Recent news on Magnetic Resonance Imaging

MRI wait times up 84% since '05  -  25 May 2007
Waterloo Record,The Health Ministry announced yesterday that waits for magnetic resonance imaging have increased 84 per cent since August and September of 2005 at Grand

Las Vegas Area Gynecologists Now Treat Severely Symptomatic Tumors ...  -  25 May 2007
eMaxHealth.com,Las Vegas gynecologists now have access to a revolutionary non-invasive outpatient procedure that combines magnetic resonance imaging and focused ultrasound

Home from Iraq, vets battle Pentagon ‘There has to be a better way ...  -  25 May 2007
People's Weekly WorldMagnetic resonance imaging revealed shrinkage of the brain’s connective tissue or “white matter� in the soldiers exposed to sarin compared to soldiers not

Source: Parker Waichman Alonso Mark LLP  -  25 May 2007
Primenewswire (press release),...and the use of Gadolinium contrast agents during Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) for those kidney problems.

The London Breast Institute - New Concept To Raise Standards For ...  -  25 May 2007
Medical News Today (press release),...product line compatible with stereotactic x-ray, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems and its ultrasound-only Celeroâ„¢ device.

Rising Prevalence of Neurological Disorders Creates Growth ...  -  25 May 2007
Business Wire (press release),With the launch of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) modalities, electrophysiological monitoring techniques have suffered a huge

Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use Summary of Positive ...  -  25 May 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),OptiMARK is indicated for use with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the central nervous system (CNS) and liver. It provides contrast enhancement and

EU drug panel doesn't back Amgen's Vectibix for colon cancer  -  25 May 2007
MarketWatchOptimark (gadoversetamide), from Tyco Healthcare Deutschland GmbH, for use in magnetic resonance imaging. Orlistat GSK (orlistat), from Glaxo Group Ltd

'Encouraged' Loewen awaits progress report  -  25 May 2007
Baltimore Sun,Loewen's left arm will soon be re-examined by team orthopedist Dr. Andrew Cosgarea, undergoing the same three tests again - a magnetic resonance imaging

FDA Requests Boxed Warning for Contrast Agents Used to Improve MRI  -  25 May 2007
NewsBlaze,...boxed warning on the product labeling of all gadolinium-based contrast agents which are used to enhance the quality of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Taiwan 'well qualified' to develop medical tourism  -  25 May 2007
China Post,They are live liver transplant, bone marrow transplant, cardiovascular medicine, microsurgery and cosmetic surgery, breast magnetic resonance imaging and

Siemens Demonstrates World’s First System Capable of Simultaneous ...  -  May 22, 2007
PressZoom (press release),...first fully-functioning imaging system capable of performing simultaneously Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET).

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging with 90-Nm Resolution  -  May 16, 2007
American Institute of Physics...has been achieved by John Mamin and his colleagues at the IBM Almaden lab in San Jose, California. The approach used, magnetic resonance force microscopy

Six Canada Research Chairs named  -  May 24, 2007
Western News,His research is focused on the development and clinical application of Parallel Magnetic Resonance Imaging. "Parallel MRI is an exciting new advance in MRI

Imaging Study Reveals How Pure Oxygen Harms The Brain  -  May 24, 2007
DentalPlans.com,Harper's team used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to capture detailed pictures of what occurs inside the human brain during two different

Advanced Magnetics, Inc. to Present at the Bank of America Health ...  -  May 24, 2007
Earthtimes.org...oxide nanoparticles for use in conjunction with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to aid in the differentiation of cancerous from normal lymph nodes.

Paul Lauterbur  -  May 18, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,Within a decade, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), as the technique came to be known, had revolutionised diagnostic radiology; today there are more than

Direct imaging technology reaches the nanoscale  -  May 2, 2007
Nanowerk LLC,...(Nanowerk Spotlight) Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a powerful imaging technology that serves as a non-invasive method to render images of the inside

Magnets For The Brain  -  May 23, 2007
WFtv.com,..."Imaging technologies like magnetic resonance imaging and CT scans are very good at detecting and depicting the anatomy of the brain.

Harvard Office of Technology Development and Carl Zeiss ...  -  May 23, 2007
dBusinessNews Boston (press release),It is complementary to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Although we do not have the penetration depth of MRI, we have much better spatial and time

CEI and University Freiburg Partner to Bring Medical Imaging ...  -  May 17, 2007
American Digital Networks (press release),The new partnership between CEI and the University of Freiburg will use EnSight software to bring novel flow-sensitive 4-D Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

MRI on track  -  May 23, 2007
Fort McMurray Today,On Tuesday, the magnet, a big part of the new magnetic resonance imaging scanner (MRI) was lifted to its future location at the hospital.

