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Elekta adds members to MR-Linac Consortium
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation oncology vendor Elekta announced five new members of its MR-Linac Consortium.
August 2, 2017
MR Solutions completes Luxembourg installation
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Preclinical imaging technology developer MR Solutions has installed one of its 3-tesla MRI systems at a Luxembourg laboratory.
August 1, 2017
Elekta promotes 21 studies at AAPM 2017
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation oncology vendor Elekta said its investigational Unity MR radiation therapy system is the subject of 21 abstracts at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) annual meeting this week in Denver.
July 30, 2017
EMA confirms clampdown on linear gadolinium agents
By Philip Ward
It's official: After months of intense lobbying and wrangling, the use of some linear gadolinium contrast agents in MRI will be restricted, and others are to be pulled from the market, following confirmation on Friday that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved recommendations made on 7 July by the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee.
July 20, 2017
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AuntMinnieEurope.com MRI Insider
By Philip Ward
July 19, 2017
MRI provider calls for urgent action on patient safety
By Philip Ward
More sharing of safety events, as well as better data on contrast reactions and wider incidents, is essential if the MRI community is to learn from one another and establish good practices to help mitigate flaws in processes and human fallibility, a large study has found.
July 19, 2017
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Clinical success of 7T MRI requires only 'imagination'
By Wayne Forrest
Most 7-tesla MRI scans have been devoted to the brain and neuroscience, but researchers in Berlin are focusing on the clinical potential of ultrahigh-field MR for cardiac applications. They're convinced the time is now for the game-changing technology.
July 18, 2017
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Can MRI cause 'foreign accent syndrome'?
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A woman in the U.K. is blaming an MRI scan for amplifying her chronic headaches and causing her to speak with various accents.
July 16, 2017
DWI-MRI shows vision changes could predict Parkinson's
By Wayne Forrest
With the help of diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DWI-MRI), researchers in Italy have uncovered changes in the visual systems of patients newly diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, according to a study published online 11 July in Radiology.
July 13, 2017
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Gadolinium: PRAC modifies advice on contrast agents
By Philip Ward
After taking a long, hard, second look at the safety data of gadolinium-based MRI contrast agents, the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) of the European Medicines Agency is backing off slightly from its prior recommendation that several gadolinium-based agents be pulled from the market.
July 9, 2017
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Guerbet phases out 2 contrast agents
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
French contrast developer Guerbet is phasing out worldwide sales of its Optimark (gadoversetamide) MRI contrast agent and Hexabrix (meglumine and sodium ioxaglate) x-ray contrast agent.
July 9, 2017
Human protein-based nanoprobes for MRI
By Belle Dumé
An international team of researchers is reporting on the first-ever human protein-based tumor-targeting MRI contrast agent. The biohybrid composite, which can also be easily cleared by the body, could be used to detect tumors in their early stages, thanks to its enhanced MRI contrast and shorter proton relaxation time.
July 6, 2017
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