MRI / PET / Ultrasound News

An ACUSON P10™ handheld ultrasound system from Siemens Healthcare has been selected to perform obstetric scanning in a newly renovated healthcare facility in the town of Yei in Southern Sudan. The P10 will be used in The Martha Primary Healthcare Centre, which currently sees 900 antenatal patients each month...

Advanced Medical Diagnostics SA (AMD), a privately held company committed to providing innovative computer-aided solutions (HistoScanning™) that can improve the diagnostic interpretation of ultrasound scans, announced that it has appointed BK Medical UK Ltd as sole agent for Prostate HistoScanning™ in the UK...

Formation of new blood vessels, also known as angiogenesis, is crucial for sustained tumor growth and cancer metastasis. Recently, clinically available therapies to suppress the growth of these vessels have been available to improve patient survival in some cancer types...

Siemens Healthcare is pleased to announce its first orders of the MAGNETOM® Aera 1.5 Tesla and MAGNETOM® Skyra 3 Tesla MRI systems following recent product launches into the UK market...

GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), in collaboration with Cincinnati Children's Medical Center and the Davis Heart and Lung Institute of The Ohio State University, was awarded $1 million for (MRI) magnetic resonance imaging and devices for the "Pediatrics Population" project...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it is soliciting proposals for participation in the Medicare Imaging Demonstration (MID)...

The Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation issued a reminder that early bird registration discounts will end on Saturday, July 31 for the upcoming 2nd International Symposium on MR-guided Focused Ultrasound. Prior to the deadline, standard registration will cost $350 and registration for residents, students and trainees will be $250...

General aptitude tests and specific mental ability tests are important tools for vocational guidance...

A group of researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is developing a way to treat cancer by using lasers to light up tiny nanoparticles and destroy tumors with the ensuing heat...

As physician-guided robots routinely operate on patients at most major hospitals, the next generation robot could eliminate a surprising element from that scenario -- the doctor...

A leading cardiologist based at Southampton's teaching hospitals is the first in the world to develop a unique technique to "slice" 3D images of the heart into intricate sections using computer software...

Siemens Healthcare announces FDA clearance for the UROSKOP® Omnia, its new multifunctional workstation for urology. The workstation's new dynamic flat detector technology UROSKOP Omnia allows the urologist to cover the entire urinary tract - kidney, ureter, bladder (KUB) - with only one single exposure and in superb image quality...

Perfusion CT scanning, an emerging imaging technology, got a bad rap last year when a machine set to incorrect radiation levels overdosed hundreds of people in Los Angeles...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center and affiliated VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System are the first in the U.S. to perform a specialized PET/CT scan to successfully locate the presence of tumors. The improved imaging allows surgeons to more easily locate and remove cancerous tumors, according to Ronald Walker, M.D., professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences...

Today, at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) in Philadelphia, a group of researchers from Stanford University will describe the latest developments toward their goal of integrating two existing medical devices -- medical linear accelerators, or "linacs," which produce powerful X-rays for treating cancer, and magnetic resonance i...

Rcadia Medical Imaging announced presentation of five studies demonstrating the potential of its COR Analyzer® System to assist in ruling out significant coronary artery stenosis (narrowing) in patients at low to intermediate risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) undergoing coronary computer tomography (cCTA)...

Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, one of the leading paediatric teaching centres in the country, has installed an interventional imaging system and combined fluoroscopy and radiography unit from Siemens Healthcare to strengthen its imaging services for young patients. The Artis zee™ Multipurpose interventional system will be used for angiograms, venous and barium studies...

Nuada Medical, an independent imaging services provider based in London, has installed a MAGNETOM® Verio 3 Tesla MRI system to offer highly detailed diagnostic imaging to its patients. The Verio is a high performance MRI combining a range of innovative features, including a 70cm Open Bore design and 32 channel Tim™ (Total imaging matrix) technology. With the same footprint as a 1...

Two new studies announced this week have tested three different methods for accurately measuring breast density -- the relative portion of tissue to fat in a woman's breasts and a strong indicator of breast cancer risk...

Utilization management programs that use evidence-based guidelines to ensure appropriate use of diagnostic imaging tests could help prevent dangerous radiation overdoses like the one highlighted in a recent New England Journal of Medicine editorial, said MedSolutions, a leading provider of medical management services...