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Dynamic MRI finds pelvic organ prolapse

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

In women with lower urinary tract symptoms, dynamic MRI allows clinicians to diagnose pelvic organ prolapse, a condition that often goes undiagnosed on static MRI and at physical examination, according to a study published in the December issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

November 19, 2009

GE completes ONI acquisition

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

ONI Medical Systems announced that it has completed the sale of its MRI technology platform to GE Healthcare.

November 19, 2009

Philips partners with BrainLab

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare has partnered with image-guided therapy firm BrainLab to offer MRI scanning for the operating room that includes imaging and visualization capabilities during brain surgery.

November 18, 2009

Hitachi offers free software upgrades

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Hitachi Medical Systems America is providing users of its Oasis open MRI scanner with new software upgrades at no charge.

November 17, 2009

Study uses MRI to better detect Alzheimer's

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a method to quantify subtle, subregional brain volume loss using MRI, which promises to improve diagnosis and monitoring of Alzheimer's disease, according to the November 16 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

November 16, 2009

Merge to show liver MRI CAD app

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Merge Healthcare said that it will be presenting a liver application of its CADstream MRI computer-aided detection (CAD) software at the 2009 RSNA meeting in Chicago.

November 15, 2009

Radiotherapy exploits advances in diagnostic imaging

By Tami Freeman

Imaging plays a major role throughout the entire cancer management process -- from diagnosis and staging, to therapy planning and delivery, to response monitoring and surveillance, according to a presentation at the recent American Society for Radiation Oncology meeting in Chicago.

November 12, 2009

Rice, Texas Heart Instituite get NIH grant

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $1 million grant to Rice University in Houston and the Texas Heart Institute to research cell-tracking nanotube technology that could make MRI up to 40 times more sensitive and help guide adult stem cells to repair damaged hearts.

November 11, 2009

Paramed hires VP for U.S. MRI business

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Paramed Medical Systems has hired a new vice president of MRI sales for the U.S.

November 11, 2009

Philips completes Texas MRI install

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare has installed its Panorama High Field Open MRI at Cuero Community Hospital in Cuero, TX.

November 9, 2009

Entities to study 3D image enhancement

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Swedish image enhancement developer ContextVision is collaborating with SharpView, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization on a study examining advanced 3D image filtering.

November 9, 2009

MRI accurately determines breast tumor size at surgery

By Kate Madden Yee

Tuesday, December 1 | 3:50 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | SSJ01-06 | Arie Crown TheaterWomen with advanced breast cancer are more frequently undergoing chemotherapy before surgery, and MRI is the best way for doctors to assess the size of breast tumors at this treatment juncture, according to researchers from the University of Washington School of Medicine.

November 9, 2009

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