Premature birth appears to trigger developmental processes in the white matter of the brain that could put children at higher risk of problems later in life, according to a study being presented at the Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting (RSNA 2013) in Chicago.

OiService CT and MR is a service division of Oxford Instruments that specializes in providing quality after-market GE computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) maintenance services, equipment sales and parts to healthcare practitioners in imaging centers, hospitals and private practices across the United States.

The global market for medical imaging devices is estimated to be at $30.2 billion, forecast to be $32.3 billion in 2014 and further projected to exceed $49 billion by 2020, thereby maintaining a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 7 percent between 2010 and 2020.

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A study reports that individuals who underwent embolization of the left gastric artery for gastrointestinal bleeding experienced a 7.9 percent decrease in body weight three months after the procedure.