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MRI phase-mapping quantifies regional wall motion
By Eric Barnes
The assessment of myocardial wall motion plays a key role in diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, but wall motion is extremely difficult to assess quantitatively. Physicians from Oxford University in the U.K. believe they've found a comprehensive and reproducible method of assessing regional wall motion in tissue with phase mapping (TPM) of MRI data, a technique based on phase velocity.
April 2, 2006
Neurognostics inks deal with Medical Numerics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Functional MRI developer Neurognostics has signed a partnership with Medical Numerics, a software development company specializing in medical image visualization and analysis.
March 30, 2006
Cook launches MRI-safe embolization coil
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer Cook of Bloomington, IN, is introducing an MR-compatible microcoil for embolization at this week's Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting in Toronto.
March 30, 2006
MR Instruments hires COO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI coil developer MR Instruments of Minneapolis has hired Labros Petropoulos as chief operating officer.
March 29, 2006
Siemens, Biophan start talks on IV-MRI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality vendor Siemens Medical Solutions and MRI-compatible device firm Biophan Technologies have begun negotiations on a relationship to develop interventional MRI products.
March 29, 2006
MRI, PET disclose neurological decline in preclinical Huntington's disease
By Shalmali Pal
Years before Huntington's becomes a full-blown disease, a genetic mutation may be found in some people that predisposes them to the degenerative illness. Earlier brain imaging studies have shown that progressive neuronal dysfunction may influence the clinical course of the disease. Now researchers from Italy and the U.K. have applied MRI and FDG-PET to the presymptomatic brain in Huntington's disease.
March 29, 2006
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Fonar names European distributor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI vendor Fonar has chosen German distributor Tecserena as its new European representative and distributor.
March 28, 2006
ECRI's report on MRI safety
As MRI technology, utilization, and clinical practice change, so too do the factors for safe and efficient MRI suites. In October 2005, ECRI released its updated guidance article on MRI safety. MRI architectural consultant Tobias Gilk weighs in on the ECRI report, particularly on the new standard for classifying the safety of objects in the MRI suite.
March 27, 2006
HCG introduces transportable, modular MRI units
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
HCG Building Technologies said it has expanded its product line with the introduction of transportable modular MRI buildings.
March 22, 2006
Brain outwits buds in determining what tastes great
By Shalmali Pal
Using functional MRI (fMRI), behavioral specialists have found that the brain does not respond solely to input from the taste buds, and that expectations can modulate our perception of how things taste.
March 21, 2006
InSightec completes ExAblate African-American enrollment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Israeli focused-ultrasound treatment developer InSightec reported that it has completed treatment of the final patient in a postmarketing study to evaluate the efficacy of its ExAblate 2000 in treating uterine fibroids in African-American women.
March 20, 2006
InSight Health completes East Bay imaging deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Diagnostic imaging center operator InSight Health of Lake Forest, CA, said it has completed its acquisition of East Bay Medical Imaging of San Ramon, CA.
March 15, 2006
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