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MR analysis offers speedy brain tumor therapy response
By Erik L. Ridley
An advanced MR analysis method can reveal new information on blood vessel type function, enabling physicians to determine within days whether brain tumor patients are responding to antiangiogenesis therapy, according to a report published online August 18 in Nature Medicine.
August 20, 2013
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NEJM: MRI-guided HIFU of brain targets tremors
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) delivered to the thalamus improved essential tremor in 15 patients, according to a pilot study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
August 15, 2013
Joint Commission seeks to expand imaging standards
By Wayne Forrest
The U.S. Joint Commission has proposed more-stringent requirements in the ambulatory care, critical access hospital, and hospital accreditation programs for facilities that provide CT, MRI, nuclear medicine, and PET services.
August 14, 2013
Study links triple-negative breast cancer on MRI, PET/CT scans
By Wayne Forrest
California researchers have found links between the appearance of triple-negative breast cancer on two different imaging modalities, MRI and PET/CT. They believe their findings can help guide therapy for the disease, which occurs less frequently but is typically more deadly than other types of breast cancer.
August 8, 2013
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Calif. team uses MRI to guide gene therapy in brain
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers from the University of California, San Diego are reporting the use of MRI to guide the delivery of gene therapy in the brain.
August 7, 2013
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Medtronic ships neurostimulator for use with MRI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Medtronic has begun shipments of a neurostimulation implant that can be used in MRI scans of patients who meet certain conditions.
August 6, 2013
Strategic planning and ACOs; is capitation back? MRI shows early treatment response
By Brian Casey
August 5, 2013
CMS issues final 'cost-centers' rule
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on August 2 implemented its controversial new policy changing the way it accounts for costs in its hospital inpatient prospective payment system.
August 5, 2013
MITA takes issue with IPPS final rule
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) is criticizing the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) final rule.
August 5, 2013
AAPM: MRI shows early brain tumor response to treatment
By Wayne Forrest
By using dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI and diffusion-weighted MRI, physicians can determine if a brain tumor is responding to treatment as soon as two weeks into radiation therapy, according to a study presented on Sunday at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) annual meeting in Indianapolis.
August 4, 2013
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Kan. radiologist indicted in $7M Army fraud scheme
By Brian Casey
A radiologist and former U.S. Army officer from Kansas has been indicted along with two other individuals on charges of running a contracting scheme that allegedly defrauded the Army of more than $7 million for medical imaging products and services.
August 1, 2013
Toshiba launches MRI upgrade program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has launched a program for users of its Vantage 1.5-tesla MRI systems that allows them to easily upgrade to Vantage Titan, the company said.
July 30, 2013
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