Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

MRI creates images from the magnetic resonance created in hydrogen atoms when they are polarized and an electromagnetic pulse is used to knock them off axis. This section includes MR analysis software, MRI scanners, gadolinium contrast agents and related magnetic resonance imaging accessories.

COVID-19 During Pregnancy Doesn’t Harm Baby’s Brain
November 30, 2021 — COVID-19 of mild to moderate severity in pregnant women appears to have no effect on the brain of the developing fetus,…
COVID-19 Linked to Heart Inflammation in College Athletes
November 29, 2021 — A small but significant percentage of college athletes with COVID-19 develop…
Autism Changes Brain’s White Matter over Time
November 23, 2021 — Researchers at Yale University analyzing specialized MRI exams found significant changes in the microstructure of the brain’s white matter in adolescents and young adults…
VIDEO: Examples of Synthetic CT Datasets Made From MRI for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning
Siemens and Philips demonstrated examples of new imaging software to convert MRI datasets into synthetic computed tomography (CT) datasets at the American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2021 meeting.
Top 10: Most Popular Radiology Technology Content in October 2021
November 2, 2021 — Here is a list of the Top 10 most popular pieces of content on ITNonline.com from the month of October 2021. This is based on the website's 182,178 pageviews for the month.

Figure 1. MRI super-resolution reconstruction and atlas-based tissue segmentation. (A, B) Postprocessed MRI super-resolution reconstructions in axial and sagittal planes of a fetus at 26+6 GW. (C, D) Respective manually corrected atlas-based tissue segmentation.

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

MRI Reveals Altered Brain Structure in Fetuses Exposed to Alcohol

December 1, 2021 — In the first MRI-based study to investigate prenatal alcohol exposure, researchers found significant ...

December 01, 2021

Figure 1. MRI of fetal brain development.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

COVID-19 During Pregnancy Doesn’t Harm Baby’s Brain

November 30, 2021 — COVID-19 of mild to moderate severity in pregnant women appears to have no effect on the brain of ...

November 30, 2021

Figure 1. Stroke seen in a 41-year-old male patient with COVID-19 infection.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Large International Study Reveals Spectrum of COVID-19 Brain Complications

November 29, 2021 — The largest multi-institutional international study to date on brain complications of COVID-19 has ...

November 29, 2021

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Brain image taken on an Echelon Oval 1.5T MR scanner

Blog | Radiology Imaging

BLOG: Why Advanced Imaging Is Critical in Rural Health

People who live in rural America may deserve the same quality healthcare as anyone living in the U.S., but it is not ...

September 13, 2019

Figure 1. MRI shows late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) at the right ventricular attachment (arrow) of a 19-year-old male. Note: this image is for illustrative purposes only and is not associated with the Big Ten study group. Image courtesy of Radiology.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

COVID-19 Linked to Heart Inflammation in College Athletes

November 29, 2021 — A small but significant percentage of college athletes with COVID-19 develop myocarditis, a ...

November 29, 2021

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Philips Launches New AI-enabled MR Portfolio of Smart Diagnostic Systems, Optimized Workflow Solutions and Integrated Clinical Solutions at RSNA 2021

November 24, 2021 — Royal Philips announced new AI-enabled innovations in MR imaging launching at the Radiological ...

November 24, 2021

Figure 1. Significant alterations in the brain’s white matter in adolescents with ASD.

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Autism Changes Brain’s White Matter over Time

November 23, 2021 — Researchers at Yale University analyzing specialized MRI exams found significant changes in the ...

November 23, 2021

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Blog | Contrast Media

BLOG: Why Power Injectors Are Needed for High-Quality Imaging

Contrast agents improve every kind of medical image from computed tomography (CT) to magnetic resonance imaging (MR) ...

July 15, 2019

Figure 1. MRI images of the brain, with the default mode network (DMN) highlighted in orange/red. The DMN is active during periods of wakeful rest, when the mind is not focused on a particular task. The green and blue arrows point to areas of the network that are disrupted in adolescent patients with concussions.

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Multiple Concussions Can Disrupt Brain Connectivity in Teens

November 22, 2021 — Adolescents and young adults with post-concussive symptoms who suffered three to five concussions ...

November 22, 2021

The University of Michigan Health System recently became the first U.S. healthcare institution to install the Magnetom Free.Max, a 0.55 Tesla (0.55T) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging scanner with deep learning technologies and advanced image processing.

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Siemens Healthineers Announces First U.S. Installation of Magnetom Free.Max 80 cm MR Scanner

November 17, 2021 — The University of Michigan Health System recently became the first U.S. healthcare institution to ...

November 17, 2021

Saltus Biotech, a leader in 8k image technology, introduces a new high-end computer workstation and 8k monitor system for digital pathology for live tissue biopsy movies in real time. Saltus 8k imaging system monitors microscopic movies of live biological tissue specimens in real time.

News | Digital Pathology

Real-time Monitoring for Digital Pathology of Live Biological Tissue Specimens

November 15, 2021 — Saltus Biotech, a leader in 8k image technology, introduces a new high-end computer workstation and ...

