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Contrast firms hit with another NSF lawsuit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A group of contrast agent manufacturers has been hit with another lawsuit alleging that their products caused nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF), a debilitating skin disorder believed to be linked to gadolinium-based MRI contrast.
March 17, 2008
MagnaWand releases MRSA cleaning tool
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MagnaWand of Newtown, PA, is introducing a nonmagnetic tool designed to clean and disinfect MRI, PET, and CT scanners.
March 13, 2008
Sink or swim: Why a hand sink is crucial in the MR suite
By Tobias Gilk
As MR is used for an increasing number of interventional applications, infection control provisions will continue to grow in importance, including hand sinks in the MR suite. MRI architectural consultant Tobias Gilk explains why MR suite providers and facilities need to plan for hand sinks for all future MRI installations, and addresses some of the technical challenges of installing hand sinks in the MRI suite.
March 13, 2008
Bayer announces ship date for VistaTrak
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals has announced a shipment date of April 2008 for its VistaTrak contrast management system.
March 12, 2008
MRI beats mammography, US in detecting breast cancer in high-risk women
By Cynthia E. Keen
VIENNA - Breast MRI should be an integral part of annual breast cancer surveillance for high-risk women, according to researchers from Vienna. They compared mammography, ultrasound, and MRI for breast cancer screening in this patient population, and presented their findings at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 11, 2008
PET/CT beats 3T MRI in whole-body primary tumor staging
By Rob Skelding
VIENNA - Finding how far a patient's cancer has spread is critical in planning and optimizing treatment. Various imaging techniques now provide indispensable tools for staging primary tumors, but a new comparative study found fused whole-body PET/CT to be significantly more accurate than whole-body MRI -- even at 3 tesla -- for primary tumor staging.
March 9, 2008
CT maintains edge over MRI in liver transplant planning
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - Researchers from Germany have found that CT still does a better job than MRI of defining critical vasculature for living donor liver transplant planning, thereby enhancing overall safety for the donors. They compared the results of preoperative CT and MR cholangiography in potential liver donors, and presented their findings Monday at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 9, 2008
AuntMinnie.com MRI Insider
By Brian Casey
March 9, 2008
7-tesla MRI pinpoints ankle damage in marathon runners
By Rob Skelding
VIENNA - Running a 26-mile marathon can cause both painful and painless ankle pathologies, as anyone who has attempted such a feat can attest. New research presented Saturday at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) found that 7-tesla MRI scans can give clinicians insight into just how much ankle damage occurs from endurance running.
March 7, 2008
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ECR NSF studies raise as many questions as answers
By Cynthia E. Keen
VIENNA - Three studies presented Friday at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) reinforced a correlation between gadolinium MRI contrast and renal patients who subsequently developed nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF). But significant questions still remain about the etiology of this mysterious disease.
March 6, 2008
UC-Davis develops PET/MRI scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The biomedical engineering department at the University of California, Davis, has developed a PET/MRI scanner. The system is designed to study laboratory mice for cancer research, according to Simon Cherry, professor and chair of biomedical engineering.
March 6, 2008
Analogic to acquire MRI gradient amplifier supplier
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical imaging firm Analogic has signed an agreement to acquire a supplier of gradient amplifiers for MRI, the Peabody, MA, company reported.
March 5, 2008
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