Summa Health System (Akron, Ohio), one of the largest health-care networks in the state, was facing a difficulty common to organizations that provide imaging for bariatric patients: the 0.3T open MRI system at its Summa Health Center at White Pond, to which many of these patients had to be referred, was too low in field strength for certain types

According a study published in the March issue of the journal Radiology, radiologists now have a comparable, non-ionizing option to CT for the detection of pulmonary embolism.

Medical publisher Elsevier is getting into the iPad game with a new application it says is the first of its kind to bridge the neuroscience digital learning worlds.

In just four years, the implementation of information systems among radiation therapy sites as an integrated component of oncology treatment has climbed from 50% to two-thirds, according to new research from IMV Medical Information Division.

Lee Memorial Health System (LMHS), Fort Myers, Florida, offers a wide range of imaging services at its four acute-care campuses and three outpatient imaging centers, including a host of high-field MRI systems. As Mark Williams, director of outpatient imaging, recalls, however, something was missing. “When we looked at our business model, we saw

New applications and an aging population mean the global MRI market is expected to grow from $4 billion in 2011 to $4.76 billion in 2016, according to a new report by Research and Markets.

The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the first pacemaker that can safely be used in certain types of MRI exams.

A hospital in Missouri is said to be the first in the United States to utilize a new imaging device that simultaneously performs PET and MRI scans, according to researchers at Washington University in St. Louis.