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FDA OKs Medtronic pacemaker for MRI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Medtronic has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Advisa MRI SureScan pacemaker.
February 14, 2013
FDA panel OK's NDA for Guerbet's Dotarem
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Guerbet has received a unanimous recommendation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Medical Imaging Drugs Advisory Committee that the agency approve the company's new drug application (NDA) for MRI contrast agent Dotarem for use in adults and children 2 years and older.
February 14, 2013
Fonar's Q2 results hold steady
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Overall revenue and profit remained stable for MRI firm Fonar in the second quarter of its 2013 fiscal year.
February 14, 2013
Imaging shows toll of vascular brain injury
By Wayne Forrest
MR and PET images show that vascular brain injury from conditions such as high blood pressure and stroke has a considerably greater influence on cognitive impairment among nondemented older people than beta-amyloid plaque deposits, according to a study published online February 11 in JAMA Neurology.
February 13, 2013
Girl killed in MRI accident in Sri Lanka
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A 5-year-old girl from Mabima, Sri Lanka, died in an apparent MRI accident after a loud explosion, according to a report on Emirates 24/7.
February 12, 2013
Whole-body MRI has mixed results in pediatric cancer patients
By Wayne Forrest
While whole-body MRI detected more skeletal lesions on average than conventional imaging among pediatric patients, the modality was less able to find lung metastases in the same group of subjects, according to a study in the February issue of Radiology.
February 12, 2013
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CT, MR don't improve outcomes of some stroke patients
By Eric Barnes
Using advanced imaging following the onset of ischemic stroke to identify patients who would benefit from mechanical clot removal does not improve patient selection for use of the technology, according to a study published on Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
February 10, 2013
NeuroGrafix presses MRI patent suits
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MR technology developer NeuroGrafix said it is continuing to pursue patent infringement litigation for MRI technology against the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
February 7, 2013
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
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