MRI: Page 454

ONI Medical completes two installs

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Extremity MR developer ONI Medical Systems has installed its MSK Extreme 1.5-tesla, high-field musculoskeletal MRI system at imaging facilities in New Hampshire and California.

March 24, 2009

Siemens completes veterinary MRI install

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare has installed a Magnetom Symphony MRI scanner at Fitzpatrick Referrals, a specialist practice for domestic pets in Surrey, U.K.

March 17, 2009

Medtronic poses revision for CMS NCD

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medtronic has asked the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to change some of the language in the agency's national coverage decision (NCD) review of the appropriateness of flow analysis and mapping in cardiac MR studies.

March 16, 2009

Study counters doubt over MRI's usefulness for hand surgeons

By Wayne Forrest

Contrary to previous research, a new study has found that most musculoskeletal MRI scans obtained prior to evaluation by a hand surgeon are, in fact, useful. The data call into question prior retrospective analyses that may have been confounded by recall bias.

March 16, 2009

7-tesla breast MRI shows advantages in first tests

By Rob Skelding

The promise of a diagnostic advantage in mammography using powerful 7-tesla MRI was underlined by preliminary results presented at the European Congress of Radiology. Although image quality was improved compared to 1.5-tesla MRI, using such a powerful system might be problematic due to current patient safety rules.

March 12, 2009

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Epix posts mixed Q4, cuts staff 50%

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MRI contrast developer Epix Pharmaceuticals of Lexington, MA, reported lower revenues for the fourth quarter of 2008, but higher overall revenues for the fiscal year.

March 11, 2009

GE achieves MRI milestone

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has sold its 500th Signa HDe 1.5-tesla MRI scanner to Summit Orthopedics in St. Paul, MN.

March 11, 2009

AuntMinnie.com MRI Insider

By Wayne Forrest

March 11, 2009

ECR studies confirm impact of breast MRI on patient outcomes

By Rob Skelding

VIENNA - With tissue-conservation procedures among the most common surgical treatments for breast cancer, imaging techniques that accurately probe the depths of disease status surely prove invaluable. Or do they? A pair of presentations from this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR) sheds some light on the matter.

March 9, 2009

Ziosoft rolls out Ziostation program

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Advanced visualization software developer Ziosoft has unveiled a new monthly subscription program for its Ziostation software.

March 9, 2009

Siemens notches 3 U.K. installs

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare has completed the installations of three Magnetom Avanto 1.5 MRI systems in the U.K.

March 9, 2009

MR features help radiologists identify triple-negative breast cancer

By Kate Madden Yee

Researchers in Japan have found that certain MR characteristics can help radiologists identify triple-negative (TN) breast cancer, which tends to be harder to diagnose, giving these women fewer treatment options and worse prognoses than those with non-TN tumors.

March 9, 2009

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