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Negotiating with payors; MRI contrast reactions; breast density changes
By Brian Casey
February 27, 2013
Changing gadolinium-based contrast could boost reactions
By Wayne Forrest
Radiology departments and imaging centers that switch their preferred MRI contrast agent should watch for an increase in allergic-like reactions in patients, but the jump could be due to an epidemiological phenomenon rather than actual differences in the products, according to a study in the March issue of Radiology.
February 27, 2013
Expert offers tips for efficient cardiac MRI throughput
By Wayne Forrest
Is your cardiac MRI scanner a $2 million patient gurney? It might be if you're not effectively using every available moment to prepare and scan patients, eliminating downtime between exams, according to a presentation at the recent Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance meeting.
February 24, 2013
AuntMinnie.com MRI Insider
By Wayne Forrest
February 20, 2013
InSightec gets FDA nod for essential tremor trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Focused-ultrasound developer InSightec has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to launch a phase III trial of its ExAblate Neuro system for the treatment of essential tremor.
February 18, 2013
How much are you worth? And, MRI of Alzheimer's; CCTA of heart attack risk
By Brian Casey
February 18, 2013
NJ cardiologist cops to taking kickbacks from imaging center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A New Jersey cardiologist has pled guilty to taking cash payments as a kickback for referring patients to a diagnostic imaging center in Orange, NJ.
February 18, 2013
Bright areas on MRI could predict Alzheimer's disease
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers trying to develop better tools for predicting who will develop Alzheimer's disease used MRI to detect bright areas in the brain that indicate small-vessel cerebrovascular disease. The technique could be used with PET scans of beta-amyloid levels to predict Alzheimer's, according to a February 18 study in JAMA Neurology.
February 18, 2013
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
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