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Fatty liver linked to heart failure in obese patients

By Kate Madden Yee

Fatty liver is an independent risk factor for heart failure in obese patients -- that is, those with a body mass index of 30 or higher, according to a new study published online January 26 in Radiology. The finding suggests that concrete interventions to stave off nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, also called hepatic steatosis, could help these patients stay healthy.

January 26, 2016

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Gadolinium levels rise in SF Bay; news from Arab Health; personnel and IT issues

January 25, 2016

New MRI surgery goes off without a hitch in Ill.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A facility in Illinois has successfully completed an intraoperative MRI surgical procedure -- only the second in the state.

January 25, 2016

MRI use causes gadolinium levels to rise in SF Bay

A new study has found that levels of gadolinium have been rising steadily in the waters of San Francisco Bay over the past two decades. The study attributes the rising levels to growing use of gadolinium for scientific and medical applications, in particular as a contrast agent for MRI scanning.

January 25, 2016

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AHRA, Toshiba announce Putting Patients First grant winners

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The seven winners of the 2016 Putting Patients First grants by AHRA and Toshiba America Medical Systems have been announced.

January 24, 2016

Cardiac perfusion PET/MRI may be more accurate than SPECT

By Wayne Forrest

Perfusion imaging with PET/MRI could offer a "comprehensive myocardial ischemic evaluation" with shorter scan times than SPECT and a lower radiation dose for patients, according to a pilot study from Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

January 24, 2016

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fMRI links high-risk kids and depression

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Functional MRI (fMRI) has identified distinctive brain differences in children who have a family history of depression and are at high risk for developing the condition.

January 21, 2016

Sonographer, heal thyself; make your MRI patients happier; mammo skeptics blast Congress

January 20, 2016

FDA clears Siemens' Magnetom Amira MRI scanner

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Siemens Healthcare's Magnetom Amira 1.5-tesla MRI unit.

January 20, 2016

MRI waiting room amenities improve patient satisfaction

By Wayne Forrest

MRI centers that provide a comfortable waiting environment with a variety of conveniences may see happier patients -- who may even believe they're spending less time waiting, according to a study published online January 4 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

January 19, 2016

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Qmetrics launches knee MRI research software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Contract research services provider Qmetrics Technologies has launched a new software package for knee MRI researchers who are segmenting articular cartilage and subchondral bone.

January 14, 2016

Gadolinium MRI contrast not needed to evaluate pediatric tumors

By Wayne Forrest

There is no need to use gadolinium-based contrast agents with MRI scans to evaluate tumors in pediatric patients, since image quality is essentially the same with no contrast enhancement at all, according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

January 12, 2016

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