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MRI: Page 336
Utilizing MR for dense breasts saves biopsies, money
By
Rebekah Moan
VIENNA - Adding dense breasts as a new standard indication for MR mammography in cases with unclear findings could ward off approximately 88% of biopsies and end up saving insurance companies money, according to research presented on Sunday morning at ECR 2013.
March 9, 2013
Advances in forensic imaging bring new opportunities for radiology
By
Simon Lee
VIENNA - As the reliability of modern forensic imaging rapidly improves, radiologists are being increasingly sought out by forensic pathologists to help examine bodies noninvasively, so they should be prepared to answer that call, according to experts in a special session on advances in forensic imaging on Sunday at ECR 2013.
March 9, 2013
Keep aware of DWI capacity of new MRI systems
By
Becky McCall
VIENNA - Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is viewed increasingly as an essential tool for detecting liver metastases, but experts said they would welcome improvements in signal-to-noise ratio, as well as better image resolution and sequences, among other developments, in Friday's state-of-the-art symposium on the abdomen at ECR 2013.
March 8, 2013
MRI manufacturers target opportunities in emerging markets
By
John Bonner
VIENNA - This week the eyes of the radiology world are firmly fixed on events here at ECR 2013. But in the months leading up to the congress, the major MRI equipment vendors have been looking elsewhere, beyond the borders of Europe to the growing markets of the developing world.
March 8, 2013
Adults with congenital heart disease represent growing challenge
By
Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD
VIENNA - Thanks to medical progress, most babies born with congenital heart disease (CHD) now survive to adulthood. Imaging is critical for these patients, and it's important for radiologists to become familiar with the most common CHD imaging aspects and surgical procedures, according to a special focus session on Saturday at ECR 2013.
March 8, 2013
Debate ignites over breast MRI's added value
By
Philip Ward
VIENNA - Researchers from the Netherlands found that 3-tesla breast MRI of mammographically detected microcalcifications is of added diagnostic value, but only by expert radiologists, according to a presentation during the breast scientific session on Thursday at ECR 2013. However, their findings were challenged by a member of the audience.
March 7, 2013
Global radiologist leads the way in musculoskeletal trauma cases
By
Becky McCall
VIENNA - Go back to basic anatomy and mechanism of injury to understand which structures could possibly be injured in a particular scenario. That was the overriding message of a leading musculoskeletal radiologist in a lunchtime session on trauma on Thursday at ECR 2013.
March 7, 2013
Warning: Staff with prosthetics may not be as safe as patients
By
Becky McCall
VIENNA - Some prosthetic devices that pass as MR-compatible for patients may not be safe for radiographers and nurses, according to Dr. Nadia Oberhofer from South Tyrol, Italy. She spoke in a scientific session dedicated to MRI safety on Thursday at ECR 2013.
March 7, 2013
Ga-68 DOTATOC PET/MRI tops PET/CT for staging neuroendocrine tumors
By
Wayne Forrest
VIENNA - Researchers from University Hospital Essen in Germany have shown the feasibility of whole-body staging of patients with neuroendocrine tumors with PET/MRI and the radiotracer gallium-68 (Ga-68) DOTATOC, and with greater reliability than PET/CT, in a preliminary study presented Friday at ECR 2013.
March 7, 2013
Prepare for the transformation of care by prostate MR imaging
By
Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD
VIENNA - Some urologists continue to persist with the old methods of prostate biopsy and tumor detection, despite the benefits of MRI in visualizing the most aggressive parts of prostate tumor. But the situation is changing fast, according Dr. Jelle Barentsz, PhD, of University Hospital Nijmegen in the Netherlands, in a session on Friday at ECR 2013.
March 7, 2013
Collaboration among specialties enhances prospects of cancer patients
By
Becky McCall
VIENNA - Promoting more effective collaboration among radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and radiation oncologists to improve imaging and radiotherapy outcomes is a core principle underpinning the lectures in a special focus session on Friday at ECR 2013.
March 7, 2013
FDG-PET/MRI 'comparable' to FDG-PET/CT in head/neck cancer
By
Wayne Forrest
VIENNA - FDG-PET/MRI can produce diagnostic quality images "comparable" to FDG-PET/CT in patients with head and neck cancer, according to a study presented on Thursday during the opening day of ECR 2013.
March 6, 2013
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