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05/01/2006

The Kitten Scanner

The Philips Kitten Scan is a miniature CT (or CAT) scanner for children - no, not to be scanned in it, but for them to use while awaiting checkups themselves. …

05/01/2006

Six hospitals - one PACS

The LBK Hamburg clinics (General Hospitals Hamburg) became part of the Asklepios group in 2002 and have seen continuous modernisation ever since. …

05/01/2006

Between innovation and investment

Many radiologists are fascinated by the exciting new developments in medical technology but they find themselves faced with difficult or even irresolvable problems when trying to …

05/01/2006

Europe needs radiologists

The 12th annual European Radiology Congress, held in Vienna, received 16,000 visitors from 90 countries. …

05/01/2006

Into the breast's depths

USA - Radiologists at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Massachusetts have released findings from a breast cancer research study designed to evaluate the use of software from …

05/01/2006

New concepts for breast care

The new Emscher-Lippe Breast Care Centre, based in the Marienhospital in Gelsenkirchen, but serving six hospitals* and four private practices, was established following a …

05/01/2006

IT planning and implementation

The 300-bed Svitavy County hospital was completely restructured in 2003-2004. The catchment area represents around 60,000 citizens. …

03/01/2006

DMIST demystified

Cynthia E Keen discusses the controversy evoked by an ambitious 36-month digital mammography trial that has cost the US $26,000,000 …

03/01/2006

Mammography

Immobilisation of the female breast for diagnostic examination and biopsy is one of the prime foci of the Noras Company. …

03/01/2006

Partnerships to personalise medicine

Peter Loescher has worked at the cutting edge of the pharmaceutical industry for 17 years. In the latter part of this period, for example, he headed Hoechst's division in Japan, …

03/01/2006

Whole Body MRI for Vascular Screening

Article by Stefan G Ruehm MD, Associate Professor of Radiology, Director, Cardiovascular CT, at the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA. …

03/01/2006

Crossing borders

Radiologists working abroad - the reality …

03/01/2006

The tabletop film processor

Ecomax - a brand new plug and play system for analogue X-ray film processing - is being launched at the RSNA by Protec Medizintechnik GmbH & Co. KG. …

03/01/2006

4th International Multislice CT Symposium

Combining multislice CT equipment with procedures used in nuclear medicine such as PET-CT (positron emission tomography) and SPECT-CT (single photon emission computed tomography) …

03/01/2006

How to buy a HIS

SALK, a hospital company based in Salzburg, has a budget of €350 million for three hospitals and employs 4,500 people who serve 80,000 patients and 300,000 out-patients per …

03/01/2006

Save time! Don't change media containers

In 1982, ulrich medical - a 3rd generation family concern based in Ulm - presented the first contrast agent injector for CT examinations. …

03/01/2006

Mobile patient positioning table with quick-change battery

The bucky table is an inexpensive tool for X-Ray departments. However, due to the increasing use of movable stands, especially combined with digital imaging receptors, further …

03/01/2006

The Imaging Science Institute

Germany - The Imaging Science Institute (ISI) — officially opened in December by Professor Werner Bautz, Director of the Institute of Radiology at the University Hospital …