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ECRI Names Top 10 Technology Issues for Hospital Executives to Watch

January 4, 2012 – ECRI, an independent nonprofit that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, listed 10 health technology issues that hospital leaders should have on their watch lists for 2012. The list takes into account critica...

Editor's Choice for Most Innovative New Technology at RSNA 2011

After spending a week walking the show floor and meeting with scores of vendors at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2011 annual meeting, the following are my choices for the most innovative new technologies presented.

MRI, CT Recommended as Primary Diagnostic Systems at Stroke Centers in New Guidelines

Stroke patients who need emergency care should be taken to the nearest certified primary stroke center, which acts as a central point for stroke treatment, according to recommendations from the Brain Attack Coalition (BAC), a group representing me...

FDA Clears First Combined PET/MR System
June 10, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Siemens Healthcare 510(k) clearance for the Biograph mMR, the first system worldwide to enable simultaneous whole-body acquisition of data from magnetic resonance (MR) and positron e...
U.S. Cardiology Practices Anticipate Using Fewer Imaging...
February 22, 2012 — Cardiologists are expecting to use fewer imaging modalities per patient case in the future, according to a new report released by market...
TomTec Introduces 2-D Cardiac Performance Analysis MR for...
January 31, 2012 — At the upcoming February meeting of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) in Orlando, Fla. TomTec will introduce its 2-D...
InSightec Seeks FDA Approval of MR-Guided Ultrasound to...
January 25, 2012 — InSightec Ltd. announced that it has submitted a premarket approval application (PMA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its...
Toshiba Installs 1,200th Vantage MR System Worldwide
January 25, 2012 — To provide patient-friendly magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix, Ariz., has installed a Vantage...
LMT Lammers Incubator System Offered as Add-on for Siemens 1.5T, 3.0T MRI
Siemens Healthcare joined with LMT Lammers Medical Technology GmbH to offer the nomag IC – LMT’s MR Diagnostics Incubator System for the
New Quantitative Software for Volumetric Imaging Introduced for iNtuition
During RSNA 2011, TeraRecon Inc. demonstrated a suite of innovative tools for its iNtuition solution to support new applications for...
ETS-Lindgren's line of products related to  MRI shielding include the next generation of LED lighting for magnetic resonance imaging (...
GE Humanizes Radiology Exams With MR Patient Experience Suite
At RSNA 2011, GE Healthcare introduced the innovative magnetic resonance (MR) Patient Experience Suite, part of its healthymagination...
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Articles

Breast MRI Continues to Gain Support
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the breast continues to get more play as an important adjunct to mammography in screening for cancer, as its diagnostic...
Editor's Choice for Most Innovative New Technology at...
After spending a week walking the show floor and meeting with scores of vendors at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2011 annual meeting, the...
Canadian Task Force Recommends Against Breast Cancer...
November 21, 2011 — The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care has released an updated guideline for breast cancer screening in average-risk women aged...
Safety Guidelines for MRI Scanning
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is safe, profoundly safe, provided we follow industry best practices. Unfortunately, the rates of reported MRI accidents are...

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Radiology and the First Stage of Grief
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Digital Radiology Comes of Age
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Newt…Take a Lesson from Radiology
We have entered a time in this country when more powerful is not necessarily better, when we can do...
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MDCT Imaging 2012: Advancing the Science of Imaging
As modern multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) becomes a primary imaging modality across all specialties, there has been increased focus on lowering the radiation dose required to create...
Initial Experience with 3T Wide Bore System in High-Resolution MSK MRI
The presentation is designed to introduce the audience to the new wide bore 3T MRI systems recently brought to market. The new systems offer several advantages including improved field homogeneity,...
Cardiac CT in the Emergency Department: Are You Ready?
Performance of cardiac CT (CCTA) in the emergency department (ED) is rapidly becoming the standard-of-care in patients presenting to the ED with chest pain that are at low to intermediate risk for...

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