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Zika's effects hard to detect on ultrasound, MRI
By Brian Casey
A new animal study published February 5 in Nature Medicine illustrates the challenges in detecting how the Zika virus affects the fetuses of infected mothers. Researchers found that the Zika virus caused injury to the brains of fetal macaque monkeys that was hard to detect with ultrasound and even MRI.
February 5, 2018
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Radiologist arrested in deadly Indian MRI incident
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A radiologist has been arrested in connection with an incident last week at a hospital in India in which a man carrying a metal oxygen cylinder was pulled into an MRI room and killed.
February 1, 2018
Macrocyclic GBCA again shows less signal intensity in kids
By Wayne Forrest
A study from Germany in the February issue of Investigative Radiology found that the use of a linear gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) resulted in increased signal intensity in two brain regions in pediatric patients, compared with the use of a macrocyclic GBCA.
February 1, 2018
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Report: Metal detector at Indian MRI room 'not functional'
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The metal detector designed to prevent the introduction of metal objects into the MRI suite where an Indian man was killed was "not functional," according to a new report on the incident published by the Hindustan Times.
January 31, 2018
Del. MRI center to pay $16M in contrast case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.S. authorities have announced that an imaging center in Delaware will pay $16.2 million for submitting false claims for Medicare reimbursement for MRI contrast studies that weren't supervised by physicians.
January 30, 2018
MRI scan volume drops in 2017, but new purchases planned
By Wayne Forrest
Bucking a consistently upward trend, the total number of MRI procedures in the U.S. decreased in 2017 for the first time in two decades, as procedures shifted from independent standalone facilities to hospital-based imaging centers, according to a new market research report by IMV Medical Information Division.
January 30, 2018
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Bracco lands new FDA approval for MultiHance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast developer Bracco Diagnostics has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the use of its MultiHance contrast agent for MRI of the central nervous system in pediatric patients younger than 2 years, including neonates.
January 29, 2018
Fatal MRI accident in India sparks questions | MRI volume drops in 2017 | Nuclear medicine and cataracts
By Brian Casey
January 29, 2018
Probe into MRI-related death focuses on safety training
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An investigation into the death of a man pulled into the bore of an MRI scanner in India has found that two hospital employees who were at the scene were not from the radiology department, and they weren't trained on proper MRI safety protocols.
January 29, 2018
Court rules that DTI-MRI scans are not 'junk science'
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A federal court has ruled that diffusion-tensor MRI (DTI-MRI) scans are not "junk science" and are admissible in court as evidence of traumatic brain injury.
January 29, 2018
Indian man carrying oxygen tank dies in MRI suite
By Wayne Forrest
A visit to see his mother-in-law in a state-run hospital in India turned tragic for an Indian man who was killed when an oxygen cylinder he was carrying pulled him into the bore of an MRI scanner.
January 28, 2018
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FDA clears SyntheticMR neuro software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared medical imaging software developer SyntheticMR's SyMRI Neuro software.
January 28, 2018
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