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West Physics expands services
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical and health physics consulting firm West Physics Consulting has begun offering a full range of MRI safety services to its customers worldwide.
June 21, 2012
Novation nets contrast agent deals
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Group purchasing organization Novation has signed supply agreements with Bracco, GE Healthcare, and Lantheus Medical Imaging for the companies' contrast agents.
June 21, 2012
Siemens opens refurbished systems factory
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has officially opened its new refurbished systems factory in Wood Dale, IL.
June 19, 2012
MRI Interventions nets patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI-guided interventional technology developer MRI Interventions (formerly SurgiVision) has received another patent for its MRI-guided medical procedure technology.
June 18, 2012
Training bolsters MRI reading accuracy for appendicitis
By Wayne Forrest
Proper training and guidance from more-experienced radiologists can improve the diagnostic accuracy of less-experienced readers in evaluating abdominal MR images for acute appendicitis, according to a study published online June 14 in Radiology.
June 18, 2012
EEG, fMRI help predict early PTSD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers at Tel Aviv University are using functional MRI (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG) to identify people who are more susceptible to longstanding disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) if exposed to a traumatic event.
June 14, 2012
Newmatic launches comfort covering for kids
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging accessories developer Newmatic Medical has launched a new body covering designed in the form of a kitten or puppy that children can embrace, helping to comfort them as they undergo diagnostic imaging exams.
June 12, 2012
Imaging groups respond to JAMA utilization study
By Erik L. Ridley
Although a study in the June 13 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association reported substantial increases in advanced diagnostic imaging utilization over a 15-year time frame, several imaging organizations have issued statements that emphasize the study's data showing a recent decline in imaging use.
June 11, 2012
JAMA study finds that imaging use is growing even at HMOs
By Kate Madden Yee
Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) are famous for their ability to cut healthcare costs -- for better or for worse. But not even HMOs were able to curb growth in advanced diagnostic imaging, according to a new study in the June 13 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
June 11, 2012
SNM: PET/MRI helps tumor staging for pediatric patients
By Wayne Forrest
MIAMI BEACH, FL - In cases of single-tumor lesions in pediatric patients, combined PET/MRI proved most beneficial for tumor staging, while both modalities alone outperformed each other in different diagnostic situations, according to a study presented on Monday at the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) meeting.
June 11, 2012
SNM: PET/MRI for myocardial perfusion feasible but challenging
By Wayne Forrest
MIAMI BEACH, FL - In what is being billed as a first-of-its-kind study, researchers have concluded that simultaneous image acquisition by PET/MRI for myocardial perfusion imaging is feasible but "logistically demanding," according to a presentation on Sunday at the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) annual meeting.
June 10, 2012
DTI explains why concussions affect people differently
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Diffusion-tensor MRI (DTI-MRI) shows that concussion victims have unique spatial patterns of brain abnormalities that change over time, according to a study published online June 8 in Brain Imaging and Behavior.
June 7, 2012
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