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Top 10 AuntMinnie stories for 2019
By Brian Casey
Concerns over MRI safety dominated headlines in 2019, at least according to the articles that were most viewed by members of AuntMinnie.com for the year. Topping the list were two stories about a recent accident at an MRI suite in Sweden, while other MRI safety-related articles also scored highly.
December 22, 2019
2016 12 27 11 54 08 579 Top 10 400
Patients at risk for NSF might be safe with certain GBCAs
By Wayne Forrest
Could certain gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) be safe for patients undergoing an MRI scan whose stage 4 or 5 chronic kidney disease puts them at risk for nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF)? In some cases, the answer is yes, according to a meta-analysis published December 9 in JAMA: Internal Medicine.
December 19, 2019
2017 05 26 14 17 18 219 Gadolinium2 400
NEMA posts new MRI RF coil standard
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has published a revised standard to measure radiofrequency (RF) coil surface temperature increases due to RF fields in MRI scanners.
December 18, 2019
2018 07 25 17 25 6194 Nema 400 20180928171153
Hitachi board votes to sell medical division to Fujifilm
By Brian Casey
The board of directors of Japanese industrial conglomerate Hitachi has voted to sell its Hitachi Medical division to Fujifilm for a total price of 179 billion yen ($1.63 billion). The deal will combine two second-tier players in the radiology industry to create a firm that could compete with the largest multimodality vendors.
December 17, 2019
2019 11 01 17 15 4122 Graph Financial Results Skyscraper 400
Report: Fujifilm plans to buy Hitachi imaging business
By Brian Casey
Fujifilm is planning to acquire the medical imaging business of Hitachi in what would be a major consolidation of Japanese medical device firms, according to news reports. The deal would marry Fujifilm's strength in digital x-ray and image management software with Hitachi's modality scanner business.
December 16, 2019
2019 11 13 00 46 2926 Business Deal Corporate 400
Elekta gets FDA nod for DWI-MR radiation therapy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology vendor Elekta has received 510(k) premarket notification from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the clinical use of a diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) MRI protocol with the company's Unity MR radiation therapy system.
December 15, 2019
2019 09 17 17 08 4562 Elekta Astro 2019
AI can accurately predict uterine fibroid embolization outcomes
By Erik L. Ridley
An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm's analysis of MRI exams performed prior to uterine fibroid embolization can be more accurate than radiologists in predicting whether the procedure will be successful, according to research presented at the recent RSNA 2019 meeting in Chicago.
December 12, 2019
2018 10 30 22 10 4516 Fibroid 400
PET/MRI tops MRI in breast lesion comparisons
By Wayne Forrest
PET/MRI is better than MRI alone for the detection and staging of nodes and distant metastases in women with breast cancer, according to a study presented by German researchers at the recent RSNA 2019 meeting.
December 12, 2019
2019 09 18 21 21 9195 Breast Cancer Cell2 400
FDA OKs implantable device software tool for MRI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has qualified a modeling tool from IMAnalytics for assessing how active implantable medical devices would react to radiofrequency fields during MRI scans.
December 12, 2019
2016 09 02 09 28 19 895 Fda Logo 400
AI-based model aids fMRI in ADHD detection
By Wayne Forrest
A newly developed deep-learning artificial intelligence (AI) model is lending a helping hand to radiologists reading functional MRI (fMRI) scans, helping them better predict attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a study published online December 11 in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence.
December 10, 2019
2018 08 10 22 42 4903 Artificial Intelligence Brain 400
Can FDG-PET/MRI replace biopsy in breast cancer cases?
By Wayne Forrest
Although FDG-PET/MRI shows promise for accurate staging of breast cancer, the modality still isn't as accurate as sentinel lymph node biopsy, according to a study presented last week at RSNA 2019 in Chicago.
December 10, 2019
2016 10 05 17 45 45 493 Breast Cancer 400
Neusoft debuts CT scanner, new systems at RSNA 2019
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical equipment manufacturer Neusoft Medical Systems debuted new CT, MRI, angiography, and PET/CT systems at RSNA 2019 in Chicago.
December 4, 2019
2019 11 15 21 20 3865 Rsna Technical Exhibits 400
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