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Book excerpt: Reference Manual for MR Safety, Implants, and Devices

By Frank Shellock, PhD

The 2015 edition of the Reference Manual for Magnetic Resonance Safety, Implants, and Devices by Frank Shellock, PhD, has been published, offering updated guidance on MRI safety for radiologists, MRI technologists, and facility managers. In the following excerpt, the use of a ferromagnetic detection system in the MRI suite is explained.

January 21, 2015

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Joint Commission standards tackle MRI safety, radiation dose; more Birnholz

January 19, 2015

Joint Commission releases requirements for imaging services

By Kate Madden Yee

The Joint Commission has released updated accreditation requirements for diagnostic imaging service providers in hospitals and ambulatory care centers. Although the new rules emphasize imaging safety in positive ways, more specific guidance is needed, according to safety advocates.

January 19, 2015

Novel MRI scanner helps diagnose neonates with pulmonary issues

By Wayne Forrest

Thanks to a specially modified compact MRI scanner, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is having early success in imaging infants in its neonatal intensive care unit for pulmonary ailments and abnormal lung development.

January 15, 2015

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PET/MRI spots neuroinflammation from chronic back pain

By Wayne Forrest

PET/MR images have led researchers for the first time to confirm evidence of neuroinflammation in key regions of the brain in patients with chronic back pain, according to a study published online January 12 in Brain.

January 14, 2015

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MR safety advocates create certification body

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MRI safety advocates have launched the American Board of Magnetic Resonance Safety (ABMRS), which will certify healthcare professionals on MR safety compliance.

January 13, 2015

MRI now available in Canada's North

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Whitehorse General Hospital in the Yukon has installed the first MR scanner in Canada's North region.

January 13, 2015

SyntheticMR signs Cincinnati Children's

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

SyntheticMR has delivered its SyMRI workflow and decision-support software to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

January 7, 2015

Toshiba touts noncontrast MRA trial

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Toshiba America Medical Systems is promoting a new clinical study published this month on the use of a noncontrast MR angiography (MRA) technique in detecting renal artery stenosis.

January 7, 2015

Could brain imaging predict future behavior?

By Wayne Forrest

It may sound like something out of the technothriller "Minority Report," but could medical imaging modalities such as functional MRI someday be used to predict future behavior, such as someone's propensity to commit a crime? Maybe, but discoveries so far have fallen short of realizing imaging's potential in this regard, according to an article published January 7 in Neuron.

January 6, 2015

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MRI links bipolar disease to cerebellum changes

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A specialized MRI scanning protocol has detected differences in brain signals in the white matter and cerebellum of individuals with bipolar disorder -- changes that were not evident in bipolar patients receiving lithium treatment.

January 5, 2015

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FDA approves Gadavist MR contrast for kids younger than 2

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Bayer HealthCare announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its Gadavist (gadobutrol) injection for use with MRI in pediatric patients younger than 2 years old.

January 4, 2015

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