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Hologic

Hologic of Bedford, MA, will demonstrate a new version of the dedicated extremity MRI scanner that the company is selling in the U.S. through a partnership with Italian imaging vendor Esaote. The initiative is part of a program Hologic launched in 2006 to expand the company's emphasis from bone densitometry systems to a broader focus on skeletal health.

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Hitachi Medical Systems America

This Twinsburg, OH, company will demonstrate enhancements to its line of MRI scanners, ranging from the 1.5-tesla Echelon system to the Altaire, Airis Elite, and Airis II scanners.

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GE Healthcare

Look for GE Healthcare to emphasize recent introductions in its Signa HD scanner family, as well as new advancements that range from a technique designed to reduce motion artifacts to a method for assessing articular cartilage integrity.

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Aurora Imaging Technology

This North Andover, MA, developer of dedicated breast MRI systems will emphasize SpiralRODEO, a new image acquisition technique based on the company's RODEO (rotating delivery of excitation off-resonance) technology.

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Dunlee, Barrington ink deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Barrington Medical Imaging, a supplier of preowned refurbished CT and MRI systems, has signed an exclusive provider agreement with imaging equipment components supplier Dunlee of Aurora, IL.

October 30, 2006

MRS results could steer first-episode psychotics to more aggressive therapy

By Shalmali Pal

Among mental health professionals it's accepted that patients with schizophrenia have abnormal brain morphology, especially in the cortical areas, that manifests at the time of the first psychotic episode. Australian researchers undertook a study to see if these structural brain changes relate to future clinical outcome.

October 30, 2006

MRI accident data: You don't know more than you think you do

The number of accidents in MRI suites may be vastly underestimated by regulatory bodies and facilities, according to some industry experts. As a result, accident prevention is being shrugged off as economically unjustifiable. MRI architectural consultant Tobias Gilk explains why, given the potential for significant revenue loss and repair bills from MRI accidents, increasing the perceived level of risk and facility liability would justify implementing safety improvements.

October 26, 2006

AV Gallery

This video shows Aurora's SpiralRODEO technology.

October 25, 2006

MRI expands role in diagnosis of breast disease

October 18, 2006

MR mammo alters treatment course: A case study

AuntMinnie.com is pleased to present the following case study by radiologic technologist Bernadette Kaufman, in which she describes how new information gleaned with MR mammography spared the patient from unnecessary chemotherapy.

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Time-resolved MRA effective for congenital heart defects

Improved imaging and therapeutic options have resulted in more congenital heart problems being diagnosed than in the past. Researchers in Germany believe they have found an easy, reliable way to deliver functional information in adult patients with complex congenital heart disease -- MRI.

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Breast MRI measures biologic significance of DCIS

By Shalmali Pal

The recurrence rate in women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) varies from 5% to 40%, and the progression and timing of DCIS has proved tricky. What's needed is a way to preoperatively characterize DCIS lesions, which would be helpful for surgical planning and also nonoperative treatments, according to researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). They evaluated whether MRI could reliably capture the size and extent of DCIS, while also correlating imaging features with pathology.

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