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New app uses smartphone to measure LVEF
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers have developed technology that can use a smartphone camera to measure left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of the heart, potentially providing the same measurements generated with echocardiography, according to a study published in the journal Critical Care Medicine.
September 6, 2017
FDA panel to tackle questions on gadolinium retention
By Wayne Forrest
The baffling issue of gadolinium retention in patients receiving gadolinium-based contrast agents for MRI scans will be front and center before a committee meeting of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday, September 8, in Silver Spring, MD.
September 6, 2017
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Study measures allergic event rates for gadolinium contrast
By Wayne Forrest
A meta-analysis of gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) for MRI scans found that one linear GBCA had a lower rate of immediate allergic reactions than macrocyclic gadolinium contrast, according to results published online August 25 in Radiology.
September 5, 2017
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C4 gets new FDA clearance for Sirius MRI marker
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided technology developer C4 Imaging announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an additional 510(k) clearance for its Sirius MRI marker.
September 5, 2017
French raise alarm over smoldering blanket in PET/MRI
By Brian Casey
French researchers are alerting radiology facilities to an incident that occurred in their PET/MRI suite: Copper fibers in a blanket used to cover a patient began to heat up, causing the blanket to smolder and nearly catch fire, according to a case study published August 31 in Radiology.
September 5, 2017
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Guerbet lands expanded FDA clearance for Dotarem
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
French contrast developer Guerbet said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Dotarem gadolinium-based MRI contrast agent for use in pediatric patients younger than 2 years.
September 4, 2017
MRI elastograms better than biopsy to assess kidney scarring
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers from Canada have discovered that MRI measurements of stiffness in patients who received kidney transplants can gauge damage to the organ and predict future kidney function within one year, according to a study published online August 30 in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
August 30, 2017
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FDA clears SyntheticMR software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared medical imaging software developer SyntheticMR's SyMRI Image postprocessing software.
August 30, 2017
CIRS releases MRI Distortion Check software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computerized Imaging Reference Systems (CIRS) has launched its new cloud-based MRI Distortion Check software.
August 29, 2017
Breast MRI effective for postpartum breast cancer
By Wayne Forrest
Using MRI on women with breast cancer within one year of their giving birth can achieve sensitivity of almost 100% for detecting tumors and change surgical management in more than one in four cases, according to a study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 29, 2017
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Anthem to review hospital outpatient CT, MRI scans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Health insurance giant Anthem plans to stop automatically paying for hospital-based outpatient CT and MRI exams for its members, shifting instead to what it calls a "medical necessity review" of these exams designed to move studies to freestanding centers.
August 28, 2017
MRI links brain volume to neurological disorder
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Using MRI, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have identified differences in key brain structures of people who are most seriously impaired by a condition called functional neurological disorder, according to a study published online August 26 in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
August 27, 2017
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