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Radiology is dead -- long live imaging!
One of the consequences of the turf wars has been a backlash against the idea of decentralizing radiology services. But MRI architectural consultants Robert Junk and Tobias Gilk explain why the pressures of efficiency and accelerated patient care will likely, over time, dramatically reshape the radiology department as we understand it today.
June 22, 2006
Fonar wins rights to sell to DoD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI vendor Fonar has received a contract from the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP) of the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency (DLA).
June 20, 2006
InSightec to bring Exablate to Australia, Taiwan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Israeli focused-ultrasound developer InSightec has received regulatory approval from the Australian and Taiwanese governments for the commercial distribution of its ExAblate 2000 MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) system.
June 20, 2006
Neurognostics scores first installs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Functional MRI technology developer Neurognostics has installed two of its MindState fDAD systems, the first clinical installations of the company's fMRI data-acquisition device.
June 19, 2006
MDCT edges MRI in characterizing kidney lesions
By Eric Barnes
MDCT did a little better than MRI in the task of characterizing kidney lesions in a new study by German researchers, but both modalities were only mediocre in differentiating benign from malignant lesions.
June 19, 2006
FDA issues gadolinium health advisory
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a health advisory regarding MRI contrast agents containing gadolinium after two dozen cases of a rare disease that developed in European patients following administration of a gadolinium-based agent.
June 14, 2006
Advanced Magnetics moves to Nasdaq
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI contrast developer Advanced Magnetics reported that it will be moving its stock listing from the American Stock Exchange to Nasdaq.
June 14, 2006
Philips makes bid for Intermagnetics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Latham, NY-based MRI components provider Intermagnetics General.
June 14, 2006
Biophan restructures board
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI-compatible device firm Biophan Technologies said it has reduced the size of its board of directors from seven to five members to have a majority of independent directors.
June 14, 2006
Medrad builds new facility
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast injector technology firm Medrad said that it plans to build a new manufacturing facility in Clinton Township, PA, to meet growing demand for its sterile disposable products.
June 13, 2006
MR technique, criteria hone in on prostate cancer progression
By Shalmali Pal
Two new studies take a closer look at the progression of prostate cancer with MRI. Researchers from Switzerland performed prostate MR spectroscopy (MRS) using 2D S-PRESS, while a group from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City used MRI to detect, localize, and stage transition zone prostate cancers.
June 13, 2006
GE investigates Omniscan cases
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., is investigating 25 cases of a rare kidney disease that developed in European patients after administration of the company's Omniscan MRI contrast agent.
June 11, 2006
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