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Medicare Spending for Medical Imaging Sustains Dramatic Slowdown Compared With Other Services

Over the past decade, medical imaging has gone from being one of the fastest growing categories of Medicare spending to one of the slowest relative to other Medicare...

Diamond Flaws Pave Way for Nanoscale MRI

Researchers say they have achieved enough coherence of the magnetic moment inherent in the defects of miniscule diamond fragments to harness their potential for precise quantum sensors in a material that is biocompatible.

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Senate Approves Helium Bill to Maintain Federal Reserve of the MRI Cryogenic Gas

The U.S. Senate passed legislation Sept. 26 to reauthorize, extend and improve operations of the Federal Helium Reserve in Texas, which will guarantee a stable supply of the gas used for cooling magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems.

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Michigan Hospital First to Install Noiseless MRI System

GE Healthcare reported that Silent Scan, a revolutionary technology that dramatically quiets magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exams, is now commercially available and growing in clinical adoption around the world. Silent Scan addresses one of the...

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Medicare Spending for Medical Imaging Sustains Dramatic...
Over the past decade, medical imaging has gone from being one of the fastest growing categories of Medicare spending to one of the slowest relative...
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MR-Guided Ultrasound Offers Noninvasive Treatment for...
A technique that uses focused ultrasound under magnetic resonance (MR) guidance to heat and destroy tumors may offer a safe and effective treatment...
Rehabilitation Device Improves Motor Skills After Stroke
Using a stroke rehabilitation device that converts an individual's thoughts to electrical impulses to move upper extremities, stroke patients...
Imaging Shows Long-Term Impact of Blast-Induced Brain...
Using a special type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), researchers have found that soldiers who suffered mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) induced by...
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iCAD's VeraLook solution for virtual colonoscopy (CTC) is designed to enhance clinician accuracy and effectiveness by improving
GE Healthcare's DV24.0 Continuum Pak Silent Scan noiseless MRI software helps humanize magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The...
Esaote has addressed the "burned out" problem areas of MRI hardware with a  Metal Artifact Reduction (MAR) sequence that reduces metal...
Diagnosoft CMR For Patient Assessment
Diagnosoft’s Diagnosoft CMR is a patented and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k)-cleared, cardiac magnetic resonance...
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Medicare Spending for Medical Imaging Sustains Dramatic...
Over the past decade, medical imaging has gone from being one of the fastest growing categories of Medicare spending to one of the slowest relative...
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Diamond Flaws Pave Way for Nanoscale MRI
Researchers say they have achieved enough coherence of the magnetic moment inherent in the defects of miniscule diamond fragments to harness their potential...
Benefits of Wide Bores
Wide bore magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems have allowed radiologists to offer patients the optimized comfort of conventional open bore systems, as well...
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Use of MRI in Diagnosis and Treatment of Prostate Cancer...
Ronald Wheeler, M.D., along with contributing radiologists, authored a clinical study demonstrating the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in...

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Proposed Medicare Guideline Would Require Appropriate Use Justification in Medical Imaging
By Dave Fornell, editor  Stage 2 meaningful use guidelines for electronic medical records (...
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Having the Right Tools for the Job
Annoyed by the high cost of a tune-up, 30 years ago I took a class on automotive maintenance. Armed...
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Going Beyond 3-D in Cardiovascular Ultrasound: The Next Step to Improve Reproducibility, Speed
By Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor   There are two main issues facing clinical practice today,...
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Strategies for Low-Dose MDCT
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...
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Pediatric Fluoroscopy Webinar — Important Concepts to Lower Dose
Webinar will discuss important concepts to reduce X-ray radiation dose in fluoroscopy of children with regard to ALARA, and provide related strategies to adopt in practice.
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Improved Workflow With Centricity RIS-IC, Centricity PACS and PACS-IW With Universal Viewer
This webinar will explain the latest updates to the GE Centricity PACS to help bring radiology tasks together into a single, intelligent workflow to schedule, acquire, view, report, code, share and...