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Epix regains Nasdaq compliance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI contrast developer Epix Pharmaceuticals of Lexington, MA, said it has been advised by the Nasdaq listing and hearing review council that it has regained compliance with listing requirements and is eligible to continue to trade on the exchange.
April 12, 2007
An open letter to MRI equipment vendors
By Tobias Gilk
Vendors of devices and equipment are invaluable to the safe and effective delivery of care in the MRI environment. But when hyperbole and marketing innuendo cloud the real safety properties of MRI products, vendors undermine the safety of patients and staff that their products are intended to support, according to MRI architectural consultant Tobias Gilk.
April 11, 2007
TeraRecon rolls out AQPlaque suite
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization firm TeraRecon has introduced its AQPlaque suite of vascular analysis tools.
April 8, 2007
Cardiac MR measures predict pulmonary hypertension
By Eric Barnes
Cardiac MRI is opening a new diagnostic window on pulmonary hypertension (PH), according to a pair of studies from Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. The first study focused on detecting PH by measuring the ventricular septal-to-free-wall curvature ratio. The second used phase-contrast MRI to determine that average blood velocity is strongly correlated to pulmonary pressure and resistance.
April 8, 2007
Advanced Magnetics names Arkowitz as CFO
MRI contrast agent developer Advanced Magnetics has appointed David Arkowitz as its chief financial officer (CFO) and chief business officer (CBO).
April 5, 2007
ACR initiates cardiac MRI accreditation program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has launched a cardiac MRI accreditation program that evaluates the qualifications of personnel, quality control programs, MRI safety policies, and image quality specific to cardiac MRI.
April 3, 2007
Karl Storz completes iMRI integration
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical video imaging firm Karl Storz Endoscopy-America has completed the digital integration of two operating rooms with intraoperative MRI (iMRI) capabilities in the U.S.
April 2, 2007
Goldstein to retire from Advanced Magnetics
MRI contrast agent developer Advanced Magnetics said that executive chairman and founder Jerome Goldstein will retire, effective May 1.
April 2, 2007
Cortical defects on prevertebroplasty MR ups risk of cement leakage
By Shalmali Pal
As many as half of all vertebroplasty patients wind up with a new compression fracture, most often in the adjacent vertebral bodies. The leaking of cement into the disk space can increase the risk of new fracture. But preoperative MR exams can help predict which patients are more likely to have cement leakage, according to a paper in the April American Journal of Roentgenology.
April 2, 2007
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MRI pioneer Lauterbur dies
Paul Lauterbur, Ph.D., who received the Nobel Prize for his role in developing MRI, died on Tuesday at his home in Illinois of kidney disease. He was 77.
March 29, 2007
Aurora gets California install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast MRI technology developer Aurora Imaging Technology has installed its dedicated 1.5-tesla scanner at Aurora Breast MRI of Orange County.
March 28, 2007
ACS advocates breast MR screening for high-risk women
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women with a genetic predisposition to breast cancer, and/or those with a family history of the disease, should undergo annual MR screening along with routine mammograms, according to a new guideline released by the American Cancer Society (ACS).
March 27, 2007
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