IMAGING Management, the official media platform for senior chairmen, business managers and decision-makers in the field of medical imaging, announced during this year’s European Congress of Radiology (ECR), which took place in Vienna, Austria (March 1–5), that Prof. Lluis Donoso Bach, Director of the Department of Diagnostic Imaging in Hospital Clinic...
READ MOREProf. Iain McCall Awarded Gold Medal at ECR 2012 Adding to his 2010 award of Honorary Membership of the RSNA, Prof. Iain McCall, M.D., D.M.R.D., F.R.C.R., and Editor-in-Chief of IMAGING Management (2006 – 2012), was in March presented with the Gold Medal of the European Society of Radiology (ESR) for outstanding contributions in the field of...
READ MOREFollowing the success of the recently-held Management in Radiology (MIR) inaugural workshop as part of the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) which took place in Vienna, Austria, the association are pleased to invite all those with an interest in management, health economics and medical business management, to join them for the forthcoming Annual...
READ MOREThe 13th annual IHE-Europe Connectathon will take place from 15–19 April 2013, in Istanbul, Turkey. IHE Connectathons provide the exclusive opportunity to test the interoperability and connectivity of healthcare IT systems. The 2013 edition is expected to draw participation from across Europe, with more than 90 companies and 300 engineers. The...
READ MORETaking place in Heidelberg Convention Center in Germany from 26-29 June, 2013, the annual Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) congress is an occasion where medicine and technology meet to present and discuss the key innovations that shape modern medicine on a worldwide basis. New picture achieving and communication systems (PACS) applications,...
READ MORECOCIR, the European trade association for the medical technology industry, on 15 March hosted a meeting with the European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, John Dalli, and senior representatives from hospitals and other healthcare providers. The meeting in Paris showcased how integrated IT and innovative financial partnerships are optimising...
READ MOREAuthor: Prof . Bernd May Both managers in the medical imaging department (MID), as well as hospital managers, are seeking new ways to provide an optimised service within a climate of shrinking healthcare budgets, competition from private imaging centres, and increased demand for evidence- based medical provision. In this article, I will outline...
READ MOREThe CIRSE Annual Congress is a major event in the imaging community – it is the world’s largest meeting dedicated to image- guided, minimally invasive therapies. This dynamic, trendsetting congress allows the interventional radiology (IR) community to share the latest breakthroughs in research, trials and imaging modalities, as well as gaining robust...
READ MOREHybrid 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...
READ MOREImaging 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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