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NIH awards NSF study grant to TJU team
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers at the Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University (TJU) have received a $384,000 grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate how nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) develops.
October 23, 2012
Orange MRI director pleads guilty
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Federal prosecutors have secured another guilty plea in the case of a New Jersey imaging center that allegedly paid kickbacks to physicians for referrals.
October 18, 2012
Advanced Mobility delivers Philips mobile MRI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mobile medical trailer company Advanced Mobility and Specialty Vehicles has delivered an Ingenia 1.5-tesla MRI trailer from Philips Healthcare to the Vancouver Island Health Authority of Victoria, British Columbia.
October 14, 2012
GE invests $31M in InSightec
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Technology firm Elbit has announced that GE Healthcare will invest $31 million in Elbit's InSightec in exchange for an equity stake in the firm.
October 11, 2012
MRS adds Compass to software portfolio
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mammography Reporting System (MRS) is now offering the Compass computer-aided analysis software application for breast MRI.
October 9, 2012
New cardiac MRI technique identifies early-stage heart disease
By Wayne Forrest
By using a new MRI technique to measure the wall thickness of coronary arteries, researchers from the U.S. National Institutes of Health may be able to identify coronary heart disease early in its progression, according to a study published October 9 in Radiology.
October 8, 2012
Hybrid linac-MRI tracks motion during radiotherapy
By Tami Freeman
Real-time tumor tracking could prove invaluable for radiotherapy of moving targets such as lung tumors. Using MRI for such tracking provides position verification without ionizing radiation. Researchers recently discussed the latest results of a prototype hybrid linac-MRI system being developed at the Cross Cancer Institute in Canada.
October 7, 2012
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Univ. of Saskatchewan gets $1.6M neuroimaging grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The federal government of Canada and the provincial government of Saskatchewan are investing $1.6 million Canadian to the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine in Saskatoon for the purchase of neuroimaging equipment to promote research of Alzheimer's disease.
October 4, 2012
MITA lobbies Congress to maintain helium reserve
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) has written a letter to Congress urging policymakers to keep the Federal Helium Reserve operational to avoid a major supply crisis early in 2013.
October 1, 2012
DWI-MRI helps reduce false-positive breast MRI scans
By Wayne Forrest
Combining diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI-MRI) with dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI to calculate apparent diffusion coefficient values could decrease false-positive findings in breast MRI and re­duce preventable biopsies, according to a new study published online on October 2 in Radiology.
October 1, 2012
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Fonar posts strong year-end results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI vendor Fonar posted strong results for its full year of fiscal 2012.
September 30, 2012
Center owner pleads guilty in NJ kickback case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The owner of a New Jersey imaging center that allegedly paid healthcare providers for patient referrals in violation of federal law has pleaded guilty in the case.
September 30, 2012
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