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FDA OKs GE's Optima MR430s MRI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Optima MR430s 1.5-tesla MRI system.
February 23, 2011
Toshiba debuts reNew MRI upgrade program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has introduced its reNew upgrade program to allow customers to upgrade the company's Vantage 1.5-tesla MRI systems.
February 23, 2011
PET/MRI works for detecting head and neck tumors
By Wayne Forrest
German researchers are reporting promising results in the use of PET/MRI to detect malignant tumors in the head and upper neck area, according to a study published online February 10 in European Radiology.
February 23, 2011
ViewRay gets FDA nod
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy developer ViewRay has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance to market its radiation therapy treatment planning and delivery software as a nonhuman use research system.
February 23, 2011
PACS software can accurately provide ADC measurements
By Erik L. Ridley
Quantitative analysis of diffusion-weighted MR imaging has typically relied on specialized workstations to generate apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurements. But PACS software can handle the job, according to a Web-exclusive study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
February 23, 2011
Fonar posts mixed Q2 results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A decline in product sales adversely affected revenues for MRI vendor Fonar in the second quarter of the company's 2011 fiscal year.
February 22, 2011
Contrast agents survive spending downturn
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Increasing focus on the use of medical imaging for early identification of disease is helping the worldwide contrast agent market survive the downturn that's been affecting imaging equipment sales, Global Industry Analysts has reported.
February 21, 2011
Functional MRI can help surgical planning for brain cancer
By Wayne Forrest
Routine presurgical functional MRI provides "superior assessment" of the spatial relationship between brain tumors and the motor cortex, which, in turn, enhances the risk-benefit evaluation for patients before surgery, according to a study published online February 10 in European Radiology.
February 20, 2011
AAOS: New MRI techniques benefit cartilage damage diagnosis
By Wayne Forrest
New MRI techniques are making it easier to diagnose cartilage damage earlier, which may result in fewer hip replacements in young patients, according to a February 18 presentation at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) annual meeting in San Diego.
February 17, 2011
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AAOS: Over a third of imaging costs from 'defensive medicine'
By Kate Madden Yee
Nearly 35% of all the imaging costs from 2,068 orthopedic patient encounters in Pennsylvania were ordered for "defensive imaging" purposes, according to a new study presented Wednesday at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) meeting in San Diego.
February 16, 2011
Breast MRI screening benefits women with rad therapy history
By Kate Madden Yee
Breast cancer screening with MRI can find invasive cancers missed by mammography in women who've had radiation therapy to the chest for other conditions such as Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to a new study published online today in Radiology.
February 14, 2011
Study tracks gadolinium adverse events; CAD for US and VC
By Brian Casey
February 14, 2011
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