November 15, 2021

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Blog | Radiology Imaging

BLOG: Rural Imaging Requires Affordable And Versatile Equipment

Access to healthcare by rural-living Americans can be difficult. Part of the reason is the wide geographic expanse ...

June 19, 2019

Videos | Radiation Therapy

VIDEO: Examples of Synthetic CT Datasets Made From MRI for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning

Siemens and Philips demonstrated examples of new imaging software to convert MRI datasets into synthetic computed ...

November 15, 2021

Siemens Healthineers and UC San Francisco have formed a research and innovation-driven collaboration to make radiological imaging greener, while improving access to and quality of radiological imaging in Northern California

News | Radiology Imaging

Siemens Healthineers and UCSF Create First Carbon-Neutral Radiology Imaging Service

Noveember 11, 2021 — Siemens Healthineers and UC San Francisco have formed a research and innovation-driven ...

November 11, 2021

Transcranial focused ultrasound can be used to treat degenerative movement disorders, intractable pain, and mental disorders by delivering ultrasound energy to a specific area of the brain without opening the skull

News | Computed Tomography (CT)

Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology for Producing CT Images Based on MRI

November 11, 2021 — Transcranial focused ultrasound can be used to treat degenerative movement disorders, intractable ...

November 11, 2021

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Stratasys Ups Ante In Enterprise Imaging

Blog | RSNA

RSNA 2018 Tuesday — Real Meets Virtual and AI

For medical practice to advance, efforts to make this practice more efficient must not come at the expense of accuracy ...

November 27, 2018

A multidisciplinary team of scientists based at the Universidad de Valladolid and the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) has developed a highly efficient method for identifying the three-dimensional features of the scar tissue formed after a myocardial infarction.

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

3D Mapping of Post-infarction Scarring Increases the Prognostic Potential of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging

November 11, 2021 — A multidisciplinary team of scientists based at the Universidad de Valladolid and the Centro ...

November 11, 2021

How AI provides much needed support for healthcare professionals

Feature | Artificial Intelligence | By Simon Rost

Care With Confidence

Confidence is like the autopilot on an airplane. It provides assurance and support that we are going in the right ...

November 08, 2021

A 37-year-old woman developed a new, palpable left supraclavicular lymphadenopathy lump five days after her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in the left arm. On the day of vaccination, the patient was asymptomatic. This is an example of how the vaccine can mimic cancer and swollen lymph nodes. Read more about this case study. Image used with permission of RSNA.

Feature | Radiology Business | Melinda Taschetta-Millane

November 2, 2021 — Here is a list of the Top 10 most popular pieces of content on ITNonline.com from the month of ...

November 02, 2021

Philips will demonstrate its Multimodality RT Simulation Workspace, a precision medicine application that provides a vendor-agnostic single space for simulation, multimodality image fusion and contouring

News | ASTRO

Philips Highlights New Patient-centered Innovations at ASTRO 2021

November 2, 2021 — Philips announced new innovations that can help improve cancer care across the patient journey at the ...

November 02, 2021

T1-Based Criteria for Myocarditis on Cardiac MRI in Patients With Recent COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination: Early gadolinium enhancement (EGE) compared with precontrast SSFP sequence (not shown) is observed on early postcontrast short-axis SSFP images in (A) 16-year-old male, (B) 17-year-old male, (C) 16-year-old male, and (D) 19-year-old male, and on early postcontrast short-axis perfusion image in (E) 17-year-old male (arrow, A-E). Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) is also present (arrows) in all 5 patients (F, G

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Cardiac MRI of Myocarditis After COVID-19 Vaccination in Adolescents

November 1, 2021 — According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), radiologists need to be cognizant of the ...

November 01, 2021

News | Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)

Serial Radiation Therapy is Safe and Effective as Alternative Treatment to Systemic Therapy for Kidney Cancer

October 29, 2021 — In a new single-arm study, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported ...

October 29, 2021

ViewRay, Inc. announced that the results of a multi-center study of 148 inoperable pancreatic cancer patients treated with MRIdian SMART (MR-guided stereotactic adaptive radiation therapy) were presented as part of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), the world's largest radiation oncology society, held October 24-27, 2021 in Chicago.

News | Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)

New Outcomes Data Demonstrating Prolonged Survival for Inoperable Pancreatic Cancer Patients

October 28, 2021 — ViewRay, Inc. announced that the results of a multi-center study of 148 inoperable pancreatic cancer ...

October 28, 2021

ViewRay, Inc. announced that the company has received acceptance from the FDA on their recent submission for new MRIdian features focused on enhancing on-table adaptive workflow efficiency and expanding clinical utility. ViewRay will be exhibiting at the annual ASTRO 2021 conference

News | Radiation Therapy

ViewRay Announces 510(k) Pending Status of the Newest Generation of MRIdian Innovations

October 7, 2021 — ViewRay, Inc. announced that the company has received acceptance from the FDA on their recent ...

October 07, 2021