Departments
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’ …
05/17/2013
Cancer has a smell and breathprint
Israel - Researchers are using breath-test technology to detect volatile organic compounds to tell whether a patient has stomach cancer. …
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