Events
03/08/2008
Volumetric X-ray provides depth information about structure of interest
A new volumetric X-ray application, showcased at the European Congress of Radiology in Vienna, Austria, provides physicians with multiple high-resolution slice images of the human …
03/08/2008
Agfa HealthCare to present its CR portfolio
Agfa HealthCare presents its entire Computed Radiography (CR) solutions range at ECR 2008 in Vienna. From desktop and compact solutions to groundbreaking Computed Radiography …
03/08/2008
Flexibility, Convenience, Productivity
At ECR 2008 Carestream Health will demonstrate powerful new digital imaging and IT solutions, which help healthcare providers improve quality and operational performance. …
03/08/2008
Primovist shows positive results
Bayer Schering Pharma presented the latest data from a health-economic evaluation of Primovist in the diagnosis of liver metastases. The results indicate that MRI using the …
03/07/2008
Obese patients in radiology - XXL challenges
Radiological services and equipment are not yet adapted to obese patients. The accuracy of current MRI, CT and Ultrasound is hindered by subcutaneous and intraabdominal fat. These …
03/06/2008
The high profile agenda of Europe's biggest radiology congress
The 2008 ECR promises to be international, controversial, inspiring, as well as a meeting in which new insights for inter-professional relationships and working practices are …
03/05/2008
MR diffusion and perfusion
Can they replace PET? By Marco Essig MD, Professor of Radiology at the German Cancer Research Centre, outlines relevant presentations at the ECR. …
03/05/2008
The Hospital Management Symposium at ECR 2008
For the fifth time now, EUROPEAN HOSPITAL organises the Hosptial Manager Symposium in cooperation with the ECR. This years´event again provides expert advices on management, IT …
03/04/2008
Sectra launches a new PACS system
Sectra's wide portfolio on show at the ECR this year includes a new PACS workstation, a photon-counting MicroDose Mammography system, pre-operative solutions for orthopaedic …
03/04/2008
Congresses & Events - Monday and Tuesday
Your guide through the Congress & Event programme on Friday! …
03/04/2008
Congresses & Events - Friday and Saturday
EUROPEAN HOSPITAL looked through the manifold congress & event programme of ECR 2008 and selected some highlights which we thought might be of great interest for our readers. …
03/04/2008
MR contrast agents: A step up from compartmental to targeted imaging
Andrea Martini and Joerg Larsen, of the Institute for Roentgendiagnostics, Braunschweig Teaching Hospitals, Germany, discuss nanotechnology, hybrid imaging and the quest for a …
03/03/2008
CT: Overuse in emergencies, but top value for trauma cases
Over the last three decades CT has become a premier diagnostic tool for the evaluation of the acute patient. Over the past ten years in Israel, we have seen an overwhelming …
03/02/2008
A novel PET tracer for early detection of Alzheimers
Amyloidb (Ab) plaque formation is a hallmark of Alzheimers disease (AD) and precedes the onset of dementia. Australian researchers reported the first data on the validity in …
03/01/2008
Mammography in Russia
Breast cancer morbidity has been the leading oncology disease (21.8%) in Russia since 1996 - and since 1981 in St. Petersburg. In Moscow, the morbidity has increased 52.4% in last …
03/01/2008
Launching a brand new hospital?
A newly constructed 220-bed hospital, with 11 operating theatres, an entirely new IT infrastructure and with 1,200 employees, all fully operational and able to provide a …
03/01/2008
The importance of strategic partnerships
The healthcare system is in a phase of transition - from planned economy to free market economy. Competition is becoming a challenge. Only entrepreneurs and enterprises that …
03/01/2008
New injectors from ulrich
ulrich medical has added a number of new products to the firm's wide range of injectors and accessories for computer and magnetic resonance tomography. …
03/01/2008
Medical management in the Russian healthcare system
Healthcare in Russia is currently undergoing a comprehensive reform process. In the early 1990s, a new source of funding for the public health system was established: mandatory …
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