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Lego MRI: Reducing kids' anxiety, brick by brick
A creative group of U.S. and Dutch radiologists is using Lego models to put children at ease in the MRI suite, and the idea is catching on fast. The goal is for patients to complete the study without the need for sedation.
November 10, 2015
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New evidence emerges on U.K. radiology’s workforce crisis
Two major reports published today reveal the huge workforce problems facing the U.K. radiology and oncology sectors and the ever-greater reliance on outsourcing.
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Barcelona radiomics team reveals AI progress in liver cancer
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Momentum builds for AI use in intracranial hemorrhage cases
The “Saifie” was born at RöKo 2025! Dr. Saif Afat, chairperson of the ESR Radiology Trainees Forum Subcommittee and managing senior physician at the University Hospital of Tübingen, invited attendees to pose with him for selfies during the congress. He’s shown here with (from left to right): Prof. Dr. Mathias Goyen, chief medical officer at GE HealthCare; Prof. Dr. Markus Juchems, head of radiology at Klinikum Konstanz; Prof. Dr. Fabian Bamberg, head of radiology at University Medical Center Freiburg; and Prof. Dr. Johannes Wessling, head of radiology at Clemenshospital Münster.
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New evidence emerges on U.K. radiology’s workforce crisis
By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD
Two major reports published today reveal the huge workforce problems facing the U.K. radiology and oncology sectors and the ever-greater reliance on outsourcing.
June 5, 2025
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Barcelona radiomics team reveals AI progress in liver cancer
By Philip Ward
Spanish researchers have reported success with an automated tool for liver tumor detection and delineation that uses deep-learning methods for biomedical image segmentation.
June 5, 2025
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Momentum builds for AI use in intracranial hemorrhage cases
By Maryam Payne
A Dutch study evaluating AI use for intracranial hemorrhage shows it has high diagnostic accuracy, but information about its therapeutic impact and clinical utility is still limited.
June 4, 2025
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Hot shots from Wiesbaden: RöKo 2025 picture gallery
By Philip Ward
The in-person part of the 106th edition of the German Radiology Congress (RöKo 2025) wound up in Wiesbaden on 30 May. We bring you a selection of images from the meeting.
June 3, 2025
The “Saifie” was born at RöKo 2025! Dr. Saif Afat, chairperson of the ESR Radiology Trainees Forum Subcommittee and managing senior physician at the University Hospital of Tübingen, invited attendees to pose with him for selfies during the congress. He’s shown here with (from left to right): Prof. Dr. Mathias Goyen, chief medical officer at GE HealthCare; Prof. Dr. Markus Juchems, head of radiology at Klinikum Konstanz; Prof. Dr. Fabian Bamberg, head of radiology at University Medical Center Freiburg; and Prof. Dr. Johannes Wessling, head of radiology at Clemenshospital Münster.
Breast screening starting at age 40 leads to better outcomes
By Amerigo Allegretto
Breast cancers detected by screening led to lower odds of advanced cancers and cancer-related deaths than symptom-detected cancers.
June 3, 2025
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PCCT boosts accuracy in coronary stent assessment
By Kate Madden Yee
Photon-counting detector CT (PCCT) can improve coronary stent imaging by providing enhanced spatial resolution and spectral capabilities, Dutch researchers have reported.
June 2, 2025
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ESUR updates advice on hypersensitivity reactions to contrast media
By Maryam Payne
The European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR) has updated its guidelines on the management of hypersensitivity reactions to contrast media.
June 2, 2025
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Deuterium metabolic imaging could help diagnose dementia
By Kate Madden Yee
Deuterium metabolic imaging could offer an alternative to FDG-PET for dementia diagnosis.
May 30, 2025
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German team evaluates AI for pixel-level lung thickness maps
By Liz Carey
The U-Net deep-learning model may be helpful for diagnosing and preventing the progression of pulmonary diseases during routine chest x-ray screenings.
May 30, 2025
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BRAID study casts light on imaging dense breasts
By Amerigo Allegretto
Abbreviated MRI and contrast-enhanced mammography may be the best supplemental imaging methods for women with dense breasts, the Breast screening Risk Adapted Imaging for Density (BRAID) study has found.
May 29, 2025
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Team Vienna unveils novel findings on breast MRI
By Amerigo Allegretto
Breast MRI decreases in diagnostic performance when faced with marked background parenchymal enhancement on exams, Austrian researchers have reported.
May 29, 2025
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Radiology mourns death of Czech pioneer Jan Peregrin
By Philip Ward
The medical imaging community is mourning the loss of Prof. Jan Peregrin, the visionary in interventional radiology and educator from Prague who died on 17 May.
May 28, 2025
I always hoped to meet a friendly extraterrestrial who could help me to change the world, said Prof. Jan Peregrin. Photo courtesy of IKEM and CIRSE.
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