Dear AuntMinnieEurope Member,
The world of medical imaging has lost one of its great champions and ambassadors. Dr. Harald Østensen worked tirelessly and unselfishly to promote training and the wider availability of medical equipment in poorer nations, achieving a great deal in Africa, Southeast Asia, India, and the South Pacific during his time with the World Health Organization and the Nycomed Amersham Intercontinental Continuing Education in Radiology (NICER) Institute.
His philosophy was refreshingly simple: teach and educate people well on their home territory, and make appropriate use of existing technology rather than expensive high-tech equipment. This approach drew the support and admiration of colleagues across the globe. Click here to read more.
Women have made giant strides in medicine in recent years, leading to discussion of the "feminization" of the profession. Their status and position within radiology comes under close scrutiny in this month's Maverinck column. Find out morehere.
Also, learn about the possible impact that a radiologist's experience might have on their false-positive rateswhen interpreting mammograms in an article in our Women's Imaging Digital Community.
Effective treatment of Alzheimer's disease depends on earlier and more accurate diagnosis, and a European Union-funded research project is making important progress in this area. The group is exploring how MR imaging can be used to measure atrophy in the mediotemporal lobe, among other things. To view some impressive images and read the full story, click here, or visit our MRI Digital Community at http://mri.auntminnieeurope.com.
Development of dual-energy CT in virtual colonoscopy is still in the early stages, but the initial results are highly promising, and the technique looks primed for greater acceptance due to its ability to predict tumor histology based on contrast uptake. New data were presented by German researchers at last week's annual meeting of the International Society for Computed Tomography (ISCT) meeting, and you can learn more by clicking here for an article in our CT Digital Community.
Finally, the Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) congress starts today, and we're pleased to feature a report in our XXXX Digital Community from staff writer Eric Barnes, who is on hand in Berlin covering the proceedings. Find out XXXXXXXXXXX.
