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Software saves time by segmenting meniscus in knee MR images
By Wayne Forrest
Ohio researchers have developed a program to semiautomatically process knee MR images with the same -- and, in some cases, better -- accuracy as radiologists in one-fourth the time. The software is designed to segment the meniscus to compare normal knees with knees from patients with moderate osteoarthritis.
January 31, 2010
3T MRI as good as MR arthrography for planning hip surgery
By Wayne Forrest
Results from a new clinical study indicate that 3-tesla MRI is as effective as MR arthrography in detecting acetabular labral tears in the hip, saving patients an unnecessary procedure and potential complications from an arthrogram.
January 31, 2010
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Bayer settles NSF case with Calif. man
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI contrast developer Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals has settled a lawsuit involving a California man who allegedly contracted nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) after administration of the company's Magnevist gadolinium-based MRI contrast agent.
January 27, 2010
GE receives NIH MRI grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare sister unit GE Global Research has received a four-year $3.27 million award from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a smaller and cryogen-free MRI magnet.
January 26, 2010
Diagnosoft launches cardiac MR software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image analysis software firm Diagnosoft is launching a new software application for analyzing cardiac blood flow using MR.
January 26, 2010
Varian Inc. builds actively shielded 7T magnet
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Scientific instruments developer Varian Inc. has completed development of an actively shielded 7-tesla MRI magnet for research applications.
January 20, 2010
Italian researchers cut gadolinium dose -- as well as NSF risk
By Wayne Forrest
A half dose of a commercially available MRI contrast agent works as well as a full dose in patients with acute myocardial infarction, according to Italian researchers. The findings show it's possible to achieve shorter imaging times while protecting renally impaired cardiac patients at risk for nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF).
January 20, 2010
Imaging shows that even mild COPD reduces cardiac efficiency
By Eric Barnes
Even mild cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have serious effects on the heart and blood circulation, according to a study to be published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The analysis found that the same problems long associated with severe disease are also present in milder cases.
January 19, 2010
Agfa wraps up Insight buy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare has completed its acquisition of European contrast media developer Insight Agents.
January 19, 2010
Lantheus begins Ablavar marketing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lantheus Medical Imaging today launched Ablavar (gadofosveset trisodium), its injectable MR angiography imaging agent designed to evaluate aortoiliac occlusive disease in adults with known or suspected peripheral vascular disease.
January 19, 2010
MR contrast-nanodiamond could change therapeutics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Coupling an MRI contrast agent to a nanodiamond can produce "dramatically enhanced" signal intensity and "vivid image contrast," according to a new Northwestern University study published in Nano Letters.
January 14, 2010
Ultrasound-based technique shows promise for atrial fibrillation
By Erik L. Ridley
If researchers at the University of Virginia (UVA) Health System have anything to say about it, fluoroscopy may one day no longer be needed to guide catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. The UVA study team has developed a new catheter ablation technique that combines intracardiac echocardiography and electroanatomic mapping.
January 14, 2010
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