One of the main reasons for higher healthcare cost is imaging, for instance, tomographies. A new study published online, in advance of the April issue of The American Journal of Medicine , shows that doctors use head computed tomography (CT) scans in a…
Innovative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques that can measure changes in the microstructure of the white matter likely to affect brain function and the ability of different regions of the brain to communicate are presented in an article in th…
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan for coronary heart disease is better than the most commonly-used alternative, a major UK trial of heart disease patients has shown. The findings by University of Leeds researchers could change the way that people…
At a morning ceremony, New York City Council Member James Vacca, along with administrators and faculty members of Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, celebrated the re-launch of Einstein’s Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center…
GE Healthcare introduced their innovative Magnetic Resonance (MR) Patience Experience Suite at the Radiological Society of North America (RNSA) 2011, as part of their strategy to improve the quality of patient care by making the process more ‘human’. T…
Ziehm Imaging, leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of mobile C-arms, presents its innovative, award-winning product portfolio at RSNA 2011. Latest market analyst reports (GIA[1]) predict substantial growth for the fluoroscopy and mobile C-arm …
Clinicians are able to detect even the earliest signs of cancer or other abnormalities through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which scans the inside of the body in intricate detail, however, these scans can be a long and uncomfortable experience for…
Medical imaging experts at Johns Hopkins have reviewed the patient records of 302 men and women who had a much-needed X-ray of the blood vessels near the spinal cord and found that the procedure, often feared for possible complications of stroke and ki…
Twenty years after the publication of the first human study using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)* – a technique to measure activity in the brain through the flow of blood – the Wellcome Trust has published a report providing reflections o…
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute and Philips Healthcare are collaborating to develop new imaging technology that could be used to help identify the start — and cause — of an infectious disease epidemic. King Li, M.D., radiology chair and the…
