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How radiology can find new roles in post-PACS, networked world

By Vivienne Raper

An unexpected consequence of PACS is that radiologists are increasingly sidelined by referring physicians, who can look at images to make a diagnosis and not even read the radiology report. This problem is confounded as physicians grow more specialized. Radiologists are in real danger if they don't change the way they work, according to Dr. Johan Van Goethem from Antwerp University Hospital in Belgium.

March 3, 2017

Video from ECR 2017: Dr. Christiane Nyhsen on ultrasound cross-infection

VIENNA - Ultrasound scans are a major potential source of nosocomial infections and cross-infection. The European Society of Radiology's Working Group on Ultrasound has studied this topic closely. Dr. Christiane Nyhsen, from the Sunderland Royal Hospital in the U.K., provides an update and urges everybody to pay more attention to good practices in ultrasound.

March 3, 2017

Video from ECR 2017: Shane Foley on radiography & radiology

VIENNA - ECR is well-known for its popular radiographers' sessions, but can it ever become the essential congress for Europe's many thousands of radiographers? Shane Foley, PhD, from the University College Dublin School of Medicine and Medical Science, gives his opinion and also outlines how to boost collaboration and teamwork among radiographers and radiologists.

March 3, 2017

Chest CT with iterative recon achieves x-ray doses

By Eric Barnes

VIENNA - Chest CT scans acquired at radiation doses as low as an x-ray showed lesions of all kinds conspicuously, using the latest dual-source CT scanner and iterative reconstruction. Individualized approaches tailored to specific lesion types cut the dose even further, researchers said on Friday at ECR 2017.

March 3, 2017

European groups partner on radiation issue

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical, and Healthcare IT Industry and the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics are collaborating on the issue of ionizing radiation.

March 2, 2017

Neural networks read mammograms as well as radiologists

By Kate Madden Yee

VIENNA - Deep artificial neural networks can read mammograms as well as radiologists, according to research from Switzerland presented at ECR 2017 on Thursday. Neural networks can also be trained with a relatively small amount of data, the group found.

March 2, 2017

Video from ECR 2017: Dr. Martine Rémy-Jardin on pulmonary embolism

VIENNA - When you mention pulmonary embolism (PE), the chances are you will think of Dr. Martine Rémy-Jardin, PhD, head of the cardiothoracic imaging department at the University Centre of Lille in France. In this video interview, she speaks about persistent controversies in PE and how to optimize patient management.

March 2, 2017

Video from ECR 2017: Dr. Mauricio Castillo on burnout

VIENNA - Burnout, dissatisfaction, and inequality are three major challenges facing radiology today, but simple measures can help overcome them, according to Dr. Mauricio Castillo from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the U.S. An honorary lecturer at ECR 2017, he gives some practical advice on how to avoid problems.

March 2, 2017

Don't forget color when calibrating imaging displays

By Erik L. Ridley

VIENNA - While there still isn't a formal standard for ensuring consistent visualization of the type of color used in many imaging modalities, there are steps that can be taken now to calibrate and perform quality assurance for these displays, according to a presentation at ECR 2017.

March 2, 2017

To be or not to be alarmed over gadolinium contrast? That is the question

By Katrina Megget

The medical imaging community should be neither alarmed nor develop a gadolinium phobia while waiting for guidance from regulators over controversial gadolinium contrast agents. This is the opinion of Dr. Howard Rowley from the University of Wisconsin in the U.S. and president of the American Society of Neuroradiology.

March 2, 2017

U.K. pushes ahead with sonographer-led services

By Vivienne Raper

Judged on the composition of today's eagerly awaited professional challenges session, more healthcare professionals are looking to the U.K. for an alternative model for ultrasound services, yet that model is evolving largely due to a shortage of appropriately trained staff.

March 2, 2017

CAD beats readers for subsolid lung nodules

By Eric Barnes

VIENNA - A computer-aided detection (CAD) scheme outperformed experienced human readers in detecting subsolid nodules as well as cancers in data from more than 2,000 lung cancer screening subjects, researchers reported on Thursday at ECR 2017.

March 2, 2017

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