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MRI used in heart valve operation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Surgeons at King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Center in London recently used MRI, rather than x-ray, to guide a procedure to widen a heart valve in a 6-year-old boy.
January 13, 2010
InSightec gets Japanese clearance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Focused-ultrasound developer InSightec said that its ExAblate MR-guided focused ultrasound system has received clearance from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare for the treatment of women with uterine fibroids.
January 12, 2010
FDA clears Stereotaxis catheter
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided interventional surgery firm Stereotaxis has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a magnetic irrigated catheter.
January 11, 2010
DTI-MRI tracks memory loss; stand-up MRI scans kids with backpacks
By Brian Casey
January 6, 2010
DTI beats standard MRI in predicting early memory loss, study shows
By Wayne Forrest
Italian researchers say that MRI with a diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) technique appears to be superior to conventional MRI in detecting brain changes that predict future memory decline, according to a study published online on January 6 in Neurology.
January 5, 2010
Stand-up MRI detects impact of heavy backpacks on children
By Cynthia E. Keen
A stand-up MRI scanner found signs of lumbar spine compression in children carrying full backpacks, according to researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.
January 5, 2010
MRI aids US in detecting placenta accreta in pregnant women
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers from the University of California, San Diego are recommending the use of MRI to detect placenta accreta when ultrasound exams prove inconclusive. Their study found that MRI is a useful and accurate adjunct to ultrasound to diagnose the potentially life-threatening condition.
January 5, 2010
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MRI helps find hidden breast cancer, even after US and mammo
By Kate Madden Yee
MRI helps find hidden cancers even after ultrasound and mammography exams have been performed, according to a study presented at the RSNA meeting last month. What's more, MRI might be useful beyond the high-risk patients for whom it's currently recommended.
January 4, 2010
Blankets recalled after MRI injury
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Encompass Group said its Thermoflect blankets should not be used in MRI procedures after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported an injury to an MRI patient.
December 29, 2009
Nearly half of women decline breast MRI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new study published in the January issue of Radiology indicates that 42% of women eligible for a breast MRI exam declined the procedure.
December 29, 2009
Patients with peripheral arterial disease may need cardiac imaging
By Edward Susman
As many as one in five patients being treated for peripheral arterial disease have concurrent -- but silent -- asymptomatic coronary artery disease that's severe enough to require invasive procedures, according to a study presented at the RSNA meeting earlier this month.
December 29, 2009
Salvage prostate brachytherapy toxicities reported
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Prostate cancer patients who receive MRI-guided salvage brachytherapy following local failure experience steady sexual decline as well as worsening bowel and urinary symptoms after treatment, according to a Boston-based multihospital study.
December 28, 2009
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