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Proton imaging resolution boosted in one step

An international team of researchers has developed a statistical tool that improves the resolution of proton imaging in a single step, without any prior radiographic information. The tool has the potential to boost the accuracy of proton therapy so that less radiation is delivered to healthy tissue.

December 26, 2016

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Software as good as hardware for PET gating

Researchers have demonstrated that software is as good as, if not better than, hardware when it comes to filtering out patient motion during PET. In blind tests, reviewers could spot no difference most of the time, and when differences were seen, software gating was more likely to be rated as superior.

May 18, 2016

Lead protects pacemakers from radiation

Lead shields provide a simple and inexpensive way to reduce radiation delivered to pacemakers during radiation therapy, according to a new study. The protection is modest in many instances, but can in some cases reduce radiation by 40%, cutting the risk of pacemaker failure.

January 14, 2016

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Quality assurance confirms benefits of MRI-guided radiotherapy

Radiation oncologists are hailing the benefits of MRI-guided radiotherapy, having published a quality assurance program for their system. They claim the system is allowing them to hone their treatment margins and adapt to real-time changes in a patient's body.

December 29, 2015

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French report breakthrough in medical isotopes

Medical physicists from Nantes, France, have generated a series of medical isotopes from the irradiation of thorium-232. One of the products decays into a promising isotope for alpha radionuclide therapy, while another product is a sought-after isotope used in diagnostics.

February 18, 2015

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MRI and PET tackle Alzheimer's diagnostics

A new window into the development of Alzheimer's disease may have been opened up by German researchers. They have combined two noninvasive imaging techniques to study b-amyloid plaques and found a connection between their formation in cerebral blood vessels and reduced blood flow in the brain.

January 7, 2015

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3D ultrasound goes ultrafast

Scientists in France have developed a new type of ultrasound that can produce 3D videos at thousands of frames per second. It builds on 2D ultrafast ultrasound, and has already enabled its creators to witness blood flowing through the chambers of a human heart in real-time.

November 10, 2014

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MR-guided HIFU proves safe for liver ablation

MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (MR-HIFU) is "sufficiently reliable and safe" to begin clinical trials in the liver. That's according to researchers in Finland and the Netherlands, who have assessed the use of the technique in a clinically acceptable setting.

October 29, 2014

Advanced MRI helps unravel mysteries of babies' brains

Some 85 billion neurons and upwards of 100 trillion connections -- the adult human brain is the most complex object in the known universe. But how does such a rich neural network grow from a tiny fetus? And how does that growth affect the way our brains ultimately function?

January 13, 2014

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Superresolution ultrasound maps the brain

Researchers have overcome an inability of ultrasound to map capillaries and other vessels in the brain by injecting micrometer-sized bubbles into the bloodstream. Although the technique has been demonstrated only on a model brain so far, it's a promising new way to map the brain's vascular networks.

November 28, 2013

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Overdue baby dies after scan results sent 'to nowhere'

The results of a scan of an overdue baby with medical concerns were not sent to the mother's midwife, possibly contributing to the death of the baby.

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Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks prove safe for pain management

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Overdue baby dies after scan results sent 'to nowhere'

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The results of a scan of an overdue baby with medical concerns were not sent to the mother's midwife, possibly contributing to the death of the baby.

November 20, 2024

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Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks prove safe for pain management

By Amerigo Allegretto

Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks performed by emergency clinicians appear to be safe for pain management.

November 15, 2024

U.K. issues advice on sedation use in radiology

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The U.K. Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has published a document called "Sedation, analgesia and anaesthesia in radiology." The 28-page practical guide is available for free download.

November 8, 2024

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EANM 2024 hits record attendance

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) has reported that its annual congress in Hamburg, Germany, attracted more than 8,680 participants.

November 7, 2024

Siemens posts strong revenues for Q4, fiscal year 2024

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Healthineers posted strong revenue growth in the fourth quarter and full fiscal year of 2024 compared with last year.

November 7, 2024

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Book launch celebrates lives of global experts in radiology

By Dr. Arpan K. Banerjee

A new book containing 195 biographies of radiology's early pioneers from 38 countries was unveiled at France's national congress, JFR 2024, in Paris.

November 1, 2024

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RCR releases pediatric trauma radiology guidance

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The U.K. Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has released a guidance document on pediatric trauma radiology.

October 28, 2024

ASMIRT issues statement on radiographers and cardiac devices

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Australian Society of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy (ASMIRT) has released a position statement about radiographers' scope of practice for cardiac medical devices.

October 25, 2024

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Tc-99m shortage expected to last into November

The delayed restart of a nuclear research reactor in the Netherlands is expected to cause supply shortages of technetium-99m (Tc-99m) into November.

October 25, 2024

Median reports revenue gains for Q3

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

France-based Median Technologies is reporting revenue increases for the third quarter of the 2024 fiscal year.

October 25, 2024

Philips and Medtronic collaborate on stroke care

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Royal Philips and Medtronic Neurovascular have signed a partnership for delivering timely stroke care.

October 25, 2024

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Ventripoint receives CE Mark for cardiac ultrasound software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Ventripoint Diagnostics has received CE Mark certification for its VMS+4.0 automated cardiac ultrasound software.

October 25, 2024

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