Keywords: MR-Systems

05/02/2012

The vicissitudes of breast screening

The benfit of breast cancer screening for women over aged 50 is beyond doubt. However, what does a systematic search yield for breast cancer in women aged between 40 and 49? This …

05/02/2012

Imaging pregnant women

Figures suggest that imaging of pregnant women increased by 121% between 1997 and 2008, even though radiologists face several critical challenges when imaging these patients. …

05/02/2012

3-T MRI is now more accessible

A new competitively priced scanner promises to make 3-tesla MRI more accessible to a wider range of institutions, according to Siemens Healthcare. …

03/31/2012

RADbook 2012 on your iPad

Quick, simple and comfortable – the RADbook 2012 on your iPad. Download the RADbook app free of charge today and have all state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging systems at your …

03/04/2012

Breakthroughs in musculoskeletal imaging outlined at ECR 2012

The fact that between 60% and 80% of people are expected experience some form of back pain at some point in their lives puts the importance of advances in imaging of the spine …

03/04/2012

Multi-disciplinary team approach offers better breast cancer care

A multi-disciplinary team approach is crucial if healthcare professionals are to offer breast cancer patients the best possible care in the years ahead. That was the opinion …

02/23/2012

Centralising critical care to save funds

Professor Timothy Evans, a leading intensive care specialist believes regionalising critical care into major centres across England and Wales is an ‘inevitable step’ as the …

02/23/2012

MRI will improve the treatment of wake-up strokes

Neurointensivists need to act quickly and carefully – as well as consider later complications or the psychological impact on stroke victims. This potentially debilitating …

02/22/2012

What´s new in breast MRI, tomosynthesis and elastography?

MRI: Although an area of constant debate, this is becoming a widely accepted clinical modality in Europe. However, researchers in The Netherlands have shown that performing …

02/21/2012

What´s new in neuroradiology and interventional radiology?

When scanning seizures, Dr Walter Kucharczyk, director of MRI at Toronto General Hospital, believes that MRI still remains the best imaging test to discover if there is an …

02/21/2012

The end of blooming effects

Ehen, during the RSNA 2011, Professor Uwe J Schoepf MD, was asked what will be the chosen procedure of the future in cardiac imaging, he answered without hesitation: …

02/15/2012

Successful PACS integration in Mauritius

Cardiovascular surgeon Dr Miodrag Todorovic explains how an island hospital – which is a medical centre of excellence and regional reference centre – is further improving …

02/15/2012

Hitachi presents…The world’s first oval bore 1.5-T MR system

Education and science are not the only exciting aspects of the European Congress of Radiology; the Vienna venue is also a stage on which companies can introduce novel concepts in …

02/14/2012

Iterative reconstruction

About two years ago iterative image reconstruction was officially introduced for CT imaging. Since then, no other technological innovation has raised more hope that the dose of …

12/20/2011

A conceptual shift for medical device manufacturers

Much has changed for medical device manufacturers. Take scanner development; whereas the aim has long been to increase multi-slices, produce higher field strengths and sharper …

12/20/2011

The ascent of image-guided surgical interventions

Medical imaging is no longer limited to diagnosis and evaluation. New, high resolution imaging systems enable very precise positioning of lasers, endoscopes and micro-instruments …

12/19/2011

Quantum leap

Moving from 6-slice scan to a 64 row CT, Vierzon Hospital steps up to advance functionalities and explores the potential for news types of examinations, John Brosky reports. …

11/30/2011

Philips' first whole body PET/MR imaging system in the US

Royal Philips Electronics is announcing 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the company’s first commercially available whole body positron emission …

11/29/2011

For U.S. Adults, Medical Imaging Awareness Brings Clarity to Critical Healthcare Decision-Making

Amid increased scrutiny over medical imaging scans and the use of radiation, a new survey reveals that awareness and familiarity with medical imaging tests lead to clearer …

11/07/2011

World-leading authority on MRI safety recommends ferrodetection in MRI screening

Experts would like to see new measures introduced to increase magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) safety. Ahead of a major *safety conference in London on November 9, leading …