Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

MRI creates images from the magnetic resonance created in hydrogen atoms when they are polarized and an electromagnetic pulse is used to knock them off axis. This section includes MR analysis software, MRI scanners, gadolinium contrast agents and related magnetic resonance imaging accessories.

Feature | By Carter Newton, M.D., FACC, assistant

The importance of dealing with the epidemic of coronary artery disease (CAD) is well known, and the tools at our ...

Time February 04, 2010
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February 2, 2010 - Among noninvasive imaging tests for ruling out coronary artery disease (CAD), computed tomography (CT ...

Time February 02, 2010
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February 2, 2010 – When doctors added contrast agent gadolinium during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) they improved ...

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January 25, 2010 - One out of 50 people in the United States has an unruptured brain aneurysm, and about 40 percent of ...

Time January 25, 2010
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January 13, 2010 - Changes in staffing in the emergency department impact the availability of diagnostic modalities or ...

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In an exclusive interview, Imaging Technology News (ITN) spoke with Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. President and ...

Time January 13, 2010
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January 7, 2010 - Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) better detects whether a person with memory loss might have brain ...

Time January 06, 2010
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January 6, 2010 - Hospitals where patients were more likely to receive imaging services during admissions had lower ...

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January 6, 2009 – Despite looming reimbursement cuts to outpatient imaging scheduled to go into effect in 2010, one ...

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January 5, 2010 - Breast cancer screening should begin at age 40 and earlier in high-risk patients, according to the new ...

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December 29, 2009 - Imaging is at the heart of diagnostic procedures and is the focus of the "ESC Textbook of ...

Time December 29, 2009
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December 29, 2009 - In patients with known or suspected myocardial infarction, cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) ...

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December 23, 2009 – In a new study published in the January issue of Radiology, 42 percent of women eligible for breast ...

Time December 23, 2009
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Bracco Diagnostics and Acist Medical Systems featured the EmpowerCTA contrast injector, updated with integrated, pre ...

Time December 11, 2009
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Hitachi aimed to inspire attendees at RSNA 2009 with its "bore-less" Oasis MRI system. Oasis is designed to provide high ...

Time December 11, 2009
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December 10, 2009 - If you want to know today what diagnostic imaging technologies you will be using tomorrow, then tune ...

Time December 10, 2009
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Robert G. Mitchell, senior manager, contrast imaging solutions, explains how Bracco Diagnostics' acquisition of E-Z-EM ...

Time December 09, 2009
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December 4, 2009 - Operative plans for removing juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma, or JPA, tumors in the thalamus of the ...

Time December 07, 2009
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A comfortable and efficient 3T MR, the Vantage Titan 3T open bore MR aims to eliminate the claustrophobia and acoustic ...

Time December 02, 2009
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November 28, 2008 — Two new MR scanners are the first to incorporate the innovative Tim and Dot technology. The ...

Time December 02, 2009
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