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Vox profiles NC doctor's crusade against CON law
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
News site Vox is profiling the case of a North Carolina surgeon who is suing to overturn the state's certificate-of-need (CON) law because it is preventing him from buying an MRI system for an imaging center he operates.
July 30, 2018
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Canon installs 1st MR Theater in U.S.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canon Medical Systems USA has delivered its first Vantage Titan Zen Edition 1.5-tesla MR Theater in the U.S.
July 30, 2018
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Soccer ball heading more risky for women than men
By Wayne Forrest
Heading a soccer ball may not always be the safest play on the pitch. Diffusion-tensor MRI has revealed that female soccer players have more microstructural white-matter changes in brain tissue than their male counterparts, according to a study published online July 31 in Radiology.
July 30, 2018
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MRI finds key indicators of rectal cancer prognosis
By Wayne Forrest
Two key characteristics on MRI scans of rectal cancer patients can help predict long-term survival and local recurrence of the disease, according to a study by researchers from China and published in the August issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
July 30, 2018
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Language issues don't greatly delay MRI scans
By Wayne Forrest
At least one radiology department is not letting language barriers get in the way of timely MRI scans. Researchers in Michigan found no significant difference in wait times between patients who spoke English and those who didn't, according to a study published online July 26 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
July 30, 2018
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MRI shows how kids compensate for dyslexia
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Using MRI, an international team of researchers believe they have found the reason why certain children with dyslexia are able to overcome their reading disorder and better understand text.
July 25, 2018
fMRI links key brain regions between sleep and depression
By Wayne Forrest
Functional MRI (fMRI) scans have helped open researchers' eyes to which brain regions provide the primary connections and associations between poor sleep quality and depression, according to a study published online July 25 in JAMA Psychiatry.
July 25, 2018
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VR software may increase MRI segmentation efficiency
By Abraham Kim
Using new virtual reality (VR) software to correct segmentation errors on MRI scans allowed users to complete the task more quickly and accurately compared with using a conventional 2D interface in a new study, published online July 20 in the Journal of Digital Imaging.
July 25, 2018
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Sundgren takes over as ISMRM president
The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) has appointed Dr. Pia Maly Sundgren, PhD, as its new president for 2018 to 2019.
July 24, 2018
GE launches Clariscan macrocyclic GBCA in Korea
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare Korea this week launched its new Clariscan macrocyclic gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) for MRI scans in South Korea.
July 24, 2018
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MRI matches CT for appendicitis -- and without radiation
By Wayne Forrest
When used to diagnose and confirm cases of acute appendicitis in the emergency department, MRI can provide the same efficacy as CT without the risk of radiation exposure for patients, according to a study published in the August issue of Radiology. The findings support the use of MRI first for some patients.
July 23, 2018
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Canon makes 1st U.S. installation of 1.5T scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canon Medical Systems USA has installed its first Vantage Titan Zen Edition 1.5-tesla MRI scanner in the U.S., at Pulaski Memorial Hospital in Winamac, IN.
July 22, 2018
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