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Cardiac MRI can help cut costs in the ER
By Wayne Forrest
The use of cardiac MRI in an emergency department for intermediate- and high-risk patients with chest pain can cut costs and, in some cases, allow patients to return home the same day, according to a study published online in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
June 28, 2010
CAD eases MRI-based herniated disk diagnosis
By Eric Barnes
GENEVA - Herniated lumbar disks aren't the most common back injury, but when they occur they often require surgery. And diagnosis requires tedious manual measurements -- or at least it did until researchers from London found a way to automate the process.
June 27, 2010
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Philips ships 6,000th MRI magnet
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has shipped its 6,000th compact superconducting magnet from its Latham, NY, facility.
June 23, 2010
DWI-MRI improves breast MRI's accuracy at 3 tesla
By Kate Madden Yee
Diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DWI-MRI) and apparent diffusion coefficient maps have demonstrated their value in improving the accuracy of breast MRI at 1.5 tesla compared to conventional scanning protocols. But do these techniques also work at 3 tesla?
June 23, 2010
GE completes Optima MRI installations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has installed two new Optima MR450w wide-bore 1.5-tesla MRI systems at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
June 22, 2010
Toshiba launches Aegis workstation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has released its new Aegis breast imaging workstation for use with its MRI products.
June 22, 2010
Philips completes Mass. installation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has installed its Panorama High Field Open (HFO) MR scanner with the company's Ambient Experience environment at Lawrence General Hospital in Lawrence, MA.
June 21, 2010
F-18 NaF PET/CT helps detect source of patellofemoral knee pain
By Wayne Forrest
F-18 sodium fluoride (F-18 NaF) PET/CT may be a promising adjunctive technique to MRI for orthopedic applications. A Stanford University team found that the PET/CT technique helped detect additional abnormalities in 49% of patients with patellofemoral knee pain.
June 21, 2010
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Aurora gets first China installation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast MRI technology developer Aurora Imaging Technology has completed the first installation of its dedicated breast MRI system in China.
June 20, 2010
MRI can help forecast scope of residual breast tumors
By Kate Madden Yee
MRI can help predict the scope of any residual tumor left after preoperative therapy in breast cancer patients, according to a new study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. But it has its limits when predicting the complete disappearance of breast cancer at the lesion site.
June 20, 2010
Philips inks deal with VPDiagnostics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has signed a co-marketing agreement with software developer VPDiagnostics.
June 17, 2010
ACR tackles NSF risk in new gadolinium MRI contrast guidance
By James Brice
The American College of Radiology (ACR) of Reston, VA, is advising radiologists to avoid using the Magnevist, Omniscan, or Optimark contrast agents with patients at high risk for developing nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF).
June 16, 2010
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