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Philips secures Turkish deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare has signed a deal with Medipol University Hospital in Turkey to install its BrightView XCT and Philips Sonalleve MR HIFU system and other cardiology and oncology technologies at the facility.

May 2, 2012

Esaote posts small sales, earnings drop for 2011

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Buffeted by a tough economic climate in Europe that has weighed down the healthcare sector, ultrasound vendor Esaote posted a small drop in both revenue and earnings for fiscal 2011.

April 26, 2012

Vital, Olea Medical join forces

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Advanced visualization firm Vital has teamed up with French software developer Olea Medical to add integrated thin-client advanced neurological MR capabilities to its Vitrea Advanced enterprise visualization software.

April 23, 2012

MR enterography can solve problems in Crohn's disease

Magnetic resonance enterography is rapidly becoming the first-line imaging tool for evaluating the small bowel in patients with Crohn's disease. It can demonstrate mural and extramural complications, and the lack of ionizing radiation makes it ideal for prolonged follow-up.

April 23, 2012

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TomTec gets FDA nod for cardiac MR software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Imaging software developer TomTec Imaging Systems has received 501(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its new 2D Cardiac Performance Analysis MR software.

April 22, 2012

AuntMinnieEurope.com MRI Insider

April 19, 2012

MRI shows musicians' brains really are markedly different

Research carried out in the Beatles' home town has confirmed that musicianship has a significant impact on the right hippocampal shape and subfield volumes. MRI showed musicians have larger volumes in the presubiculum, subiculum and fimbria.

April 19, 2012

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What you need to know about MRI of reconstructed breast

By Kate Madden Yee

Surgical management of breast cancer often includes lumpectomy or mastectomy, followed by breast reconstruction. Each of these types of reconstruction has different appearances on MRI, and knowing what to look for is critical, according to a major article published in Insights into Imaging.

April 17, 2012

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Image fusion aids assessment of gut motility

Fusion of single photon emission CT and MR images, along with sequential gamma images, can improve the assessment of segmental gastrointestinal transit time by facilitating accurate delineation of the tracer anatomically, researchers from Malaysia and the U.K. have found.

April 15, 2012

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European Commission causes yet more chaos over MRI

By Dr. Peter Rinck, PhD

The new European Union directive on magnetic resonance is an eye-opener. It shows how estranged politicians and civil servants are from daily life. It would help close down all MR facilities in the EU because nobody would be allowed to work close to an MR system.

April 15, 2012

MR enterography compares favorably to endoscopy, histology

MR enterography is both sensitive and specific for the detection of Crohn's disease compared to both endoscopy and histology, and should be used in place of other methods in young patients when it's feasible to do so, according to a study in the European Journal of Radiology.

April 10, 2012

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CAD helps identify high-grade prostate tumors

By Jude Dineley

A fully automated prostate cancer detection system based on multiparametric MRI analysis has shown promise in the detection of high-grade tumors, according to Dutch research. In addition to helping identify cancer locations, a computer-aided detection (CAD) system may help guide biopsy toward the most aggressive parts of tumors.

April 9, 2012

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