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MRI: Page 526
Epix hires consulting firm for acquisition analysis
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI contrast developer Epix Pharmaceuticals has hired healthcare consulting firm Health Advances for assistance in the analysis and potential acquisition of a smaller biotherapeutics company.
December 15, 2005
Adding MRS to MRI ups specificity for finding breast lesions
By
Shalmali Pal
Combining MR spectroscopy (MRS) with dynamic, contrasted-enhanced MRI in the breast results in higher sensitivity and specificity, according to Italian radiologists. They presented the results of their study at the 2005 RSNA meeting in Chicago.
December 15, 2005
Fonar enters Middle Eastern market
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI vendor Fonar has sold its Upright MRI product to a hospital in Kuwait, according to the Melville, NY-based firm.
December 14, 2005
Low-field MR with the right coil tops 3-tesla MR for prostate cancer imaging
By
Shalmali Pal
Until an endorectal coil specifically designed for use with the 3-tesla MR system is readily available, prostate imaging at 1.5 tesla will continue to be preferable, according to a report in the
American Journal of Roentgenology.
December 14, 2005
Epix to slash workforce next month
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI contrast developer Epix Pharmaceuticals reported that it will eliminate approximately 50% of its workforce in January 2006.
December 13, 2005
West Physics signs InSight Health
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical and health physics consulting and testing services provider West Physics Consulting of Atlanta has entered into an exclusive arrangement with InSight Health Services to provide all American College of Radiology (ACR) MRI physics testing and consulting services for the Lake Forest, CA-based company.
December 12, 2005
AuntMinnie.com MRI Radiology Insider
By
Shalmali Pal
December 11, 2005
Breast MRI CAD yields specificity gains
By
Erik L. Ridley
The use of breast MRI computer-aided detection (CAD) software can offer improvements in specificity, according to researchers from the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle.
December 11, 2005
Toshiba releases F2 edition of Vantage MRI
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has released its F2 edition/version (V7) software and hardware for its Vantage family of MRI systems.
December 7, 2005
MRI vendor suite templates: What they don't show
Manufacturers' MRI suite templates are valuable in assessing the minimum technical requirements for operating and servicing MRI equipment, but they don't address the full range of safety, image-quality, patient throughput, operational, equipment interference, and payor issues, according to MRI architectural consultants Robert Junk and Tobias Gilk.
December 7, 2005
Brain imaging reveals how learning process drives learning itself
By
Shalmali Pal
The term "judgments of learning" (JOL) describes a neurological process that helps us learn information in the short term and determine whether we'll remember it in the long term. In a functional MRI (fMRI) study, psychologists evaluated the neural basis of JOL, specifically looking at brain circuitry.
December 6, 2005
Hitting the ceiling over HIPAA-required walls
HIPAA has noticeably changed the way medical facilities are designed, largely for the better. But many facilities overzealously apply the HIPAA principles to patient privacy in the MRI suite, and compromise care and safety in the process, according to MRI architectural consultant Tobias Gilk.
December 5, 2005
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