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BSD system integrates with GE MRI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Brachytherapy and hyperthermia therapy developer BSD Medical has completed the integration of its BSD-2000/3D/MR hyperthermia system with a 1.5-tesla MRI scanner from GE Healthcare.
August 2, 2009
New 3D fast spin-echo protocol hastens knee MRI scans
By Wayne Forrest
A preliminary study has concluded that using a new 3D isotropic fast spin-echo sequence to detect knee joint abnormalities could hasten the assessment of patients with severe pain or claustrophobia who cannot tolerate a 25-minute routine MRI exam, according to results published in the August issue of Radiology.
July 28, 2009
Confirma completes Shields MRI order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology developer Confirma has integrated nine CADstream systems into Shields MRI facilities in Massachusetts.
July 27, 2009
Hybrid linac-MRI prototype may offer more precise treatment
By Cynthia E. Keen
Canadian scientists are presenting research on a new technology that places an MRI scanner onboard a medical linear accelerator at this week's American Association of Physicists in Medicine meeting in Anaheim, CA.
July 27, 2009
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Agilent to buy Varian Inc.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agilent Technologies has inked a definitive agreement to acquire scientific instruments developer Varian Inc. for $1.5 billion in cash.
July 26, 2009
Biotronics3D launches MRI software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Software developer Biotronics3D has launched new software for analyzing MRI scans, developed in partnership with the U.K. Institute of Cancer Research.
July 22, 2009
Pharma developer Epix to shut down, liquidate assets
By Brian Casey
Having failed to obtain additional financing or consummate a strategic transaction, drug developer Epix Pharmaceuticals said it is shutting down the company and has terminated nearly all of its employees.
July 22, 2009
Is ultrasound overused? And, Epix Pharma folds; CT and calcium scores
By Brian Casey
July 22, 2009
MRI brain mapping may assist Alzheimer's diagnosis
By Edward Susman
U.S. researchers used a structural MRI brain mapping technique to assist physicians in making a clinical diagnosis of three common neurodegenerative disorders, according to a presentation at last week's Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease.
July 19, 2009
Hybrid FDG-PET, MRI not ready for carotid plaque assessment
By Wayne Forrest
Although FDG-PET and MRI can contribute separately to the detection and assessment of carotid plaque, there is a lack of consensus between the two modalities when combined for hybrid imaging, according to U.K. researchers.
July 15, 2009
Wet diapers create imaging artifacts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An inappropriately timed call to nature by infants and toddlers wearing disposable diapers can create artifacts that conceal pertinent imaging findings, warn radiologists from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania.
July 14, 2009
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Study: InSightec's ExAblate helps with pain
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers at University Children's Hospital Zurich have completed a feasibility study testing the use of noninvasive transcranial MR-guided focused ultrasound surgery for treating neuropathic pain.
July 13, 2009
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