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Rising number of MRI accidents prompts FDA workshop on safety
By Wayne Forrest
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration holds its two-day public workshop on MRI safety October 25-26, there will be no lack of opinions on how to remedy the dramatic increase in accidents and adverse events that have occurred in MRI settings in the past decade.
October 10, 2011
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One Call touts radiology savings milestone
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Insurance payor specialty services provider One Call Medical said it has reached a key milestone in its radiology services cost-containment program for the group health market.
October 9, 2011
IsoRay receives MD Anderson order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical said that MD Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas has begun ordering its cesium-131 brachytherapy seeds.
October 9, 2011
PETNet teams with UC Davis, NCPIC
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare subsidiary PETNet Solutions has formed a partnership with the University of California (UC) Davis Health System and Northern California PET Imaging Center (NCPIC).
October 9, 2011
GE debuts surface coil suite
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has formally launched its GEM Suite (geometry embracing method) of surface coils for use with its Optima MR450w 1.5-tesla wide-bore MRI scanner.
October 9, 2011
UCSF nets NIH MRI funds
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has received $5.5 million from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop MRI technology to scan tumors and other diseased tissue with more detail.
October 9, 2011
Calif. governor vetoes breast density legislation
By Kate Madden Yee, Brian Casey
California Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed legislation that would have required women with dense breast tissue to be informed of their status. The move is a setback for the breast density awareness movement, which has already recorded victories in Connecticut and Texas and has legislation pending in other states.
October 9, 2011
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AECL's NRU closer to license renewal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission this week received a recommendation that Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) be granted an operating permit for its National Research Universal (NRU) reactor for the next five years.
October 6, 2011
Rep. Bachmann debuts US abortion legislation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has introduced legislation in Congress intended to ensure that women receive an ultrasound and an opportunity to review the study before giving informed consent to receive an abortion.
October 6, 2011
Calif. launches $1.4B EHR program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
California's Department of Health Care Services has announced the launch of the first phase of its Medi-Cal Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program, which will deliver as much as $1.4 billion in federal incentive payments over the next 10 years to eligible hospitals and healthcare professionals.
October 6, 2011
Medis lands deal with research lab
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Quantitative imaging software developer Medis Medical Imaging Systems has signed an agreement to provide its software to Transcontinental Cardiovascular Core Laboratory.
October 6, 2011
Boosting SID reduces DR radiation dose
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Increasing the source-to-image distance (SID) for digital radiography (DR) examinations of the pelvis reduces radiation dose while maintaining image quality, according to a study published in the September/October 2011 issue of Radiologic Technology, a journal of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists.
October 6, 2011
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