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VA facility improves patient access to MRI services
By Wayne Forrest
By implementing a new appointment and scheduling process and expanding imaging hours, personnel at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center in Virginia have significantly improved patient access to MRI services, according to a study presented at the American College of Radiology's ACR 2015 meeting last week in Washington, DC.
May 28, 2015
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DC docs use MR-HIFU to treat bone tumor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Doctors in Washington, DC, have become the first physicians in the U.S. to treat osteoid osteoma using an experimental MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (MR-HIFU) method.
May 27, 2015
DTI-MRI may identify early onset of Alzheimer's disease
By Wayne Forrest
Using diffusion-tensor MRI (DTI-MRI) to identify damaged white matter in the brain may help pinpoint the early onset of Alzheimer's disease, as well as the start of two atypical forms of the condition, according to a new Dutch study published online May 27 in Radiology.
May 26, 2015
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IMRIS files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
IMRIS, its NeuroArm Surgical subsidiary, and its IMRIS Inc. U.S. subsidiary have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
May 25, 2015
MR Solutions releases preclinical MR conversion kit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.K.-based MR Solutions has launched a conversion kit that can transform a clinical MRI system into a preclinical scanner.
May 20, 2015
GE offers Signa upgrade program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has launched a new in-field upgrade program for its 1.5-tesla MRI scanners in certain regions of the world.
May 20, 2015
3T MRI finds brain changes in retired football players
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
In the first study of its kind, researchers using 3-tesla MRI found a link between hippocampal volume, memory performance, and concussion severity among 28 former professional football players.
May 19, 2015
IMRIS executives leave
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy developer IMRIS said that Mike Fritts, executive vice president of global customer service, and Mark Reade, executive vice president of global sales, are no longer with the company.
May 18, 2015
SonaCare teams up with Invivo
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
High-intensity focused ultrasound developer SonaCare Medical is partnering with MRI technology developer Invivo to use the firm's MRI fusion software with its Sonablate 500 prostate ablation system.
May 18, 2015
New MRI agent enhances liver cancer detection
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Georgia researchers have developed a new class of MRI protein-based contrast agents that they believe will help detect early liver cancer and other liver diseases.
May 17, 2015
Faster access to MRI results in better stroke care
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Two Washington, DC-area hospitals found that improving their workflow led to stroke patients getting clot-busting drugs sooner, along with first-line MR imaging.
May 13, 2015
Global MRI market could reach $6B by 2019
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An aging population and increasing awareness of the benefits of MRI are among the reasons why the global market for "closed" MRI scanners could reach $6.06 billion by the end of the decade.
May 12, 2015
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