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Advanced imaging unveils secrets of ancient artifacts

Sunday, November 30 | 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. | RC124 | Room N226A review course taught by Dr. Barry Daly from the University of Maryland will cover a wide range of artifacts, including Egyptian and Peruvian mummies, Mesoamerican and Chinese ceramics, Mesopotamian stucco art, Judaic tabernacles, and European medieval religious artifacts.

November 3, 2014

MRI shows brown fat in living adult

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

British researchers for the first time are using MRI to show the presence of brown adipose tissue in a living adult.

April 17, 2014

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Population-based whole-body MRI finds serious disease

VIENNA - Whole-body MRI screening is safe and accurate for detecting serious pathology in the asymptomatic general population -- especially in patients older than 50, according to a study presented on Sunday at ECR 2014. A few findings were more prevalent than expected in individuals younger than 50.

March 9, 2014

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Experts chew the fat on obesity, services for larger patients

By Frances Rylands-Monk

VIENNA - Ground-breaking applications of functional imaging techniques can help radiologists play their part in the fight against the emerging obesity pandemic. In particular, MR elastography is showing promise in the early detection of disease, attendees were told at Saturday's State-of-the-Art Symposium at ECR 2014.

March 8, 2014

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iCAD's Xoft hits patient treatment milestone

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

iCAD announced that more than 1,000 early-stage breast cancer patients have been treated with its Xoft Axxent electronic brachytherapy system.

March 5, 2014

Stryker, NeuroLogica partner on CT scanner

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Stryker and NeuroLogica have partnered to promote and sell NeuroLogica's BodyTom portable full-body CT scanner.

January 6, 2014

Ultrasound strain elastography improves soft-tissue workup

By Kate Madden Yee

Tuesday, December 3 | 9:10 a.m.-9:20 a.m. | VSMK31-04 | Room E451BIn this session, researchers will discuss how adding ultrasound strain elastography to conventional grayscale ultrasound appears to improve diagnostic information for soft-tissue nodule workup.

November 11, 2013

Radiation risk matters in cancer screening decisions

CT wins the cost-benefit analysis in most cancer screening tests involving the modality, but the risks of ionizing radiation aren't negligible and should continue to be scrutinized as a factor in screening decisions, according to an article in the July edition of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

June 30, 2013

Software provides automated patient size estimate on CT

By Erik L. Ridley

Tuesday, November 27 | 5:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. | LL-PHS-TU9D | Lakeside Learning CenterIn this scientific poster, a study team will explore the capabilities of the open-source Generalized Radiation Observation Kit application for providing automated patient size estimates on CT exams.

November 11, 2012

New CAD method lowers false positives for lymphadenopathy

By Erik L. Ridley

Sunday, November 25 | 11:35 a.m.-11:45 a.m. | SSA19-06 | Room S403BIn this scientific session, researchers will describe how adding organ detection to a computer-aided detection (CAD) scheme can decrease false positives on CAD systems for detecting lymphadenopathy.

November 11, 2012

Whole-body MRI feasible for stage III melanoma follow-up

By Erik L. Ridley

VIENNA - Except for in the lungs, whole-body MRI can perform comparably to CT or PET/CT for following up stage III melanoma patients, according to a presentation on Sunday at the European Congress of Radiology.

March 3, 2012

Barco lands contract for virtual reality systems

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image display firm Barco has installed its I-Space virtual room and two CADWall systems at the University of Toledo College of Medicine's new virtual immersive reality center.

November 30, 2011

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