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A Multidisciplinary Approach to Financial Planning
Public health authorities face massive strain on their financial capacity and resources due to the explosion in the development of new medical technology, and the aging population. New reforms in legal initiatives prompted a radical change of the market structures which are being replicated in today’s health systems. The EU, for example, intends and...
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Pre-Planning of Imaging Workload
Managing a continuously increasing workload is a major challenge for many imaging departments. However, effective workload management can be achieved through service level agreements, and will help radiologists in their interaction with hospital administrators, as well as helping purchasing groups to enable appropriate resources to be provided for...
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Technology Horizons in Hybrid Imaging
Hybrid imaging systems and their applications have gained widespread acceptance and continue to grow. Enthused by the success of PET-CT, medical imaging is witnessing the further development of hybrid solutions such as PET-MR and SPECT-CT through the collaboration of radiology and nuclear medicine. The emphasis lies in combining the strengths of functional...
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Cirse’s IR Safety Checklist
While it may be true that to err is human, making mistakes is also a luxury that is not afforded to all humans alike. For people working in high-risk professions, such as in the civil aviation or medical industries, a simple mistake can have fatal consequences and must be avoided where possible. Numerous studies have been carried out examining...
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A Re(N)Al Step Forward: IR in the Kidneys
The kidneys are a work of engineering genius, regulating all manner of essential functions within the body: blood pressure, homeostasis and hormones, as well as filtering our blood. Nestled within the retroperitoneum, these small organs play a vital role. Although well protected from external threats by our lower ribs, the muscles and fat of the...
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The Changing Face of Ultrasound
The wide extent of ultrasound adoption in many new clinical applications over the last decade was unexpected by most, considering ultrasound technology has been available for a long time. Improvements in image quality, application-specific technology and transducer design have been crucial in driving this penetration. Concerns in the medical imaging...
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Breast Imaging in High Risk Populations
Recent evidence suggests that contrast-enhanced breast MRI is becoming an established technique that offers good quality in safety, performance and patient outcomes. In this article, Prof. Francesco Sardanelli, a frequently invited speaker and educator on this topic at international meetings, writes about the growing effectiveness of breast MRI, the...
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An Update From The Contrast Media Safety Committee of the European Society of Urogenital Radiology
The Contrast Media Safety Committee (CMSC) of the European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR) first produced guidelines on contrast medium-induced nephropathy (CIN) and on the use of metformin in patients receiving contrast medium in 1999. The committee decided to critically review the new literature and update its guidelines for reducing the risk...
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Innovation with Imaging Biomarkers
Imaging modalities nowadays produce a wide range of information contained in high-quality digital medical images. This massive amount of data and technical developments in informatics have facilitated the use of computational image processing methods with the aim to aid in diagnosis and therapeutic decision-making. The combination of high-quality...
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Multidisciplinary Cancer Care
Interventional radiology (IR) is already well established within the field of oncology and the contribution it makes to cancer care continues to grow. Minimally invasive image-guided interventions started out having an ancillary role in oncology: treating the complications of cancer (e.g. clearing occluded ducts and vessels) or managing the side-effects...
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