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ECR 2005
March 8, 2005 The majority of patients who undergo CT colonography, either with or without contrast, will produce studies that have at least one extracolonic anomaly. Most will not require further workup, however. More » March 8, 2005 Successful pregnancies following uterine fibroid embolization are debunking the theory that the procedure should not be recommended for women who want to conceive despite having heavy fibroid volume. Among a cohort of more than 1200 embolization patients at an English hospital, 43 of 98 women who tried to conceive have been able to do so. More » March 8, 2005 MR imaging diagnoses endometriosis so reliably that it outperformed the surgical gold standard for confirming its presence, according to an Oxford University study. More » March 7, 2005 Directives to decrease radiation exposure have galvanized researchers in Belgium to start a multicenter study to assess patient doses in interventional radiology. The data could lead to future auditing parameters. More » March 7, 2005 Sectra hopes to strengthen its position in women’s healthcare with the availability of osteoporosis testing as part of its digital MicroDose mammography system. More » March 7, 2005 When Dr. Peter Kullnig offered patients at his imaging center in Graz, Austria access to their images, his intent was to protect their privacy. With private logins to the center’s Web-based PACS, patients controlled access to their records. They could open those records to their own physicians and doctors to whom they were referred. More » March 7, 2005 The need to deliver as little radiation as possible to patients was evident during a Monday scientific session on CT imaging of the urinary tract. Researchers presented studies that ranged in dose from 20 mAs to 200 mAs. Those on the high end were sure to be grilled. More » March 7, 2005 Siemens Medical Solutions has introduced at ECR a lightweight, mobile C-arm designed as an adjunct for cardiac and abdominal interventions. The Arcadis Avantic features a 20-kW generator with a continuous digital 1K by 1K image chain and a 13-inch image intensifier. The imaging chain can deliver 30 frames per second. More » March 7, 2005 Nuclear medicine physicians have suspected since the advent of PET/CT that the hybrid technology would outperform PET or CT for staging cancer. Those suspicions were confirmed Tuesday by a study of 260 patients at the University of Essen, Germany, which showed that PET/CT is substantially more accurate for staging carcinoma than PET or CT alone and PET and CT viewed side by side. More » March 7, 2005 Philips Medical Systems has introduced at ECR a motorized radiography system featuring battery technology that promises all-day scanning without recharging. More » March 7, 2005 A study of whole-body MR and CT as possible alternatives to planar nuclear medicine bone scanning has found that whole-body MRI depicts spinal bone metastases that escape detection with 16-slice CT. More » March 6, 2005 Although fundamental research in biomedical imaging remains a relatively obscure field, some observers believe the future of radiology depends largely on developments in this area. More » March 6, 2005 Under the best of circumstances, 3T imaging of the prostate with a body coil can approximate the level of detail and sensitivity available at 1.5T with an endorectal coil. Researchers hope that with a 3T-oriented endorectal coil they will finally be able to take advantage of 3T's higher resolution in a challenging portion of the anatomy. More » March 6, 2005 Two months after its acquisition of information technology specialist GWI, Agfa Healthcare was promoting its consolidation at the ECR as a decisive step in its transformation into a global healthcare IT company. More » March 6, 2005 If Prof. W.C. Roentgen were alive today, he would recognize the need for university hospital medical managers who can eliminate bureaucratic burdens, appreciate the heterogeneity of research, and preserve the freedom that creativity requires. He would heartily approve of managers who are committed to training physicians and scientists, focusing on improving patient care, and investing in the infrastructure of medical centers. More » March 6, 2005 Cardiac CT is moving closer to competing with MR in imaging damage to the myocardium caused by infarction. More » March 6, 2005 Radiologists can breathe easier about the clinical implications of renal abnormalities that are too small to be characterized on multislice CT. Results of a retrospective multicenter outcome study performed by Dr. Erich K. Lang, director of CT at Tulane University, suggest that their pathological threat is so low that frequent follow-up is not required. More » March 6, 2005 Precise evaluation of cardiac and thoracic anatomy is mandatory for planning safe minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass. Three-D images obtained with CT angiography can help avoid surgical complications, minimize the need to switch to the standard surgical approach, and help determine the best surgical access. More » March 6, 2005 Studies so time-intensive that they have thus far been impractical may soon enter the mainstream as a result of enhancements to GE Healthcare’s Excite data pipeline. More » March 5, 2005 Primovist improves MR detection of liver lesions and can change the surgical management of patients in a substantial number of cases, according to the results of two studies presented at the ECR Friday. The data were part of a symposium sponsored by Schering, the developer of the liver-specific agent. More »
Videos
March 7, 2005 Austrian doctor empowers patients with Web-based PACS. Dr. Peter Kullnig speaking at the iPACS booth on the exhibit floor of the ECR, Kullnig described the effect of iPACS. View LOW bandwidth (Dial Up) AGFA video (0.3MB)
March 6, 2005 Bringing Orbis and Impax together will change the practice of medicine as it extends the reach of radiology, according to Rosbach and Houssiau. View LOW bandwidth (Dial Up) AGFA video (0.4MB)
March 5, 2005 Philips’ demonstrates the ergonomics of its latest high-performance ultrasound system. View LOW bandwidth (Dial Up) Phillips video (0.2MB)
March 5, 2005 Dr. Renate Hammerstingl, a radiologist at the Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Frankfurt/Main, concluded that patients benefit the most from the use of Primovist if they are evaluated with the agent as part of their diagnostic workup. >> View LOW bandwidth (Dial Up) Primovist video (0.1MB)
March 4, 2005 Message from AGFA: Radiology at work View LOW bandwidth (Dial Up) AGFA video (0.4MB)
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