The breast implant scandal looks set to impose a huge strain on MRI services in Europe over the coming months. The modality is recognized as the best way to assess patients postprocedure, and many of the hundreds of thousands of women who have received defective Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) implants may well require an MRI examination.
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The breast implant scandal looks set to impose a huge strain on MRI services in Europe over the coming months. The modality is recognized as the best way to assess patients postprocedure, and many of the hundreds of thousands of women who have received defective Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) implants may well require an MRI examination.
A Spanish expert believes it will be impossible for her department to cope with this situation. Visit our Women's Imaging Digital Community or click here to learn more.
During his talk in a plenary session at the just-concluded European Congress of Radiology (ECR), Dr. Thomas Helmberger from Munich could barely conceal his excitement about irreversible electroporation. He seems a calm and measured person, so everybody should take note of his positivity about this emerging tumor ablation technique. To read more, click here.
Teleradiology and medical devices are having an increasing impact on clinical practice, and radiology will need to be redefined as a result of this technology, Dr. Erik Ranschaert from the Netherlands told an ECR special focus session, at which he presented the results of a new survey. Go to our PACS Digital Community, or click here.
Giving a lecture is something most doctors have to do, but it's not generally taught and is never as easy as you think. The Maverinck chose ECR to reveal his own golden rules for lecturing. Get the story here.
To get a more complete picture of what made the headlines at the congress, make sure you check out our RADCast @ ECR. You'll find a wealth of excellent stories put together by our experienced team of onsite writers.
