Changes in breast cancer mortality after 1988 varied widely among European countries, and the U.K. is among the countries with the largest reductions, found a study published Aug. 11 in the British Medical Journal.
Combining national radiology incident reporting systems with appropriate analysis and action can result in significantly safer healthcare. However, optimal deployment requires integration into a wider safety quality and risk management framework, according to an article in this month's Journal of American College of Radiology.
The European Commission has proposed to the European Parliament and to the Council on Medical Applications of Ionizing Radiation a way forward to resolve the urgent issue of shortage of supply of radioisotopes for nuclear medicine and also identified key issues to improve radiation protection of patients and medical staff.
Structural, functional and molecular imaging in patients with brain tumors is feasible with diagnostic imaging quality using simultaneous hybrid PET/MRI acquisition, according to a study published in this month’s Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
FDG PET/CT should be part of primary staging in patients with T-cell lymphoma and may potentially change disease stage and patient management, according to a study published in the August issue of American Journal of Roentgenology.
Written by Mary Tierney
Major developments in molecular imaging’s ability to detect and facilitate treatment of Alzheimer's disease and prostate cancer were among the key scientific papers highlighted last week at the 57th annual SNM conference in Salt Lake City by Past President Peter S. Conti, MD, PhD. The papers were among many more presented, which included 88 platform sessions with 600 oral presentations and 825 scientific poster presentations.
A study published in the December issue of Clinical Nuclear Medicine found that PET/CT with F18-FDOPA is superior to both F18-FLT and F18-FDG for visualization of primary and recurrent low-grade gliomas.
Definiens, an enterprise image intelligence company, and Visage Imaging, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pro Medicus, have entered into a partnership to jointly develop and market oncology solutions for the clinical and preclinical imaging domain.
BOSTON—Repeated echocardiogram assessments are not sufficiently accurate to monitor progression of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), according to results of the Registry to Evaluate Early And Long-term PAH disease management (REVEAL) presented Monday at the 2009 Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) conference.
The number of cancer deaths has declined steadily in the last three decades. Although younger people have experienced the steepest declines, all age groups have shown some improvement, according to research published Aug. 13 in Cancer Research.
The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) has partnered with the World Health Imaging Alliance (WHIA) to deliver sustainable diagnostic digital imaging systems to developing communities across the globe. The announcement was made during the 2009 SIIM meeting in Charlotte, N.C.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in collaboration with other international organizations, is developing a series of measures aimed at strengthening patient radiation dose protection. The focus of recent efforts is a Smart Card project, to log how much radiation a person receives in the course of a lifetime.
CHICAGO--Updating to ICD-10-CM/PCS is a necessary step in realizing the anticipated benefits of health IT, according to Sue Bowman, director of coding policy and compliance at the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), who made a presentation Monday at the annual meeting of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
The World Health Imaging Alliance (WHIA) has cemented partnerships in the medical imaging community that will enable it to ramp up its efforts to bring digital imaging technology to sites in need around the world.
In 2006, the U.S. population was exposed to seven times more radiation from medical imaging exams than in 1980, according to a National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement (NCRP) report.
Definiens introduced LymphExpert, a new computer-aided detection (CAD) application at RSNA 2008 that allows radiologists to identify and analyze lymph nodes volumetrically and compare them over time.
Written by Sarah Lamberti
Widespread health IT adoption in the United States is lagging, despite the promise of EMRs to reduce medical errors, improve quality of care, and overall cost of healthcare. While radiology is already reaping the rewards of speech recognition, many feel the technology holds the key for increased EMR utilization as well.
The FDA has cleared Hologic to incorporate the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 10-year fracture risk calculator, FRAX, into its bone densitometer systems.
Errors in healthcare impact 10 percent of patients worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The agency has issued nine guidelines to aid healthcare providers in avoiding common errors.
More focus on developing eHealth was the cry that came out of the 58th session of the World Health Organization (WHO).
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