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01/17/3012

Lights, music, action…

The patient is soothed and ready for proton therapy …

05/22/2013

From bad breath to cardiac infarction

More than half of Germany’s population aged between 18 and 74 years cannot show off a gapless set of teeth, and that’s similar in France and worse only in Poland, according to …

05/22/2013

Shunning the flu vaccine

Although receding since late March, the 2012-13 seasonal flu epidemic in metropolitan France, appears to be the longest in some 30 years, even if it did not strike the highest …

05/22/2013

Investigating the HFN1 virus

Dutch virologist Ron Fouchier and his colleagues around the world stopped their research into the bird flu virus H5N1 for a whole year to allow an international debate surrounding …

05/22/2013

Big Iron meets Big Data

Lab instruments are marvels of modern technology able to dice, splice and analyse microscopic specimens. Yet pushing the results into modern medical reporting systems is as slow, …

05/22/2013

The Discovery CT750 HD with spectral imaging

ASiR (Adaptive Statistical Iterative Reconstruction) dose reduction technology may enable reduction in pixel noise standard deviation. …

05/22/2013

Complete vision for interventional radiology

The importance of imaging for interventional radiologists is clear the moment you step into the operating theatre …

05/22/2013

Software combats insidious X-ray radiation hazards

X-rays are medically invaluable. However, it is common knowledge that inadvertent radiation exposure can be harmful – and undesired exposure can raise the risk of cancer, have …

05/22/2013

Innovation management and the future of radiology

At this year’s ECR the first of two Management in Radiology (MIR) sessions addressed the issue of innovation management and future challenges. …

05/22/2013

Strategic lab control

Managing physicians’ test requests is a key ingredient of modern lab management. However, doctors and nurses still do not provide the clinical reasons for orders to all labs. …

05/21/2013

Launched: the new 6-MP display

Here comes a new, aesthetic look and feel of display systems, advanced LED technology, and cranked up luminance enhancing image quality: imaging specialists from Barco are taking …

05/21/2013

The earthquake that shook up healthcare

In recent years the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB), which organises and funds the healthcare of over 500,000 citizens in a remote region of New Zealand, has raised the …

05/21/2013

Snibe makes an entry at EuroMedLab

Snibe, Shenzhen New Industries Biomedical Engineering Co., Ltd., is a leading Chinese biomedical technology company dedicated to developing and manufacturing clinical laboratory …

05/21/2013

From algorithm to clinical application

‘Radiologists and clinicians continue to evaluate 2-D images on the workstation even though the very same images are available in 3-D and my students are already doing research …

05/21/2013

Infectious diseases

Switzerland treads softly when it comes to governing its 26 independent-minded cantons. Yet, when it comes to electronic medical records, the Ministry of Health holds a particular …

05/21/2013

Point of care testing

Demand is increasing for point of care (POC) diagnostic testing, particularly for tests that help foster clinical decision-making within 30 minutes or less. …

05/21/2013

EUROMEDLAB 2013

From May, 19-23, the futuristic Milano Convention Centre MiCo opens its doors to participants in the 20th IFCC-EFLM European Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine …

05/20/2013

Denmark’s top-class robot technology

Copenhagen’s Hilleroed Hospital now has the world’s most advanced medical laboratory system, providing full automation from the point of drawing a blood sample to results …

05/20/2013

Strategic acquisition

Canadian firm Labotix Automation Inc. has been acquired by the Cerner Corporation based in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, amid predictions that the combination of the Labotix’ …