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ARRS: MRI tops US in appendicitis detection in pregnant women
By Wayne Forrest
WASHINGTON, DC - MRI should be the first imaging test, rather than ultrasound, for pregnant women suspected of having appendicitis, according to a study presented at last week's American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting.
April 21, 2013
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ARRS: MRI chemical analysis identifies renal cell tumors
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Adding chemical-shift analysis techniques to MRI exams can help differentiate conventional clear renal cell carcinoma from other types of cancer, according to a study presented Friday at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting in Washington, DC.
April 18, 2013
GE gets clearance for MR therapy planning suite
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance and the European CE Mark for its 1.5-tesla GEM RT Open Head & Neck Suite.
April 17, 2013
InSightec reports Medicare billing code for MRgFUS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Focused-ultrasound developer InSightec said the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has created a new billing code for MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) treatment of pain palliation of metastatic bone lesions, and has established a Medicare payment rate for hospital outpatient departments.
April 17, 2013
Patient movement, wrong parameters trigger repeated MRI exams
By Wayne Forrest
Patient movement and the use of incorrect technical parameters by radiologic technologists are the two most common causes for the need to perform repeat MRI exams, according to a new study by Portuguese researchers.
April 17, 2013
Postmortem MRI shows sudden cardiac death invisible at autopsy
By Eric Barnes
In results that add substantial forensic power to identifying the cause of death, postmortem cardiac 3-tesla MRI has been found to identify sudden cardiac death in cases that are invisible at conventional autopsy, according to new research published online in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
April 16, 2013
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Boston Scientific places new MRI pacing system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer Boston Scientific announced it has implanted its ImageReady MR-conditional pacing system in the first patient enrolled in the ImageReady MR Conditional Pacing System Clinical Study at Ohio Health's Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus.
April 14, 2013
AuntMinnie.com MRI Insider
By Wayne Forrest
April 10, 2013
Toshiba brings Smart Fusion to MRI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems said that it's extending its Aplio 500 Smart Fusion ultrasound technology to MRI.
April 10, 2013
Aspect Imaging introduces LumiQuant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Compact MRI manufacturer Aspect Imaging has unveiled LumiQuant, a software and hardware package for coregistering and measuring luminescence images with the Bruker Icon compact MRI system.
April 9, 2013
Monteris Medical touts NeuroBlast study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device developer Monteris Medical said the first-in-human study on the company's NeuroBlate thermal therapy system has produced promising results
April 9, 2013
JACR: MRI use has slowed
By Kate Madden Yee
The overall Medicare MRI utilization rate has slowed since 2008, due in part to policymakers' focus on reducing unnecessary healthcare costs -- and radiologists' efforts to educate their colleagues on appropriate imaging use, according to a new study published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
April 7, 2013
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