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Whole-body MRI has limits in detecting suspected child abuse
By Wayne Forrest
Though whole-body MRI is highly accurate in detecting soft-tissue abnormalities, the modality falls short in finding metaphyseal lesions and rib fractures in cases of suspected child abuse, according to a study in the September issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 23, 2010
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AHRA, Toshiba sponsor patient safety program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems and the American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) will provide six grants of as much as $7,500 each to hospitals and imaging centers to fund programs, training, or seminars designed to improve pediatric or adult patient care and safety.
August 22, 2010
DMS Health wins La. mobile MRI contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
DMS Health Technologies has signed a contract with a Louisiana-based medical center to provide mobile MRI services.
August 18, 2010
Siemens completes U.K. MRI order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has installed its Magnetom Avanto 1.5-tesla system at Birmingham City Hospital in the U.K.
August 17, 2010
MRI helps guide therapy for NFL players with ankle injuries
By Wayne Forrest
A group of orthopedists in Minneapolis is using 1.5-tesla MRI to determine the extent of high ankle injuries among professional football players and better predict how long the disability will keep players out of action.
August 16, 2010
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AuntMinnie.com MRI Insider
By Wayne Forrest
August 11, 2010
Toshiba taps new MR business unit director
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has named a new director for its MR business unit.
August 11, 2010
MRI advances reported at AAPM
By Tami Freeman
MRI technology is advancing at a rapid pace, both in terms of instrumentation and applications. At the recent American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) annual meeting held in Philadelphia, attendees learned of recent advances in both of these areas.
August 8, 2010
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Hologic completes Sentinelle acquisition
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's healthcare vendor Hologic has closed on its acquisition of MRI technology developer Sentinelle Medical for $85 million.
August 5, 2010
FDA takes Bayer's NDA for Gadovist contrast
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals' new drug application (NDA) for a new gadolinium-based MRI contrast agent has been accepted for review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
August 5, 2010
MR spectroscopy with MRI detects prostate cancer recurrence
By Wayne Forrest
Combining MR spectroscopy with T2-weighted MR imaging "significantly improves" the diagnostic accuracy of endorectal MRI to detect locally recurrent prostate cancer after external-beam radiation therapy, according to a study in the August issue of Radiology.
August 3, 2010
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Simultaneous PET/MRI creates diagnostic-quality images
By Wayne Forrest
Structural, functional, and molecular imaging of patients with brain tumors is feasible with diagnostic imaging quality using simultaneous hybrid PET/MR image acquisition, according to a study in the August issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
August 2, 2010
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