2008

MRI beats mammography, US in detecting breast cancer in high-risk women
By Cynthia E. Keen
VIENNA - Breast MRI should be an integral part of annual breast cancer surveillance for high-risk women, according to researchers from Vienna. They compared mammography, ultrasound, and MRI for breast cancer screening in this patient population, and presented their findings at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 11, 2008
Obese patients challenge efficacy of cardiac CTA
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - Coronary CT angiography (CTA) is proving useful for evaluating most patients with suspected coronary artery disease, particularly since the introduction of 64-slice scanners. But information about CTA's performance in certain subpopulations, such as obese patients, is lacking. Researchers from Belgium studied whether coronary CTA was useful in this patient population, and presented their findings at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 10, 2008
Prospective gating drops cardiac CT radiation dose
By Brian Casey
VIENNA - Prospective gating has emerged as a promising method for reducing radiation dose in coronary CT angiography (CTA) studies. Monday at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR), Italian researchers confirmed previous results in using prospective gating to reduce dose to as little as 2.8 mSv per heart study, while a German group discussed its effort to further refine prospective gating by making it more accurate.
March 9, 2008
PET/CT beats 3T MRI in whole-body primary tumor staging
By Rob Skelding
VIENNA - Finding how far a patient's cancer has spread is critical in planning and optimizing treatment. Various imaging techniques now provide indispensable tools for staging primary tumors, but a new comparative study found fused whole-body PET/CT to be significantly more accurate than whole-body MRI -- even at 3 tesla -- for primary tumor staging.
March 9, 2008
CT maintains edge over MRI in liver transplant planning
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - Researchers from Germany have found that CT still does a better job than MRI of defining critical vasculature for living donor liver transplant planning, thereby enhancing overall safety for the donors. They compared the results of preoperative CT and MR cholangiography in potential liver donors, and presented their findings Monday at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 9, 2008
Radiology helps Israel meet unique healthcare needs
By Cynthia E. Keen
VIENNA - Attendees at this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR) got a closer look at how radiology is practiced in Israel at the conference's "ECR meets Israel" session on Sunday. Representatives from the country's radiology community described how PACS helps the country with its unique healthcare needs, and also outlined Israel's breast screening program.
March 9, 2008
GE launches Definium 6000 at ECR
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
VIENNA - GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., used this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR) to launch Definium 6000, a new digital radiography (DR) product.
March 9, 2008
Agfa lands European contracts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
VIENNA - Agfa HealthCare of Mortsel, Belgium, has landed contracts to provide its PACS and archiving technology to hospitals in the U.K. and Spain, the company announced at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 9, 2008
Sectra installs new version of PACS software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
VIENNA - Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra has completed the first installation of its new IDS7/dx software at a hospital in Sweden, the company announced at this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 9, 2008
New studies examine CR, CT radiation dose
By Rob Skelding
VIENNA - Two studies presented Sunday at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) focused on radiation dose with imaging exams. The first spotlighted the importance of x-ray dose optimization for computed radiography (CR) systems, while the other offered a counterargument to recent studies criticizing the risks of radiation exposure in exams like CT angiography.
March 8, 2008
CAD nabs the flat polyps VC readers may miss
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - In two studies presented Sunday at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology, investigators tested colon computer-aided detection (CAD) schemes for their ability to find flat lesions. In both, the sensitivity was reassuringly high, though questions remain about the effect of false-positive CAD detections on reader performance and variations in flat polyp morphology.
March 8, 2008
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Zonare debuts version 3.5 of z.one at ECR
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
VIENNA - Ultrasound technology developer Zonare Medical Systems of Mountain View, CA, has released version 3.5 of its z.one scanner platform at this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 8, 2008
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