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Self-referral boosts imaging use for private payors
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Reports by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) have shown dramatic increases in the use of diagnostic imaging procedures among Medicare patients. However, whether this is also a trend among privately insured patients is unclear.
April 29, 2008
Somatex to unveil new offerings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
German medical instruments developer Somatex Medical Technologies will introduce several new MR-compatible products for minimally invasive surgical procedures at the upcoming German Roentgen Congress in Berlin.
April 27, 2008
IMRIS receives Oregon order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian intraoperative MRI developer IMRIS has sold its IMRISneuro neurosurgical imaging system to Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, OR.
April 27, 2008
Open-source software delivers 3-way (PET/CT/MR) image fusion
By Rob Skelding
There is a growing tendency for MR images to be viewed in combination with PET and/or CT in the quest for more accurate diagnoses of complex diseases. While hybrid PET/MR machines have yet to reach the market, a new open-source software application offers radiologists a way to create three-way PET/CT/MR image fusion.
April 24, 2008
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Breast MRI with USPIO contrast helps assess lymph node metastases
By Cynthia E. Keen
Austrian researchers have found that breast MRI with a contrast medium based on ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO) particles could help avoid mastectomy for women whose breast cancer has not spread to the lymph nodes. But further development of the technique could be limited by the investigational nature of the contrast agent.
April 24, 2008
Epix to resubmit NDA for Vasovist
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI contrast developer Epix Pharmaceuticals of Lexington, MA, is reporting its results from a blinded, independent reread of images of its blood-pool MRI contrast agent, Vasovist (gadofosveset trisodium).
April 23, 2008
Is teleradiology a threat to your practice? Also, MRI planning for RTP
By Brian Casey
April 21, 2008
Premier, Toshiba ink MR deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Group purchasing organization Premier Purchasing Partners and Toshiba America Medical Systems of Tustin, CA, have signed a supply agreement.
April 21, 2008
Diffusion-mapping MRI predicts radiation therapy response
By Barbara Boughton
In one of the largest prospective clinical trials to date, researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor have found that functional diffusion-mapping MRI can provide an earlier assessment of response to radiation therapy treatment for glioma patients than traditional MRI. The researchers presented the study at the 2008 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) meeting in San Diego.
April 21, 2008
Siemens lands U.K. order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has received an order from U.K. healthcare provider Spire Healthcare.
April 20, 2008
BUPA grows MRI network
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.K. health insurer BUPA said that it has extended its approved network of MRI units by approximately 33%.
April 20, 2008
AuntMinnie.com MRI Insider
By Brian Casey
April 20, 2008
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