Keywords: MRT
03/07/2010
Improving clinical workflow in a university department
At Mannheim University Medical Centre five MR units are currently installed - the Magnetom Tim Trio, 2 x Magnetom Avanto, Magnetom Sonata and the new Magnetom Skyra, which was …
03/07/2010
Hybrid Imaging: today and tomorrow
Spurred on by the success of PET/CT and the collaboration of radiology and nuclear medicine, further techniques such as PET/MR or SPECT/CT have been developed, bringing imaging …
03/07/2010
Process Management and Radiology
Increasingly, hospitals have to find ways to optimise the capacity, efficiency and utilization of their MRI services. David Wormald, Integrated Assistant Vice President for …
03/06/2010
The European Network for Cell Imaging and Tracking Expertise (ENCITE)
Since June 2009, the focus of research in the European Network for Cell Imaging and Tracking Expertise (ENCITE) has been on finding biomarkers to aid cell transplantation. Funded …
03/05/2010
MR-Elastography
Physicians, over many centuries, have depended on the sense of touch as their hands on method to detect diseases in many body areas. This technique is called palpation. However, …
03/04/2010
Every picture tells a story
Cardiologists are looking beyond on-screen images of the heart to extract data behind these scans that describe coronary dysfunctions and can reveal hard evidence of the cause of …
01/26/2010
New opportunities with 70 cm
On show in the MR sector at this year’s RSNA was the Optima MR450w wide-bore system manufactured by GE Healthcare. Built on a fully redesigned MR platform, this offers a range …
01/25/2010
Handwriting revisited
A specialised brain area involved in the production of written language was first empirically described by 19th century scientist S. Exner. At that time, the only way to …
01/07/2010
Neuroimaging Technique Identifies Patients at Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease in Healthy Brains
How the brain changes with age is not well-characterized and even less is known about the factors influencing the rate of brain aging. Brain imaging can offer a window into risk …
01/06/2010
The future of MRI in Europe - Safetey yes, exposure limits no
The Alliance for MRI aims to ensure that the threat posed by the EU Physical Agents 2004/40/EC (EMF) to the future of MR is averted and that patients in Europe will not be …
12/11/2009
Different heart motions by age and gender revealed
Using a new noninvasive imaging technique, scientists said they have discovered important, fundamental differences in heart motion by age and gender. Their study - reported in …
12/02/2009
MRI helps detect life-threatening pregnancy complication
A study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) revealed that MRI is a highly accurate means of identifying placenta accreta, a …
11/30/2009
GE Healthcare is presenting ways to see more
At RSNA 2009 GE Healthcare is presenting a big basket filled with trends and innovations for the radiology department: …
11/30/2009
RSNA 2009 showcases Agfa HealthCare's newest features for IMPAX
Agfa HealthCare unveiled the latest version of its IMPAX product portfolio at the 2009 meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). The improvements to its IMPAX …
11/30/2009
Siemens introduces Tim and Dot
At this year´s RSNA Siemens Healthcare introduced a new generation of its Tim (Total imaging matrix) technology and its new Dot (Day optimizing throughput) engine. Both …
11/26/2009
Visage 7 – true efficiency for your workflow
At RSNA 2009 Visage Imaging will present Visage 7 a single thin client based application that delivers true efficiency for reading everything from plain film to cardiac CT, as …
11/26/2009
Ziosoft will showcase new clinical functionality tools
Ziosoft, Inc. a leader in advanced visualization and analysis software for medical imaging will feature its next generation of workflow enhancements and new clinical …
11/21/2009
Imaging and computing power leading to breakthroughs for cardiac surgery
Two members of the Heart Center at the University of Leipzig teamed up during Medica for a tour de force presentation on Future Trends in Cardiac Surgery. "The aim of the game is …
11/16/2009
Elasto augments the IU22 ultrasound platform
Philips has developed a proprietary technology for elastography that uses new strain analytics for signals captured on the IU22 volume linear transducer and yields a relative …
11/12/2009
A 7-Tesla in clinical diagnostics?
Most of the 30 institutes around the world that work with a 7-Tesla MRI scanner do not focus on answering questions about the clinical benefit of this field strength; their …
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