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Trial evaluates MRgFUS for treating Parkinson's disease
By Erik L. Ridley
Surgery can sometimes help patients with their Parkinson's disease symptoms when medications are ineffective. But could transcranial MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) offer a better and more noninvasive treatment alternative? Researchers at the University of Virginia are taking the first step toward answering that question.
October 31, 2012
ASTRO: DCE-MRI predicts spine tumor recurrence
By Wayne Forrest
BOSTON - By measuring plasma volume in spine tumors with dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI, physicians can better assess treatment response even when conventional MRI results show little regression after successful radiosurgery, according to a study presented on Monday at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting.
October 29, 2012
Imaging shows COPD patients' risk for carotid plaque
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Dutch researchers have found that older patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at increased risk for carotid artery plaque formation and for the presence of vulnerable plaques with a lipid core, according to a study in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
October 25, 2012
Elekta, Philips expand imaging venture
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta and Philips Healthcare will expand their joint program to develop an imaging treatment platform that merges radiation therapy and MRI technology in a single cancer treatment system.
October 24, 2012
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
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