Copyright 2008 Medical News Today Latest MRI / PET / Ultrasound News From Medical News Today. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/mri-pet/ admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin) editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors) en-us Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/118711.php Repeat exams using widely available and inexpensive ultrasound imaging could help identify patients at high risk for a heart attack or other adverse cardiovascular events, according to a study published in the September issue of the journal Radiology. Researchers performed ultrasound imaging on the carotid arteries of 1,268 patients who were asymptomatic but at high risk for cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular / Cardiology Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/118712.php Cancer surgeons today operate "blind" with no clear way of determining in real-time whether they have removed all of the diseased tissue, which is the key to successful surgery. Researchers in Massachusetts now report development and early clinical trials of a new imaging system that highlights cancerous tissue in the body so that surgeons can more easily see and remove diseased tissue with less damage to normal tissue near the tumor. Cancer / Oncology Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/118190.php Today positron emission tomography (PET) scanning is emerging as an increasingly helpful oncology tool for diagnosis, staging and monitoring. It is a computer-based, low-resolution imaging technology emitting a radioactive tracer to localize tumors. The radioactive positron tracer gathers in abnormal tissue. As a result, the malignant tissue stands out from normal tissue and appears as a "hot spot. Cancer / Oncology Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117996.php GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), announced its Signa HDe 1.5T Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system as the first medical imaging product from GE Healthcare to be recognized as an ecomagination offering after completing the company's rigorous internal environmental and operational evaluation, recognizing it as one of the most energy efficient 1.5T MRI systems commercially available. MRI / PET / Ultrasound Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117912.php MEDRAD, INC., announced that the wireless version of its Continuum MR Infusion System has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance. The new Continuum Wireless MR Infusion System enables the clinician to control a patient's medication infusion during a magnetic resonance (MR) procedure from both inside and outside the scan room. MRI / PET / Ultrasound Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117899.php ICON plc (NASDAQ: ICLR; ISIN:IE0005711209), a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, today announced that its Medical Imaging division has become the first commercial imaging core laboratory to offer Quantitative Coronary Angiographic (QCA) analysis with an integrated electronic Case Report Form (eCRF). Cardiovascular / Cardiology Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117845.php GE Healthcare, a division of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), prides itself on outstanding service to complement its innovative technology. Remote technology is one example of how GE is transforming essential services into extraordinary outcomes. Today, the company has proudly announced its 10,000th InSiteExC remote connection when it delivered and installed a LOGIQ® e ultrasound unit to Shoals Surgical Group in northwest Alabama. MRI / PET / Ultrasound Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117523.php A team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has used brain imaging, genetics and experimental psychology techniques to identify a connection between brain reward circuitry, a behavioral measurement of preference and a gene variant that appears to influence both. Psychology / Psychiatry Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117563.php Nexsan, a leading provider of energy-efficient long-term storage, and GE Healthcare IT, a leading provider of healthcare information technology, announced a joint alliance to provide state-of-the-art systems for capturing, processing, storing and archiving images in hospitals and other healthcare facilities. As part of the agreement, GE Healthcare IT has certified Nexsan's green storage solutions with its Centricity® PACS-IW imaging solution. MRI / PET / Ultrasound Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117448.php Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHI) announced the launch of its advanced handheld ultrasound system, the Philips CX50 CompactXtreme. Designed to meet the needs of cardiologists for clear diagnostic data at the bedside, the new compact system combines the image quality expected of a traditional, premium, full-size system with the convenience of portability. MRI / PET / Ultrasound Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117319.php At the Microscopy and Microanalysis 2008 meeting and exhibition being held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Carl Zeiss SMT, a leading global provider of electron- and ion-beam imaging and analysis equipment, introduced a new, improved Helium Ion Microscope called the ORION® PLUS. The original ORION instrument, introduced almost exactly one year ago, demonstrated that Helium ion microscopy has a uniquely powerful set of features that allow scientists to see things never before visible. Medical Devices / Diagnostics Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117295.php Endovascular repair-fixing an injury in a blood vessel from inside that vessel-is a better option for individuals who receive highly lethal