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PET moves ahead in detection of hypoxic tumors
Researchers have used PET to provide a new way to diagnose hypoxia in tumors. They demonstrated that signs of tumor hypoxia can be spotted among the gamma rays collected routinely during a PET scan, providing clinicians with extra information to guide treatment decisions.
October 20, 2020
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Multimedia education tools can help reduce patient anxiety
Patients planning to undergo interventional radiology procedures reported less anxiety after viewing an educational video, U.K. researchers have found.
Dr. Paul McCoubrie. Image courtesy of the ESR and Sebastian Kreuzberger.
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McCoubrie: It’s time for a rethink on MDTs
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LLMs improve patient comprehension of oncologic CT reports
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Belgian study supports use of romosozumab in older women
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Art and radiology: Seeing beauty and value in images
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Multimedia education tools can help reduce patient anxiety
By Amerigo Allegretto
Patients planning to undergo interventional radiology procedures reported less anxiety after viewing an educational video, U.K. researchers have found.
November 25, 2025
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McCoubrie: It’s time for a rethink on MDTs
By Dr. Paul McCoubrie
Large multidisciplinary team meetings (MDTs) are expensive and time-consuming, and they don’t advance patient care and should be replaced by protocol-driven care and smaller meetings for complex patients, says Dr. Paul McCoubrie.
November 25, 2025
Dr. Paul McCoubrie. Image courtesy of the ESR and Sebastian Kreuzberger.
LLMs improve patient comprehension of oncologic CT reports
By Kate Madden Yee
The use of large language models (LLMs) with oncologic CT reports brings benefits, but radiologist oversight is still vital, German researchers have reported.
November 24, 2025
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Belgian study supports use of romosozumab in older women
By Will Morton
Age appears not to be a factor in whether postmenopausal women with osteoporosis respond to treatment with romosozumab.
November 24, 2025
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Art and radiology: Seeing beauty and value in images
By Philip Ward
“Radiological illustrations are more than medical images. They teach!” That’s the view of Dr. Harun Yildiz from Bursa, Turkey. In a Q&A interview, he elaborates on his passion for art.
November 20, 2025
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AI enables tissue matching for digital breast tomosynthesis
By Maryam Payne
Ahead of RSNA 2025, Elaitra has highlighted an AI product featured recently in a European Journal of Radiology study.
November 19, 2025
Example case demonstrating improved accuracy in lesion location with ViewFinder (VF) on versus VF off. The mediolateral oblique (MLO) view shows the source reference-standard annotation (red), while the craniocaudal (CC) images show individual radiologist annotations (blue) for both, ViewFinder ON and OFF, and the reference standard annotation (in red). Courtesy of Stephen Morrell, PhD, et al and EJR. (Note: For interpretation of the references to color in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the original version of this article.)
Gianfranco Gualdi breaks his silence
By Philip Ward
Prof. Gianfranco Gualdi, the senior radiologist from Rome who faces manslaughter charges over alleged malpractice, gave a presentation at a meeting held on 14 November. A video clip of him has appeared on social media.
November 18, 2025
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IAEA recommends global adoption of PSMA-PET
By Will Morton
A global trial sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) supports the adoption of prostate-specific antigen (PSMA) PET/CT into standard staging protocols.
November 18, 2025
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French group focuses attention on benign bone lesions
By Maryam Payne
Musculoskeletal radiologists from Lille have conducted a large study of nearly 600 benign bone lesions found in almost 500 patients.
November 17, 2025
Lesions with concave borders (arrows): (a, b) intraosseous abscess, (c) chondroblastoma, (d) Langerhans cell histiocytosis, and (e, f) metastasis (same patient). In (a) and (c), one concave border follows the shape of the growth plate.
Study finds gender differences in inappropriate imaging requests
By Maryam Payne
A Dutch study has pointed out that women are more likely than men to receive inappropriate diagnostic imaging requests.
November 17, 2025
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PSMA-PET effective for initial staging of prostate cancer
By Will Morton
Researchers from Bonn, Germany, have found that upfront PSMA-PET/CT has a major impact on treatment decision-making in suspected cases of prostate cancer.
November 14, 2025
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Gastric ultrasound can be used by novice examiners
By Amerigo Allegretto
With training, novice users of ultrasound can detect a full stomach in patients undergoing anesthesia, Swiss authors have reported.
November 14, 2025
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