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ACR to create LI-RADS lexicon
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has convened a LI-RADS (Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System) committee to develop a system for standardized reporting and data collection for CT and MRI surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma.
September 3, 2009
Patient Comfort launches new positioners
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Patient Comfort Systems has introduced new positioner pads for all MRI, CT, PET, and nuclear medicine systems.
September 3, 2009
Merge completes Confirma acquisition
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare has completed its acquisition of MRI computer-aided detection software developer Confirma in a stock swap valued at $22 million.
September 1, 2009
Tetris boosts brain matter on fMRI exams
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Using functional MRI (fMRI), researchers at the Mind Research Network have found that playing the computer game Tetris makes the brain more efficient, as the repetitive activity results in increased gray matter.
August 31, 2009
MRI finds proximal femur fractures missed by x-ray
By Wayne Forrest
MRI can detect a significant number of fractures of the proximal femur that are missed by plain radiography, as well as prompt early diagnosis and initiation of treatment, according to a British study.
August 31, 2009
Judge gives Bracco partial victory in patent case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas has granted a motion by two subsidiaries of contrast firm Bracco Imaging in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Mallinckrodt, a subsidiary of Covidien.
August 27, 2009
AuntMinnie.com MRI Insider
By Wayne Forrest
August 26, 2009
Toshiba hits Vantage milestone
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has completed the 800th installation of its Vantage 1.5-tesla MR system at Elkview General Hospital in Hobart, OK.
August 24, 2009
October named MRSA Awareness Month
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The MRSA Survivors Network has designated October as MRSA Awareness Month. MRSA -- methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus -- is a staph infection that can be contracted from exposure to contaminated surfaces in hospitals.
August 24, 2009
Breast lesion kinetic curves inconsistent across MRI systems
By Kate Madden Yee
Kinetic curves of malignant breast lesions are not consistent across MRI systems, which could potentially lead to clinical problems, according to a study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 24, 2009
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Siemens gets U.K. MRI order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has taken an order for its Magnetom Verio 3-tesla MRI system from the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.
August 18, 2009
Kinetic information identifies MRI-detected breast tumors
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided kinetic information can help distinguish benign from malignant suspicious breast lesions on MRI, according to a study to be published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 18, 2009
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