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Image: Prof. Maleux, interventional radiologist at University Hospital Louvain (Belgium) and his team are performing an embolization procedure (Photo courtesy of Philips Healthcare).

3D Image Guidance Tool Designed to Visualize, Target, and Treat Tumor Lesions

A live three-dimensional image guidance application optimizes tumor embolization procedures on interventional X-ray systems.  More...
26 May 2014

Ultrasound-Guidance Used to Insert Peritoneal Dialysis Catheters Considerably Cuts Complications

Patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis catheter placement using fluoroscopy and ultrasound-guidance experienced significantly fewer complications at one year postinsertion than did patients whose catheters were positioned laparoscopically.   More...
26 May 2014

Collaboration Initiated to Streamline Importing, Storing Prior Imaging Studies

A new partnership has been established to help imaging picture archiving and communication systems users overcome problems related to importing and storing patients’ earlier exams.   More...
26 May 2014
Image: Metal-on-metal (MoM) hip implant (Photo courtesy of the US Drug Watchdog).

Consumer Advocacy Agency Advises MRI Scanning Needed for All-Metal Hip Implant Recipients

A magnetic resonance imaging scan can help detect premature failure of all-metal hip implants before symptoms appear, according to a US consumer advocacy agency.  More...
22 May 2014
Image: Uncinate fasiculus, an important tract with the greatest concentration of progesterone receptors, show greater injury in males than females after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). (a) Axial and (b) coronal images show regions of decreased fractional anisotropy in male patients with mTBI relative to female mTBI patients, involving the uncinate fasiculus (red) bilaterally (Photo courtesy of Radiology).

Concussion Recovery Time May Take Longer for Men

A study of concussion patients using diffusion tensor imaging found that males took longer to recover after concussion than females did. The study’s findings revealed that DTI can be used as a bias-free approach to predict concussion outcome.   More...
22 May 2014
Image: The Entovis single-chamber pacemaker with ProMRI technology (Photo courtesy of Biotronik).

Pacemaker System with MRI Scanning Capabilities Approved by FDA

A pacemaker system allows patients to undergo magnetic resonance imaging scans with a limited exclusion zone.   More...
21 May 2014

Re-Treating Lung Cancer with Radiotherapy Is Effective

An old concept of re-treating lung tumors with radiation is now being reevaluated, particularly with the latest technologic developments experienced in radiation oncology over the last10 years.  More...
21 May 2014
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