Jonathan S. Batchelor

Digital X-Ray
Agilent enters portable ultrasound market
The portable ultrasound market heats up with Agilent's introduction of a unit targeted at cardiac clinicians. How will handheld ultrasound device manufacturers Terason, SonoSite, or MySono respond to the industry heavyweight's entrance into their arena?
March 20, 2001
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Clinical News
MR contrast poised to move forward with USPIO
The value of ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO) contrast agents was presented in a pair of papers at the European Congress of Radiology earlier this month. Researchers from the Free University in Berlin reasoned that USPIO might be used as a contrast agent to enhance the MR imaging of atherosclerotic plaques.
March 15, 2001
PACS/VNA
Filmless PACS rocks Taiwan
VIENNA - Turning off the film spigot is the goal of every PACS administrator, but achieving it without repercussions is difficult. Dr. Yu Ting Kuo shut down film in his institution on September 20, 1999. The very next day, an earthquake that damaged several nearby buildings rocked Taiwan.
March 5, 2001
MRI
Tumor volume may help determine cervical cancer prognosis
VIENNA - Cervical cancer, along with ovarian cancer, is fast becoming one of the greatest killers of women on the European continent. Researchers here are working on a variety of diagnostic techniques and methodologies in order to improve the prognosis of women who develop these diseases.
March 5, 2001
Radiology Education
Radiology cost-planning software introduced at ECR
VIENNA - A group of researchers from the Charité Campus Virchow in Berlin introduced an online, tutorial-based radiology cost-effectiveness tool called Mediconomia at this week’s European Congress of Radiology. The software is designed to educate radiologists about the economics of imaging procedures.
March 4, 2001
CT
CT alone can miss bronchial occlusion
VIENNA - Axial CT scans often show disagreement with bronchoscopy regarding the presence of bronchial occlusion, according to researchers from the department of diagnostic and interventional radiology at Korea University in Seoul. In a presentation Sunday at the European Congress of Radiology, they recommended performing both procedures.
March 4, 2001
CT
CT helps diagnose echinococcosis in Uzbekistan
VIENNA - Pulmonary echinococcosis is a painful and debilitating disease whose incidence has increased by a third in Dr. Adkham Ikramov’s practice in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. His study evaluates the role of x-ray and CT in diagnosing the disease.
March 3, 2001
CT
Thinner is better for CT of pulmonary arteries
VIENNA - A group of researchers from Calmette Hospital at the University of Lille in Lille, France have successfully imaged pulmonary arteries down to the 6th order using multidetector CT (MDCT).
March 3, 2001
Digital X-Ray
Electron-beam CT useful in monitoring for restenosis
VIENNA - Patients who have undergone percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) are at risk for restenosis and need to be carefully monitored, according to Dr. Nina Gagarina. EBCT can detect high calcium scores in PTCA-treated artery segments, which are directly associated with restenosis, her study concludes.
March 2, 2001
CT
MR beats CT in pancreatic cancer staging
VIENNA - Dynamic gadolinium-enhanced MRI is superior to three-phase spiral CT in the preoperative staging of pancreatic carcinoma, according to a presentation today at the European Congress of Radiology.
March 1, 2001
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