Study: Unenhanced MR May Have Diagnostic Role
Researchers in Germany say a novel magnetic resonance (MR) breast imaging technique could reduce unnecessary biopsies by providing additional... Read more
Pre-Clinical Study: Better Mammograms in Dense Tissue
Breast density reduces the accuracy of mammography when screening for breast cancer. Now a new mammogram procedure — already tested in pre-clinical... Read more
Improving Diagnosis Is Urgent: Multidisciplinary Effort Required
Diagnostic errors are medicine’s blind spot, and need urgent action, according to a report, Improving Diagnosis in Health Car e, released on... Read more
Patient Emergencies in Radiology: How Frequent?
When hospital patients outside the ICU become unstable, many facilities have medical emergency teams (MET) in place to rapidly respond. But... Read more
EUSOBI 2015: Implications of Dense Breasts
Breast density remains a hot topic in radiology, and although much is known about the impact of breast density on mammographic screening, what... Read more
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What is needed to ensure radiology and clinical oncology can support the NHS for another 70 years?
The National Health Service (NHS) was created to provide medical care for all, free at the point of use. Now 70 years old, it is a national treasure under intense strain, battling to provide the best modern medicine to an ever-growing, ageing UK population. Both radiology and clinical oncology are vital to the health service. Most patient diagnoses... Read more
Can we put true value back into radiology?
The radiology department has transformed from a unit of collaboration to one that focuses on interpretation, and in order to regain past values, an efficient harmony between IT and humans needs to be achieved. As radiologists we have to be valued for not just interpreting images. I have been around the world giving talks, and I seen radiology... Read more
Why we do need to humanize radiology?
Humanizing radiology should be not a fashion but a way to rethink the profession of the radiologist instead. It represents not only a challenge but also an opportunity to redefine the role of the diagnostic radiologist as a physician primarily in the continuum of caring for patients. From my point of view, there are great reasons to humanize... Read more
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Computer-Aided Diagnosis for Breast Ultrasound
2016 23 Jul
Samsung Applies Deep Learning from Big Data in World-First The Samsung RS80A with Prestige premium ultrasound device now includes S-Detect™, which applies deep learning to breast lesion analysis using ultrasound. Background Breast ultrasound can be hard to read and interpret and the reader may experience fatigue and attention lapses.... Read more
Telemedicine – a new model for pre-hospital ultrasound?
2017 28 Nov
FUJIFILM SonoSite’s M-Turbo point-of-care (POC) ultrasound systems will soon be providing pre-hospital diagnostics across the Scottish Highlands as part of the innovative SatCare trial. This study aims to combine POC ultrasound and advanced communications to enable remote image interpretation and decision making for a range of time-critical conditions.... Read more
Regional Healthcare Initiatives in the UK: An Opportunity For Silo-Busting & Integrated Diagnostics
2017 02 May
Health authorities in the UK are developing regional initiatives to make significant improvement to health and care. The needs look beyond departmental and organizational boundaries, focusing on the needs of the local population.[1] (These initiatives are called STPs, sustainability and transformational plans). In this article, Chris Scarisbrick,... Read more
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Medical Devices and Evidence-Based Clinical Practice
Time To Deliver The European Commission’s ‘New Approach’ The current... Read more
Dr. Nicola Strickland
Dr. Strickland is a consultant at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust... Read more
Treatment of trauma-induced coagulopathy with factor concentrates
RETIC study Presents results of the RETIC study that compared... Read more
Mansur Hasib
Programme Chair, Cybersecurity Technology ,UMUC, Author “Do not... Read more
The Abdomen
Managing the abdomen and its complications in the intensive care unit... Read more
Fluid Choices in Trauma
This article focuses on the type of fluid available and respective indications... Read more
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