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COCIR, ESR talk integrity at ECR 2014

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Integrity was the topic of a 6 March joint session between the European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical, and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR) and the European Society of Radiology (ESR) at ECR 2014.

March 6, 2014

Keep ahead of the game in plain film with 2 views, says McCall

By Frances Rylands-Monk

VIENNA - The overwhelming thirst for basic knowledge was evident at Thursday's Mini Course on skeletal radiology, as delegates crammed into a conference room to hear insights from Dr. Iain McCall, former European Society of Radiology president.

March 6, 2014

MRI ensures no more stabbing in the dark over wound length

By Frances Rylands-Monk

VIENNA - A ground-breaking study examining the reliability of MRI to image experimentally produced stab wounds in amputated human limbs was presented for the first time on Thurday at ECR 2014. The study findings may help with forensic evidence in criminal cases and with postmortem reports.

March 6, 2014

'Opportunity' knocking for women demanding mammograms

By Rebekah Moan

VIENNA - Opportunistic screening accounts for nearly a quarter of all referred mammograms in the Netherlands. And contrary to expectations, there is no difference among age groups, delegates at ECR 2014 learned on Friday morning.

March 6, 2014

Video from ECR 2014: Dr. Erik Ranschaert on mobile devices and teleradiology

VIENNA - Dr. Erik Ranschaert, PhD, talks about why radiologists should use tablets and mobile devices in their daily practice, shares how they are used at his hospital, and also discusses the European Society of Radiology's recent statement on teleradiology.

March 6, 2014

Bezzi: To succeed with lung biopsies, talk to your patients

By Philip Ward

VIENNA - When it comes to lung biopsies, the key factors are patient consent and collaboration, indications and contraindications, imaging review, guidance selection, patient positioning and the use of local anesthesia, and recovery and potential complications, a leading Italian interventional radiologist told a standing-room only Mini Course on Thursday.

March 6, 2014

Russia eyes teleradiology to bridge gaps in healthcare

By Erik L. Ridley

VIENNA - Slowly but surely, teleradiology is clearing challenging hurdles to adoption in Russia, paving the way for improved healthcare in sparsely populated areas of the country, attendees learned during Friday's "ESR meets Russia" session at ECR 2014.

March 6, 2014

Video from ECR 2014: Interview with ECR President Dr. Valentin Sinitsyn

VIENNA - ECR 2014 President Dr. Valentin Sinitsyn, PhD, from Moscow, discusses the new changes at this year's congress, how the political situation in Ukraine is affecting the congress, and how the ECR helps to strengthen friendship and understanding between radiologists from many nations.

March 6, 2014

New radiographers outperform older counterparts at breast positioning

By Rebekah Moan

VIENNA - Older does not connote wiser, at least in the case of breast radiographers. In a surprising study from the Netherlands presented on Thursday at ECR 2014, researchers found that new radiographers performed better than experienced ones in terms of breast positioning.

March 6, 2014

CT features don't predict cardiac risk in lung screening patients

By Eric Barnes

VIENNA - Spirometry and pulmonary CT parameters aren't helpful for predicting cardiac events in screening participants, even though such markers are independently associated with cardiovascular events in the lung cancer screening population as a whole, according to researchers from the Netherlands.

March 6, 2014

Video from ECR 2014: ESR president on EuroSafe Imaging

VIENNA - The official launch of the European Society of Radiology (ESR) EuroSafe Imaging campaign took place on the opening day of ECR 2014. But why did the ESR choose now for the launch? And why is the campaign necessary? ESR President Dr. Guy Frija reveals all to AuntMinnieEurope.com Editor-in-Chief Philip Ward.

March 5, 2014

Navidea posts Q4, 2013 results

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals has released its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2013.

March 5, 2014

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