Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients Receive Inappropriate Testing
Asymptomatic women who have been treated for early-stage breast cancer often undergo advanced imaging and other tests that add cost but not... Read more
UK Cyber-Attack, Radiology Response
As hospitals in the UK get back to normal service following the recent cyber-attack, radiologists, healthcare IT staff and technologists are... Read more
Breast and Thyroid Cancer Screening for At-risk Survivors
Survival of childhood, adolescent and young adult (CAYA) cancers has increased with progress in the management of the treatments and has reached... Read more
MR Imaging Cost-effective in Prostate Cancer Detection
Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging–guided strategies for the detection of prostate cancer were cost-effective compared with the standard biopsy... Read more
Have-A-Heart Campaign Aims to Improve Paediatric Cardiac Imaging
Following the recent publication of Radiation Safety in Children With Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease: A Scientific Position Statement... Read more
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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
Radiomics in magnetic resonance imaging: the need for standardisation
Radiomics is a hot topic in radiology. A steadily increasing number of researchers across the globe is engaging in radiomics and applying it to a large number of imaging data. “Radiomics” means the extraction of a large number of quantitative imaging features from routinely acquired imaging data (e.g, x-ray, ultrasound, CT, MRI, PET) in order to... Read more
White Papers and Case Studies
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
From Our Journals
Big Drama in IT Security!
Recent Hospital Virus Attacks Trigger Call to Redefine IT Security... Read more
Pre-ICU health organisation in Norway
Presents the main principles of the Norwegian acute healthcare system.... Read more
Partnering Medicine and Public Service
Interview With Professor Paul E. Pepe Paul E. Pepe, MD, MPH, is Professor... Read more
The R-Evolution in Laboratory Medicine: The Need for a New Medical Paradigm
The EuroMedLab Congress this year aims to offer insight into the direction... Read more
Intracranial pressure monitoring devices
Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is the cornerstone for treatment... Read more
Effective education for palliative care: communication as a procedure
Palliative care for critically ill patients in the intensive care... Read more
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SonoSite Edge II
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