Louise Gagnon

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'A diagnostic revolutionary' -- the legacy of Godfrey Hounsfield
CT has become a vital form of medical imaging that is ubiquitous throughout the world, offering powerful insights into the human body. Most of the credit for the development of CT goes to Sir Godfrey Hounsfield, the U.K. scientist who developed the first CT scanner in 1971.
August 11, 2022
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Organized Radiology Issues
Attention focuses on green credentials of congresses
Sydney would have been an environmentally suboptimal location for the annual International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine meeting, as measured by calculations of carbon dioxide emissions, according to new German analysis.
August 11, 2020
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Clinical News
Nuclear medicine physicians must change to survive
While nuclear medicine is not in imminent danger of extinction, it may need to reinvent itself for the future, according to the president of the British Nuclear Medicine Society. In particular, nuclear medicine physicians need to shed their self-image as purely imaging-based physicians to become more involved in clinical areas.
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Local PACS firms rule as China begins digital leap forward
TORONTO - The Chinese government is heavily investing in healthcare IT infrastructure; however, the PACS and digital revolution in China is still immature, and local firms dominate despite the presence of multinational competitors, according to a presentation at this week's Medical Imaging Informatics and Teleradiology conference.
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Radiologist faces strong criticism in negligence case
A radiologist exhibited a "lackadaisical attitude" and did not show compassion when informed of a patient's burns due to a radiofrequency ablation, according to a media report in Malaysia.
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Artificial Intelligence
AI helps out with spotting interval breast cancers
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Ultrasound
Hospital doctor gets struck off for fraud
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Molecular Imaging
Serac highlights first patient imaged with SPECT agent
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Interventional
Embolization can mitigate enlarged prostate symptoms
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Radiologist faces strong criticism in negligence case
By Amerigo Allegretto
A radiologist exhibited a "lackadaisical attitude" and did not show compassion when informed of a patient's burns due to a radiofrequency ablation, according to a media report in Malaysia.
September 11, 2024
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AI helps out with spotting interval breast cancers
By Erik L. Ridley
A new study from Cambridge in the U.K. has assessed performance characteristics of AI software in identifying and localizing interval breast cancers.
September 11, 2024
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Hospital doctor gets struck off for fraud
By Philip Ward
A clinician who defrauded the U.K. health service of £50,000 (€59,200) by submitting false time sheets has been struck off. Another recent tribunal issued a warning to a radiologist over care quality.
September 10, 2024
Justice Scales Fire
Serac highlights first patient imaged with SPECT agent
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Serac Healthcare and the University of Exeter are highlighting that the first patient has been scanned with a novel molecular SPECT imaging agent.
September 10, 2024
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Embolization can mitigate enlarged prostate symptoms
By Will Morton
A team from Paris has found that men with enlarged prostates who undergo minimally invasive prostatic artery embolization have significant improvements in symptoms after two years.
September 9, 2024
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DeepHealth partners with HOPPR on foundational AI model
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
DeepHealth is partnering with HOPPR to commercialize a medical-grade generalized foundational model.
September 5, 2024
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EANM announces training initiatives
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) is reorganizing its training and education section and will establish a new Education Council.
September 5, 2024
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ESC 2024 attendance reaches pre-COVID-19 levels
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has announced that about 32,000 health professionals from 171 countries attended its 2024 annual meeting.
September 5, 2024
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RaySearch announces practice milestone with Iridium Network
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Iridium Network successfully treated its first patient on 2 September with RaySearch's oncology information system RayCare and Varian's TrueBeam linear accelerator.
September 4, 2024
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ESC 2024: Optical coherence tomography standards needed now
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Study results highlighted at the annual congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC 2024) in London found that optical coherence tomography improves survival and reduces adverse cardiovascular events.
September 4, 2024
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Affidea acquires Synlab Lithuania laboratories
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Affidea has acquired Synlab Lithuania to add advanced laboratory analysis, testing, and specialty consultation to its outpatient imaging services.
September 4, 2024
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France greenlights Sonio Samsung Medison deal
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Samsung Medison's acquisition of Sonio has been approved by the French Ministry of the Economy and Finance.
September 3, 2024
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