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DTI-MRI finds TBI effects in recent veterans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Using diffusion-tensor MRI (DTI-MRI), psychiatrists with the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Iowa Health Care have found that soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) have measurable abnormalities in brain white matter, compared with returning veterans with no TBI.
February 6, 2013
fMRI predicts response to depression treatment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An increase in activity at the back of the brain, as shown by functional MRI (fMRI), while the brain processes emotional information may help predict whether depressed patients will respond to an experimental rapid-acting antidepressant, according to a study published online January 30 in JAMA Psychiatry.
February 4, 2013
GE launches cardiac MRI analysis software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has launched two new software packages for advanced analysis of cardiovascular MRI images: CardiacVX and MR VesselIQ Xpress.
February 4, 2013
NFL, GE to partner on concussion imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The National Football League (NFL) is planning to form a partnership with GE Healthcare to develop imaging technology that would detect concussions, according to an article published on February 2 in the New York Times.
February 3, 2013
Resonance Health's FerriScan R2-MRI gets FDA OK
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging laboratory services provider Resonance Health announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the company permission to market its FerriScan R2-MRI device as an imaging companion diagnostic device in the use of Exjade pharmaceutical therapy.
February 3, 2013
ACR releases LI-RADS updates
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has released the latest version of its Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) to standardize terminology and criteria in the interpretation and reporting of imaging examinations of the liver.
February 3, 2013
Functional MRI shows doctors feel empathy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new study published online January 29 in Molecular Psychiatry used functional MRI (fMRI) to evaluate whether doctors feel their patients' pain and experience their relief following treatment.
January 29, 2013
Arab Health: Is PET/MRI really worth the extra cost?
By Philip Ward
DUBAI - Most PET/MR systems cost between $5 million and $7 million U.S., whereas a new generation PET/CT machine with 128 detectors costs between $1.5 million and $2 million U.S. Is PET/MR worth the extra dollars, asks a global expert on hybrid imaging at Arab Health.
January 27, 2013
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Could a new breast MR protocol replace screening mammo?
By Kate Madden Yee
Using a streamlined breast MR protocol for women with dense tissue takes less time and finds more early cancers than mammography -- potentially replacing it as a screening modality, according to research presented at the RSNA 2012 meeting.
January 24, 2013
Elekta, Philips team with MD Anderson
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta and Philips Healthcare have reached an agreement with MD Anderson Cancer Center for the center to join a research group for the development of an image-guided treatment technology that combines radiation therapy and MRI in a single system.
January 23, 2013
NIH software makes PET/MRI image analysis easier
By Erik L. Ridley
Lesion segmentation on PET/MRI studies can be challenging, but a team from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has developed a software application that automates the process, making it easier for clinicians to identify boundaries between disease and healthy tissue.
January 20, 2013
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Biotronik gets conditional FDA approval for ProMRI trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Biomedical device company Biotronik has received approval with conditions from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the company's ProMRI clinical trial via an investigational device exemption.
January 17, 2013
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