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Installed base grows for MR-guided ultrasound
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Spire Parkway Hospital in Solihull, U.K., has received a new MR-guided focused ultrasound system.
November 4, 2013
Stress cardiac MR matches 320-row CCTA results
By Eric Barnes
Vasodilator stress cardiac MR and 320-detector-row coronary CT angiography (CCTA) both accurately detect obstructive coronary artery disease, and the two tests are also highly concordant, according to the results of a new study in the International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging.
November 4, 2013
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Dutch strive to cut costs by avoiding preoperative breast MRI
By Philip Ward
Before preoperative breast MRI, it's feasible to work out which patients are most likely to show similar results on mammography and ultrasound, and this may help to save on the expense of an MRI exam, Dutch researchers have found.
November 3, 2013
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Pacemakers and MRI: Always read manufacturers' small print
The European Society of Cardiology has published new guidelines about MRI for pacemaker patients, but caution is still needed because the advice is incomplete, according to Dr. Jörg Barkhausen, chair of the Cardiac & Vascular Diagnostics Working Group of the German Radiology Society.
October 28, 2013
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Software-based PET-MRI can prove cost-effective
By Timor Kadir, PhD; Dr. Andrew Scarsbrook; Thomas Beyer, PhD
Software PET-MRI does not offer a complete alternative to hybrid hardware PET/MRI, but commercially available software can bring PET-MRI to routine clinical practice using existing hardware, according to Timor Kadir, PhD, Dr. Andrew Scarsbrook, and Thomas Beyer, PhD.
October 24, 2013
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Global imaging market could top $49B by 2020
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The medical imaging device market could exceed $49 billion U.S. (36 billion euros) by 2020, growing at approximately 7% annually.
October 21, 2013
JFR: Are multidisciplinary meetings viable in cancer cases?
By Frances Rylands-Monk
The chronic lack of MR machines and radiologists in France was again highlighted at the national radiology congress, Journées Françaises de Radiologie (JFR), this time in a thought-provoking discussion about cancer care.
October 20, 2013
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Study: Make more use of 3T MRI to identify DCIS
By Rebekah Moan
Adding 3-tesla MRI to mammography for patients presenting with suspicious microcalcifications adds "significant" value, Dutch researchers have found. Specifically, the modality boosts the percentage of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) lesions detected.
October 20, 2013
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Multitransmit for body MRI: Is it worth it?
By Frances Rylands-Monk
At higher field strengths, it is hoped new technology will lead to more clinical applications benefiting from homogeneous MR images, but can it ever be cost-effective? That was the main question during a round table discussion at the meeting of the European Society of MR in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB).
October 17, 2013
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MRA helps detect risk from unruptured cerebral aneurysms
By Wayne Forrest
MR angiography (MRA) using a 3D time-of-flight sequence could well be the most efficient technique for detecting unruptured cerebral aneurysms and determining if they pose a health risk, according to a study published in the October 15 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.
October 16, 2013
Toshiba prepares to unveil new MRI system at JFR
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Toshiba Medical Systems plans to launch a new 1.5-tesla MRI unit at the upcoming Journées Françaises de Radiologie (JFR) in Paris, the company said.
October 15, 2013
Ditch biopsy for axillary breast cancer staging, experts say
By Rebekah Moan
Is the end in sight for sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for axillary staging of breast cancer patients? U.K. researchers call the procedure "redundant" in light of MR imaging with dye based on superparamagnetic iron oxide.
October 10, 2013
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