Dear AuntMinnie Europe Member,
CT's development has been a revelation over the past three decades. It has expanded from its traditional role as radiology's workhorse modality, moving into advanced applications such as stroke assessment, cardiac imaging, and dual-energy imaging. New multidetector-row scanners are putting more imaging power at the fingertips of end users, and ongoing concerns about radiation dose continue to be addressed.
Against this background, please take a look at our new CT Digital Community, which launches officially this week. In this special section of our site, you will find news from the latest congresses, including a new study presented at the International Society for Computed Tomography meeting that found CT can predict cardiovascular events in symptomatic patients, as well as information about how CT reveals gender differences in metabolic syndrome, and new breast CT research.
Meanwhile, in our Women's Imaging Digital Community, learn about the latest results from the Swedish Two-County Trial, which were released yesterday. This newest study found that the benefits of screening mammography in terms of mortality reduction were even higher than previously reported, and tended to increase over time. Click here for that news.
In industry news, a major shake-up in the global mammography market now seems likely as a result of the planned acquisition by Philips Healthcare of the bulk of Sectra's breast imaging business. The deal was announced on Monday. Click here for the full story.
Berlin was blessed with two important imaging meetings last week: the Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) conference and the Symposium on Ultrahigh Field Magnetic Resonance. Our roving reporter Eric Barnes did double duty by covering both events. Click here for his latest CARS news, and click here for his report on the potential of clinical PET/MRI scanning at 9.4 tesla.
It's nearly a year until the start of the Olympic Games in London, but plans for the imaging side of the event are already advanced. An impressive range of equipment will be used at the imaging center, and unlike the Beijing Games in 2008, CT will be available. Click here for the full story. Also, to find out about the urgent need for MR radiographers to volunteer to work at London 2012, click here.
