups.

July 7, 2021

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Pay attention to dental CT findings in trauma cases, urges German team

A group from the University of Leipzig has discovered that around 90% of dental injuries in trauma patients who undergo whole-body CT scans are not described on initial radiology reports.

April 4, 2021

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MRI helps detect lesion caused by injection of facial dermal filler

Imaging proved essential in treating a 62-year-old woman with infections and a 15-mm lesion resulting from injection with a facial dermal filler. German authors have told the full story in a new case report.

March 21, 2021

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Dutch use molecular scan to find new salivary glands

A group from the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam has used PET/CT with a radiopharmaceutical based on a prostate-specific membrane antigen to discover a pair of salivary glands. Sparing these glands during radiation therapy may prevent treatment side effects and improve quality of life for head and neck cancer patients.

October 29, 2020

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Experts to investigate treasure from 1740 Dutch shipwreck

Archaeologists will use the latest x-ray equipment to evaluate thousands of objects recovered from the wreckage of the Rooswijk, a Dutch East India Company vessel that sank off the coast of Kent, U.K., in January 1740, according to an article posted on 30 June by Brinkwire.

July 1, 2020

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Imaging reveals baby girl born with 2nd mouth

Imaging, specifically MRI and CT, helped clinicians determine that a mass located on the chin of a newborn girl was a second oral cavity, according to a recent case report. The cavity contained unerupted teeth and an accessory tongue that moved in sync with her oral tongue.

June 24, 2020

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U.K. issues advice on radiology life cycle

The U.K. Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has released a report designed to standardize terminology for communicating processes, performance, and measurement. It's available for free download.

From the right: Lorena Boix-Alonso, deputy director general of EC DG SANTE; Prof. Luis Martí-Bonmatí; and Christiane Kirketerp de Viron, acting director, Digital Society, Trust and Cybersecurity, EC DG CNECT. Photo courtesy of EUCAIM.

Brussels summit highlights AI's role in precision medicine

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U.K. issues advice on radiology life cycle

By Maryam Payne

The U.K. Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has released a report designed to standardize terminology for communicating processes, performance, and measurement. It's available for free download.

February 21, 2025

Brussels summit highlights AI's role in precision medicine

By Maryam Payne

The European Commission, ESR, and EUCAIM have held a meeting in Brussels about how to use health data and AI to advance cancer detection and treatment.

February 19, 2025

From the right: Lorena Boix-Alonso, deputy director general of EC DG SANTE; Prof. Luis Martí-Bonmatí; and Christiane Kirketerp de Viron, acting director, Digital Society, Trust and Cybersecurity, EC DG CNECT. Photo courtesy of EUCAIM.

CDSS fails to reduce inappropriate imaging orders

Implementing a clinical decision support system (CDSS) had little effect on reducing inappropriate imaging orders by referrers in three German university hospitals.

February 14, 2025

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Using AI with mammography can help select women for breast MRI

By Amerigo Allegretto

Dutch researchers have found that using AI with mammography can help select women at high risk of breast cancer for supplemental MRI.

February 7, 2025

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Nordic journal posts tribute to Henrik Thomsen

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Prof. Henrik Thomsen has stepped down as chief editor of Acta Radiologica. The journal has posted a tribute to him.

February 6, 2025

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How can we improve evaluation of benign breast lesions?

By Amerigo Allegretto

Sonographic imaging descriptors and histopathological diagnoses are essential for more accurate assessment of benign breast lesions.

February 5, 2025

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Is herpes infection protective in early Alzheimer’s disease patients?

In a recent French study with “unexpected” results, patients infected with herpes had fewer signs of brain deposits associated with Alzheimer’s disease than uninfected patients.

February 3, 2025

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Ultrafast MRI proves value for classifying breast cancers

By Amerigo Allegretto

An ultrafast MRI-based radiomics examination performs just as well as standard MRI and is not dependent on radiologist experience, new research has found.

February 3, 2025

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ESR announces 2025 election results

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Society of Radiology (ESR) has released its leadership results following completion of the January 2025 election process. Voter turnout was less than 9%.

January 30, 2025

What brain mechanisms drive depression in older adults?

A Belgian PET study has shown that mechanisms other than amyloid brain deposits may underlie depressive symptoms in people later in life.

January 24, 2025

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German team supports use of endovascular thrombectomy

Researchers from Hamburg say endovascular thrombectomy is a safe and effective option in cases of acute extracranial internal carotid artery occlusions.

January 23, 2025

Images in a 74-year-old male patient who presented at the hospital with acute symptoms of a right hemispheric ischemic stroke and a National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score of 24. (A) Nonenhanced CT image shows no signs of early infarction, whereas (B) CT perfusion image shows a large perfusion deficit in the territory of the middle cerebral artery and anterior cerebral artery caused by an extracranial occlusion in the right internal carotid artery. (C) Digital subtraction angiography shows the occlusion in the C1 segment. The extracranial occlusion was passed, reperfused, and subsequently stented (D, E). The final contrast injection did not reveal any intracranial occlusions within the territory of the internal carotid artery (F). At the 24-hour follow-up, there was no infarction on (G) the nonenhanced CT image, and the NIHSS score had decreased to 3 points. Image courtesy of RSNA.

DEXA receives major boost for osteoporosis screening

Greater emphasis looks set to be put on the use of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) for osteoporosis screening.

January 22, 2025

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