3D Breast Imaging Tool Boosts Contrast, Cuts Dose Levels
Scientists in the U.S. added a collimator to an existing 3-D breast molecular imaging system that improved image quality in the contrast... Read more
ESR To Launch Experimental Radiology Journal In 2017, Sardanelli Is New Editor
The European Society of Radiology ( ESR ), the largest radiological society in the world with more than 63,000 members, will launch a new... Read more
DTI Helps Identify Recovery In Concussion Patients
Researchers using an advanced form of MRI called diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) have found a way to differentiate in advance those concussion... Read more
UAB Researchers To Probe Prostate With 3D US ‘Biobot’
Researchers in the United States are conducting tests using an image-guided biopsy robot (biobot) system to diagnose and support treatment... Read more
New PET Project To Improve Early Diagnosis Of Cancer
Researchers in Spain are involved in a European network, headed by CERN, to develop an endoscopic scanner for early diagnosis of some... 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
Point-of-care ultrasound helps save time and lives
Time is of the essence in an emergency situation, and may be the difference... Read more
Effective education for palliative care: communication as a procedure
Palliative care for critically ill patients in the intensive care... Read more
White Coats in the Boardroom
Why Executive Presence is Compulsory for Highly-Qualified Healthcare... Read more
Point-of care ultrasonography in critical care
A brief overview of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in the ICU:... Read more
Ignacio Martinez Soriano
Data Scientist, Hospital UNI VERSITARIO Rafael Méndez, Lorca, Spain... Read more
Servant leadership: A journey, not a race
Servant leadership offers a fresh approach to meeting the critical leadership... Read more
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