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ECR 2009

Sponsored by an educational grant from Sectra

 

The European Congress of Radiology has emerged as a leading venue for sharing clinical and technological advances with European and international radiologists. This year reporting teams from Diagnostic Imaging’s European and North American editions will cover breaking developments from the plenary and scientific sessions, the exhibit floor, and other meeting exhibits and events. Watch for our coverage on the first day of the meeting, March 6, and continuing March 9-11.

--John C. Hayes
Editor, Diagnostic Imaging

 

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News from ECR 2009

Vienna this year: “Walking down the corridors …”
March 18, 2009

Vacant hotel rooms are aplenty in Vienna this year and prices negotiable. In the month before ECR, one hotel chain even called former guests and congress participants directly and offered good deals.

CT lung screening shows promise in ongoing trial
March 11, 2009

A CT-based lung cancer screening strategy that combines tumor morphology and tumor doubling times to evaluate cancer risk is producing good results, according to interim data from a Dutch-Belgian screening trial presented at the ECR.

Industry News Video: Sectra unveils experimental workstation
March 10, 2009

ECR attendees glimpsed a workstation in the Sectra booth that could be the forerunner of a new way of handling and interpreting data from medical imaging scans. Greg Freiherr has the story from the exhibit floor of ECR 2009.

Interventional MR imaging represents worthwhile investment
March 10, 2009

If radiologists could design the perfect modality for guiding interventional procedures, the resulting technology would undoubtedly produce high-quality images without exposing patients to any ionizing radiation. So given the widespread availability of MRI, why are so many interventions still performed in the angiography suite?

Occupational lung diseases pose serious dilemmas
March 10, 2009

Coughing, shortness of breath, chest pain, chest tightness, and an abnormal breathing pattern are common indications of lung disease. The question is which one?

Industry News: Supersonic Imagine reinvigorates ultrasound R&D
March 10, 2009

It wasn’t too long ago that ultrasound was a roiling sea of innovation and new product releases, spurred by a rivalry among Diasonics, ATL, Hewlett-Packard (Agilent Technologies), and Acuson. Since these companies’ acquisition by GE, Philips, and Siemens, the waters have calmed. Supersonic Imagine plans to begin making some waves -- and soon.

Imaging checklist holds the key to hepatocellular carcinoma prediction
March 10, 2009

Mountaineering metaphors provided the framework for Sunday’s Josef Lissner honorary lecture: Ode to the liver.

Today’s pulmonary infections pose multidimensional challenges for radiologists
March 10, 2009

Radiologists should be clinically focused when handling HIV cases, according to a leading chest expert. They must know if patients are drug-naïve or whether they are already on antiretroviral therapy. It is also important to determine how they acquired their HIV, whether onset is acute or more gradual, and how profoundly unwell the patients feel.

New questions confront radiologists in molecular era
March 10, 2009

Crystal-ball gazing reached new levels at ECR on Saturday, when Prof. Dieter Enzmann took delegates on “a trip to radiology Tomorrowland,” as he referred to his W.C. Röntgen honorary lecture.

MRI and ultrasound reveal early signs of rheumatoid arthritis
March 10, 2009

Rheumatoid arthritis, which affects approximately 2.9 million people in Europe, can be difficult to differentiate from other forms of arthritis. Without an early diagnosis, however, it is impossible to assess the true effect of promising early intervention strategies. Could an alternative diagnostic imaging strategy be the answer?

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