MRI Breast Imaging Available at Boone Hospital Center  -  May 10, 2007
Moberly Monitor Index,MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, makes more detailed images with a magnet and radio waves. - but without radiation. MRIs are better at showing increased

Robotics: Engineers Announce Plastic, Air- And Light-driven Device ...  -  May 23, 2007
CCN Magazine,...electricity that can safely power remote-controlled robotic medical devices used for cancer biopsies and therapies guided by magnetic resonance imaging.

UCLA Imaging Study Reveals How Pure Oxygen Harms the Brain  -  May 22, 2007
MedIndia,Harper's team used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to capture detailed pictures of what occurs inside the human brain during two different

WG Bradley, Jr. for the Expert Panel on Neurologic Imaging  -  May 9, 2007
AJNR (subscription),Magnetic Resonance Imaging MR imaging of the lumbar spine has become the initial imaging technique of choice in complicated LBP, displacing myelography and

Products used with MRIs to carry warning: FDA  -  May 23, 2007
Reuters.uk,WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Contrast agents used to make magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, easier to see should carry new, strong warnings, the US Food and

T(1)-weighted magnetic resonance imaging shows fatty deposition ...  -  26 Apr 2007
HeartZine,Pathologic studies have shown an increased lipid content in areas of myocardial infarction (MI). We sought to show the ability of precontrast T(1)-weighted

IBM milestone brings MRI Technology to Nanoscale  -  26 Apr 2007
Moneycontrol.com,IBM today announced that researchers at its labs have demonstrated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques to visualize nanoscale objects.

Noble inventor paved way to peer into the body  -  26 Apr 2007
The Age,Lauterbur played a key role in the development of magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, which produces highly detailed images of soft tissues and organs

SNM’s 54th annual meeting speakers address state of powerful ...  -  26 Apr 2007
HealthTech Wire (press release),...internationally recognized for his research program on the development and application of imaging—especially magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy

Magnets allow doctors to see brain's inner workings  -  26 Apr 2007
News 8 Austin,..."Imaging technologies like magnetic resonance imaging and CT scans are very good at detecting and depicting the anatomy of the brain.

New MRI machine does sit-ups  -  26 Apr 2007
Florida Times-Union,The local radiologist, however, displays a competitive swagger, backed by a potent weapon: Northeast Florida's first upright magnetic resonance imaging

Cortex area thinner in youth with Alzheimer's-related gene  -  26 Apr 2007
SpiritIndia,To confirm this, they compared the MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans of 239 healthy children and teens with their ApoE gene types.

Scientists revisit, revise area in human brain responsible for speech  -  26 Apr 2007
DailyIndia.com,...and investigate other regions of the brain that may be important in language processing, but which are not detected by magnetic resonance imaging,

Stanford researchers seek volunteers with Alzheimer's disease for ...  -  26 Apr 2007
Media Newswire (press release),Specific visits will include a magnetic resonance imaging scan and a lumbar puncture to collect cerebrospinal fluid to determine the status of the patient’s

Board sets deadline for sale of aging hospital  -  26 Apr 2007
Mountain Mail Newspaper,Received an update from Greg Messmer, director of ancillary services, regarding purchase of a new $1 million magnetic resonance imaging machine.

Can "neurotheology" bridge the gap between religion and science?  -  26 Apr 2007
SlateTwo years ago, Sara Lazar, at Massachusetts General Hospital, used magnetic resonance imaging to show that the brains of longtime meditators were different

Gulfgate Diagnostic guarantees MRI results within 48 hours  -  Apr 24, 2007
Orange County News,Gulfgate Diagnostic boasts a friendly, multi-lingual staff and the only magnetic resonance imaging facility outside of the hospital, Gulfgate Diagnostic

IBM Milestone Brings MRI Technology to the Nanoscale  -  Apr 23, 2007
PressZoom (press release),22 Apr 2007: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that researchers at its Almaden Research Center have demonstrated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques

IBM brings MRI technology to the nanoscale  -  Apr 23, 2007
PhysOrg.com,IBM today announced that researchers at its Almaden Research Center have demonstrated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques to visualize nanoscale

Brain's speech site is revisited and revised  -  Apr 25, 2007
Nature.com (subscription),California Health Care System in Martinez, and her colleagues picked them up, in order to reinspect the damage using magnetic resonance imaging.

MRI Technology To The Nanoscale  -  Apr 23, 2007
Technology News Daily,IBM researchers at Almaden Research Center have demonstrated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques to visualize nanoscale objects.