injuries from high-speed collisions or falls (together referred to as blunt trauma) and is shown to save more lives and nearly eliminate paraplegia (the loss of the ability to move and/or feel both legs), a complication of surgical repair for thoracic aortic aneurysms. Radiology / Nuclear Medicine Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117294.php GE Healthcare, the US$17 billion healthcare business of General Electric Company (GE), announces broadening the use of its LOGIQ e, a leading compact ultrasound system to the medical team of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE). This system will be used prior, during and after the 2008 Beijing Olympics, on all elite Spanish athletes. MRI / PET / Ultrasound Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117293.php GE Healthcare announced the commercial release of a new pre-clinical computed tomography scanner specifically designed to accelerate research in the areas of cardiac disease and drug development. The GE eXplore CT 120 scanner is an all-new design based on years of research CT scanner experience. Using x-ray source technology derived from clinical systems, the eXplore CT 120 features 100 times the output of previous GE laboratory research imaging systems. MRI / PET / Ultrasound Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117292.php Multidetector CT (MDCT) is just as accurate as MRI in assessing myocardial infarct size--an important predictor of clinical outcome-- in an emergency setting according to a recent study conducted by researchers in collaboration between the VA Medical Center in San Francisco, CA and the University Claude Bernard in Lyon, France. MRI / PET / Ultrasound Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117160.php Successful results and growing sales of Michelson Diagnostics Ltd's (MDL) Optical Coherence Technology (OCT) systems have encouraged investors to place a further GBP600K into the business to help develop the in vivo technology. Medical Devices / Diagnostics Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117084.php Researchers are making great strides in using imaging techniques to explore the human brain and visual system. On August 1, the Journal of Vision (JOV) opened a special issue dedicated to neuroimaging in vision science (http://journalofvision.org/8/10/). Eye Health / Blindness Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117094.php The pinhole camera, a technique known since ancient times, has inspired a futuristic technology for lensless, three-dimensional imaging. Working at both the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at the U.S. Radiology / Nuclear Medicine Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117063.php In an animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS), neuroradiologists and neurologists of the University hospitals of Heidelberg and Würzburg have been able to visualize inflammatory tissue damage, most of which had remained unrecognized up to now, with the aid of a new contrast medium, Gadofluorine M, in magnetic resonance imaging. The scientists have published their results in the online edition of the renowned medical journal Brain. Multiple Sclerosis Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117022.php Patients cite "convenience to home or work" as the main reason they changed mammography facilities, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and The Barrett Center in Cincinnati, OH. The study included 303 current mammography patients ("stayers") and 117 patients who no longer received mammography at the university-based center ("leavers"), said Mary C. Mahoney, MD, lead author of the study. Breast Cancer Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/116842.php A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report documents a dramatic surge in the use of high tech imaging under Medicare Part B, with rapid growth in spending, and draws attention to a substantial variation in the use of services across regions that suggests not all utilization is necessary or appropriate. MRI / PET / Ultrasound Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/116750.php Senate Finance Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) recently introduced legislation (S 3343) that would require physicians to disclose their financial ties to imaging services ordered under Medicare when making self-referrals, CQ HealthBeat reports. MRI / PET / Ultrasound Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/116644.php Three to five million central lines are placed into people's hearts in the United States every year. Some have complications, and these are costly. There are two methods of placement, ultrasound guided placement, and placement by hand, or the 'landmark' technique. Ultrasound guidance has fewer complications, but is more expensive. A recent study has asked how much would be saved in complications if every central line were placed by the ultrasound technique. MRI / PET / Ultrasound Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/116595.php Health insurers are increasingly denying coverage for medical imaging procedures recommended by physicians that are judged to be unnecessary, in an attempt to reduce health care spending by $30 billion annually, according to a report released on Monday by America's Health Insurance Plans, Bloomberg/Hartford Courant reports. Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/116660.php Thousands of scientists and health professionals are meeting at the 50th meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), the largest association of medical physicists in the world. There, from July 27 to July 31, they are presenting the latest technologies for imaging and treating diseases like cancer and discuss the safety, ethical, and regulatory issues facing the field today. MRI / PET / Ultrasound