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03.15.10
70 Percent Of Able-Bodied Hockey Players Have Abnormal Hip And Pelvis MRIs According To New Study

Seventy percent of healthy professional and collegiate hockey players had abnormal hip and pelvis MRIs (magnetic resonance imaging), even though they had no symptoms of injury, according to a study presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in New Orleans, (March 13)...

03.11.10
ADI’s 20-bit DAC enables superior image clarity, resolution, and contrast in medical imaging systems

MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans provide extraordinarily clear images of the human body and are commonly used to diagnose a wide range of illnesses and injuries, such as Alzheimer’s disease, cancerous tumors, and torn ligaments. Analog Devices, Inc., the leading provider of data conversion technology and longtime collaborator with the medical imaging industry, today introduced a breakthrough in data conversion that gives clinicians and radiologists the superior image clarity they need to see smaller anatomical structures and abnormalities, such as breast cancer cells, than ever before.

02.12.10
Addition Of MRI To Conventional Assessment Has No Effect On Breast Cancer Re-Operation Rate

An article published in this week's edition of The Lancet reports that addition of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to conventional triple assessment techniques for diagnosis of breast cancer has no effect on the re-operation rate...

11.22.09
European Medicines Agency Makes Recommendations To Minimise Risk Of Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis With Gadolinium-containing Contrast Agents

The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has adopted a set of recommendations aimed at minimising the risk of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) with gadolinium-containing contrast agents in patients at risk of developing the condition. Gadolinium-containing contrast agents are used in patients undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) scans.

05.12.09
How to build a bigger brain
Study shows that meditation may increase gray matter Push-ups, crunches, gyms, personal trainers — people have many strategies for building bigger muscles and stronger bones. But what can one do to build a bigger brain?   Meditate.   That's the finding from a group of researchers at UCLA who used high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to scan the brains of people who...

04.08.09
Novel Medical Imaging Technique May Enable Physicians To Predict Treatment Outcomes In Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

University of Utah researchers have found that delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (DE-MRI) holds promise for predicting treatment outcomes and measuring disease progression for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), a little known heart rhythm disorder that affects more than 3.5 million Americans and causes more than 66,000 deaths a year. Their latest study on a novel application of this technology for AF appears in the April 7 issue of the journal Circulation.