Medicolegal: Page 17

Norris lawsuit puts personal face on gadolinium debate

By Brian Casey

The controversy over retained gadolinium from MRI just got personal. The lawsuit filed November 1 by action film star Chuck Norris and his wife Gena against 11 firms linked to the manufacture and distribution of gadolinium MRI contrast puts a public face on the issue and could influence the debate over how these agents should be regulated.

November 2, 2017

Chuck Norris, wife hit gadolinium firms with lawsuit | MRI of space travel | On the Road to RSNA

By Brian Casey

November 1, 2017

Report details mistakes made by Canadian radiologist

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A Canadian radiologist with "questionable skills" was able to escape scrutiny for six years because medical colleagues and hospital staff did not share key patient safety information, according to an article published October 31 by the Vancouver Sun.

November 1, 2017

Action star Chuck Norris, wife file gadolinium MRI lawsuit

By Wayne Forrest

Action film star Chuck Norris and his wife Gena have filed a lawsuit against 11 companies involved in the manufacture and distribution of MRI gadolinium-based contrast agents, alleging that their products are responsible for Gena's severe health problems. The litigation ensures that the gadolinium controversy will remain in the public eye.

October 31, 2017

Verasonics buries hatchet with Alpinion

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Research ultrasound technology developer Verasonics said it has reached a settlement agreement in its intellectual property dispute with Korean ultrasound firm Alpinion Medical Systems.

October 30, 2017

MRI scanner shipped to Guantanamo Bay for trial

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

An MRI scanner is being shipped to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay this month to be used in the trial of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the alleged mastermind of the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000.

October 5, 2017

Former Hopkins radiologist gets prison time for fraud

By Brian Casey

A radiologist once employed at Johns Hopkins University has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison on four counts of mail fraud for submitting false travel expense reports to the university. Dr. Jean-Francois (Jeff) Geschwind will also serve three years of supervised release as a result of the plea agreement.

September 28, 2017

Brain imaging can't prove chronic pain

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A task force of the International Association for the Study of Pain has concluded that brain imaging is not a reliable way to legally prove or dispute a claim of chronic pain or pain-related disability.

September 10, 2017

Rights group says Turkish radiologist languishes in jail

By Brian Casey

A human rights group in Sweden has picked up the case of a Turkish radiologist who it claims has been languishing in jail for the past year on trumped-up charges that he was connected with a coup against the Turkish government in 2016.

August 31, 2017

Radiologist accuses Ill. VA of shoddy work

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A radiologist is claiming that he was fired from a clinic operated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in southern Illinois after he complained about what he thought was shoddy work at the facility, according to an article published August 24 on FoxNews.com.

August 27, 2017

Hologic sues Fuji over DBT patents

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Women's imaging firm Hologic has filed a lawsuit against Fujifilm Medical Systems USA over patents for digital breast tomosynthesis technology.

July 2, 2017

NHS questions use of patient data by Google AI firm

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The senior data protection adviser to the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) has told a London hospital that its sharing of 1.6 million patient records to an artificial intelligence (AI) software developer owned by Google was not legally appropriate, according to a report by Sky News.

May 17, 2017

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