Search Tag: Radiology
COVID-19 Management
2020 23 Jun
As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc across the globe, spreading to new regions and threatening with resurgence in those already affected, healthcare professionals are working tirelessly to develop and implement effective strategies for patient treatment, organisational management and public health measures. They are also looking beyond the pandemic... Read more
How is the Pandemic Affecting Radiology Practice?
2020 23 Jun
An overview of how the Radiology Department at Hospital Clinic in Barcelona handled the COVID-19 pandemic and how this disease will change the way radiology is practiced. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to major changes in clinical activity at our radiology department. The radiology department at Hospital Clínic in Barcelona carries out more... Read more
U.S. Radiology Responds to the Pandemic and Looks Ahead
2020 23 Jun
U.S. radiologists have been significantly negatively impacted by the pandemic but valuable lessons have been learned. As the United States prepared to face an onslaught of COVID-19 cases that could swamp healthcare facilities and decimate the workforce, it became clear that the American College of Radiology needed to use its power as... Read more
COVID-19 in Private Practice: How to Cope With It?
2020 23 Jun
A radiologist in France’s private healthcare sector describes the experience of his clinic and comments on limitations of the system revealed when COVID-19 hit hard. Our imaging centre is located in Sarcelles-Lochères, a suburban area 15 km North of Paris. We are a 250-bed private clinic with an active emergency department,... Read more
COVID-19 - Present and Future Effect on Radiologist Training?
2020 23 Jun
The effects of COVID-19 have been manifold but one of the areas which has seen destabilising implications is the training of radiologists. The immediate effects of the coronavirus pandemic have been precipitous and manifold. The longer term consequences promise to be persistent and profound. Its range of disruption is obvious with... Read more
BJR Highlights Proton Therapy In Special Feature And Podcast
2020 15 Jun
BJR, the international research journal of the British Institute of Radiology, has published a collection of articles on proton therapy, guest edited by leading experts Dr Kathryn Held, Professor Tony Lomax and Professor Esther Troost. The BIR have also recorded an accompanying podcast with the Guest Editors, who share their thoughts on this rapidly... Read more
Educating Radiology Trainees Remotely in the COVID-19 Era
2020 13 Jun
COVID-19 has forced everyone to rethink their work and lives in ways that would not have been possible otherwise. Remotely teaching radiology trainees is certainly no exception. For years we have thought of online education as a convenient alternative but not the real deal. However, with current technology and these special circumstances, it is time... Read more
Private German Radiology Practice Improves Workflow and Speeds Breast Cancer Diagnostics
2020 19 May
“ iCAD ’s ProFound AI ™ solution has had a significant impact on our workflow. We are able to immediately react if we see something suspicious in a scan alleviating anxiety for our patients. Using the solution will allow us to expand DBT beyond diagnosis because it enables our radiologists to read as many tomosynthesis cases as we... Read more
New Image Sharing Technology Transforms Radiology Services Across Yorkshire
2020 11 May
The XERO Exchange Network, a new image sharing technology from Agfa HealthCare’s Enterprise Imaging solution has been launched by the Yorkshire Imaging Collaborative, a collaboration of hospital trusts that collectively covers a population of over three million patients. A new image sharing system has just been launched and is now available... Read more