The importance of identifying technical errors in hybrid imaging: pitfalls and artefacts in PET/CT and PET/MRI
Positron emission tomography (PET) combined with anatomical imaging modalities such as computed tomography (PET/CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MRI) are widely used in the assessment…
Hybrid imaging gives boost to diagnosis and treatment in cases of neuroendocrine tumours
Radiolabelled receptor-binding somatostatin analogues and their use in the imaging and radionuclide therapy of neuroendocrine tumours provides one of the few examples of functional imaging…
Advanced prostate cancer: heading for new shores
Oligometastatic prostate cancer (OMPC) is a special clinical state with a tumour biology that is presumed to be more indolent than polymetastatic disease. It is…
Radiology must be at the table to guarantee best practice and harmonisation
Radiology without borders requires a coherent advocacy strategy that has a substantial impact on healthcare and make certain that medical imaging is adequately represented in…
EFRS meets Slovenia: spotlight on Slovenian radiographers and their professional activities
This year, Slovenia is honoured to be invited by the European Federation of Radiographer Societies (EFRS) to hold its own session, EFRS meets Slovenia: ‘A…
Risk communication with pregnant patients moves forward in the Netherlands
There is an urgent need for better information about the risks associated with radiation exposure when imaging pregnant women and how best to communicate these…
Hybrid imaging pioneer to be awarded ESR Gold Medal
Professor Katrine Riklund from Umeå has overseen major developments in hybrid, molecular and translational imaging from her native Sweden to the highest level in Europe….
Triage tool may help to assess patients prior to MPS stress tests
Statistical comparison of triage tool with exercise MPS data in a cohort of Maltese patients Ischaemic heart disease (IHD), caused primarily by coronary artery stenosis,…
A splash of colour could revolutionise CT microcrack detection
Nanotechnology and photon counting ‘colour’ CT imaging join forces to revolutionise bone microcrack imaging with unprecedented clarity Bone is a metabolically active tissue which preserves…
Dynamic contrast-enhanced CT or PET/CT for diagnosis of solitary pulmonary nodules?
Patients presenting with a solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) on diagnostic imaging tests are an important group because if early stage lung cancer is treated with…