E dward S usman EDWARDSUSMAN @ CS . COM RSNA 2004 The booths have been broken down, the carpets rolled up, and one has to assume that the cab line at McCormick Place has gotten a little bit shorter. Yes, the RSNA conference has wrapped up for the year. This year's meeting again saw radiology demonstrate...
READ MOREHelicia Herman E ditor European Affairs Some 3,000 researchers have signed a petition against Directive 2001/20/EC on Clinical Trials 2001, which took effect in May 2004. The campaign against the directive will now focus on documenting the difficulties experienced by researchers as a result of the transposition of the directive into...
READ MOREAuthor B rian M c K aig , PR 262-544-3937 BRIAN . MCKAIG @ GE . COM WWW . GEHEALTHCARE . COM / COMPANY / PRESSROOM / GE Unveils the World’s First High Definition Magnetic Resonance (HDMR) System GE Healthcare has unveiled exclusive cardiac imaging techniques developed with the...
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READ MOREAuthor I an M c C all V ice -P resident of Ear The European Association of Radiology (EAR) is a federation of all the European (EU and Non-EU) National and Sub-specialty Radiological Societies and is responsible for representing the combined views of all these groups on radiological matters in Europe....
READ MOREAuthor Rodrigo M oreno -R eyes, MD P H D D epartment of N uclear M edicine D epartment E rasme Hospital B russels , B elgium The clinical impact of nuclear medicine has increased dramatically since the use of Positron Emission Tomography...
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READ MOREOrgans with rapidly dividing cell systems, including bone marrow, intestines, and gonads, are known to be more sensitive to ionizing radiation than other anatomic regions. For gonads in particular, a threshold radiation dose of 350-600 cGy may be sufficient to produce permanent sterility. Animal studies suggest that a gonadal radiation...
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