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Breast screening act introduced in Congress
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Legislation has been introduced into the U.S. Congress that would require private insurance companies to pay for mammography and breast MRI procedures in women over 40.
February 24, 2009
MRI helps uncover use of deadly erectile dysfunction drug
By Wayne Forrest
MRI's ability to find abnormalities in severe cases of hypoglycemia proved beneficial to Singapore physicians in diagnosing patients who consumed an erectile dysfunction drug that's illegal in that country -- and that caused several patient deaths.
February 24, 2009
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IMRIS launches research initiative
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian intraoperative MRI developer IMRIS has launched a five-year research initiative that will focus on the development and marketing of MR-guided radiation therapy and interventional procedures.
February 19, 2009
Computer pen bests mouse for 3D image segmentation
By Erik L. Ridley
A computer pen can outperform a conventional mouse for performing 3D image segmentation, according to research from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
February 19, 2009
MRI, MDCT err in estimating cardiac functional parameters
By Eric Barnes
MRI and MDCT assessments of left ventricular functional parameters were inaccurate when evaluated on a moving heart phantom with known parameters, according to a study in European Radiology. CT, particularly dual-source CT, did outperform MRI, however.
February 19, 2009
Philips installs Ambient MR at VA hospital
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has installed its Ambient Experience MRI suite at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital in Nebraska.
February 18, 2009
Siemens, Sentinelle ink distribution pact
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has signed an OEM distribution agreement with Sentinelle Medical for Sentinelle's Vanguard MRI coils.
February 17, 2009
3D isotropic MRI comparable to 2D MRI in knee imaging
By Wayne Forrest
Research from South Korea suggests that 3D isotropic proton density-weighted MR imaging with multiplanar reconstruction is comparable to 2D MR imaging in diagnostic evaluation of the knee.
February 17, 2009
MRI detects bleeding in the heart after a heart attack
By Wayne Forrest
British researchers are using MRI to image hemorrhaging inside the heart to determine how much damage has been caused by a heart attack. Results of the study from the Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre were published online in the journal Radiology.
February 12, 2009
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Aurora wins breast MRI install in Italy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast MRI technology developer Aurora Imaging Technology has installed its Aurora dedicated breast MRI system at an Italian hospital.
February 11, 2009
Quantitative MRA shows promise in stenosis detection
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago have found quantitative MR angiography (QMRA) to be a promising screening tool for detecting in-stent stenosis with high sensitivity and specificity.
February 11, 2009
MRI shows brain atrophy to predict Alzheimer's
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Using MRI, researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have identified a pattern of regional brain atrophy in patients with mild cognitive impairment that indicates a greater likelihood of progression to Alzheimer's disease.
February 10, 2009
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