IBM Milestone Brings MRI Technology to the Nanoscale  -  Apr 23, 2007
PresseBox (Pressemitteilung)(abonnement),...(pressebox) Stuttgart, 23.04.2007 - IBM today announced that researchers at its Almaden Research Center have demonstrated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

IBM Reduces MRI Technology to the Nanoscale  -  Apr 23, 2007
SDA Asia Magazine,IBM has revealed that researchers at its Almaden Research Centre have demonstrated Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) techniques to visualise nanoscale

IBM Milestone Brings MRI Technology to the Nanoscale  -  Apr 22, 2007
Web Services Journal,MRFM offers imaging sensitivity that is 60000 times better than current magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology. MRFM uses what is known as force

IBM Nano Research Promises Better Drugs and Circuits  -  Apr 22, 2007
InformationWeek,Almaden Research Center Scientists have found a way to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques to see nanoscale objects. By Thomas Claburn

IBM nano research promises better drugs, circuits  -  Apr 23, 2007
EETimes.comResearchers at IBM's Almaden Research Center have found a way to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques to see nanoscale objects.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technology In Transtibial Socket ...  -  Apr 14, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) presents a possible solution to this problem. However, the reliability of MRI in defining the residual limb/cast interface

IBM develops 3-D nanoscale imaging  -  Apr 23, 2007
Monsters and Critics.com,SAN JOSE, CA, United States (UPI) -- US scientists have developed technology that uses magnetic resonance imaging to visualize nanoscale objects.

Renal Sonography With 2-Dimensional Versus Cine Organ Imaging  -  Apr 25, 2007
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)...of color Doppler imaging in volumetric protocols as well as to compare renal lesion detection versus computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.

New technology offers hope of safe magnetic resonance imaging exams  -  Apr 5, 2007
HULIQ,While magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is already well established as a premiere non-invasive imaging technology, patients with implantable pacemakers,

Healthwatch: Magnetic Resonance Imaging  -  Apr 4, 2007
WTOK,But that's just what you're asked to do many times when you get an MRI or magnetic resonance imaging test. To make it worse, you must do that while lying in

3-D Nano Images  -  Apr 22, 2007
MIT Technology Review,Balancing act: In a new magnetic resonance imaging technique, researchers at IBM use a silicon cantilever to image a tiny sample of calcium fluoride with a

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Urged for Women at High Risk for Breast ...  -  Mar 30, 2007
Voice of AmericaBy Melinda Smith. Since the mid-20th century the World Health Organization reports there has been an increase in the rate of breast cancer among women in

Magnetic resonance imaging improves breast cancer diagnosis  -  Mar 28, 2007
HULIQ,Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) promises better results, as is shown in an inter-national study involving the University of Bonn. In almost 1000 women with

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Thalamus and Adhesio ...  -  Apr 2, 2007
Archives of General PsychiatryUlrich Ettinger, PhD; Marco Picchioni, MRCP, MRCPsych; Sabine Landau, PhD; Kazunori Matsumoto, MD, PhD; Neeltje E. van Haren, PhD; Nicolette Marshall, MSc;

Magnetic resonance imaging improves breast cancer diagnosis  -  Mar 28, 2007
SpiritIndia,Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) promises better results, as is shown in an inter-national study involving the University of Bonn.

MRI Data Useful in Predicting Insignificant Prostate Cancer  -  Apr 24, 2007
Cancerpage.com,NEW YORK APR 23, 2007 (Reuters Health) - Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy findings, in combination with clinical variables and biopsy data,

New MRI installed at hospital  -  Apr 23, 2007
Beloit Daily News,But, earlier this month a lot of the action came to a standstill when a new Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner was installed.

Covenant spending millions to grow  -  Apr 25, 2007
The Saginaw News,A two-story, 15000-square-foot building to house magnetic resonance imaging equipment and expanded cardiology services will go up by this fall and open in

ACS advises MRIs for some at high risk of breast cancer  -  Apr 8, 2007
SpiritIndia,Certain women with an especially high risk of developing breast cancer should get magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans along with their yearly mammogram,

The dGEMRIC index as a predictor of cartilage mechanical stiffness  -  Apr 9, 2007
SpiritIndia,Magnetic resonance imaging - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Magnetic resonance imaging was developed from knowledge gained in the study of nuclear

InSightec's ExAblate(R) 2000 Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused ...  -  Apr 3, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),ExAblate uses MR guided Focused Ultrasound which combines Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to visualize tissue in the body, plan and monitor the treatment

MRI Method Could Differentiate Tumors  -  Apr 23, 2007
The UCSD Guardian Online,...to successfully use a combination of NIR optical imaging and magnetic resonance imaging on a patient to detect molecules that are indicative of cancer.

Yalies stimulated by developments in neuroscience  -  Apr 21, 2007
The Yale Herald,McCarthy was wooed from his previous job as founding director of the Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, a magnetic resonance imaging facility.

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