MRI platform expands on patient comfort and sustainability
Dec 3, 2024 · Siemens Healthineers expands the 1.5 Tesla Magnetom Flow. Platform to include a model with a 70-centimeter bore 1 with the introduction of a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner at RSNA 2024. The Magnetom Flow. Platform is planned to require almost no helium 2.Its image reconstruction capabilities supported by artificial intelligence (AI) can shorten acquisition times and improve image ...
New score to predict epilepsy after CVT stroke
Oct 24, 2024 · CVT is a type of stroke that typically affects women between the ages of 20 and 50. The prediction model is now available worldwide free of charge and research it is based on is published in JAMA Neurology. "We hope that as many physicians as possible will use this score to better treat and educate CVT patients across the world," says lead researcher and neurologist at Amsterdam UMC, Jonathan ...
CT or MRI – which is better for imaging stable cardiac chest pain?
Mar 4, 2022 · Initial assessment of patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) can be a bit of a head scratcher for radiologists. While MRI has proved its efficacy time and time again, new techniques and evidence suggest that CT is an equally viable, if not better tool to evaluate CAD right from the start of patient management, according to …
Advanced brain MRI to reveal ‘hidden disease’
Aug 10, 2024 · News • DTI for concussion patients Advanced brain MRI to reveal ‘hidden disease’ Offering patients with concussion a type of brain scan known as diffusion tensor imaging MRI could help identify the one in three people who will experience persistent symptoms that can be life changing, say Cambridge researchers.
New insights into hospital-acquired Klebsiella infections
Jul 24, 2024 · Their study, published in the journal Microbiome, reveals that the dangerous multidrug resistant (MDR) pathogen, Klebsiella, thrives under nutrient-deprived polymicrobial community conditions found in hospital environments.. According to the World Health Organization, HAIs pose significant risks to patients, often resulting in prolonged hospital stays, severe health complications, and a 10% ...
Smart ring medical device for 24/7 blood pressure monitoring
Nov 14, 2022 · A smart-ring medical device is emerging as an effective and discreet wearable for round-the-clock blood pressure monitoring. Using photoplethysmography (PPG) signals to measure the bloodstream 24/7 through the wearer’s finger, a new feature of the “Cart-I plus” ring from manufacturer Sky Labs enables it to constantly monitor …
Pregnancy and nursing massively changes up mothers' intestines
Sep 12, 2024 · A multinational team led by Josef Penninger (MedUni Vienna, IMBA - Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna, University of British Columbia, Canada, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Germany) observed that the intestinal villi reorganize during pregnancy and breastfeeding and significantly enlarge, doubling their surface area.
Fujifilm Healthcare acquires Hitachi Diagnostic Imaging, presents …
Jul 15, 2021 · Highlights of the enhanced portfolio include: Fujifilm Healthcare Europe's high-image-quality and robust CT combined with Fujifilm’s AI technology platform REiLI, and Synapse 3D, which supports post-processing, offering a low dose solution to radiology departments and total support from imaging to diagnosis.; An enhanced Fujifilm offering to a wider range of hospital departments, including ...
MEDICA 2023: Düsseldorf at the centre of the global healthcare …
Nov 12, 2023 · The world's leading medical trade fair MEDICA 2023 starts on Monday in Düsseldorf with more than 5,300 exhibiting companies from almost 70 nations and the kick-off event for the accompanying 46th German Hospital Day, which will be attended by Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (via video link) and NRW Health Minister Karl-Josef Laumann.
Decade of DBT: 10-year study shows benefits of tomosynthesis
Sep 18, 2024 · The findings were published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).. Mammography is considered the gold standard in breast cancer screening for the general population. However, conventional 2D mammography, in which a low-dose X-ray system produces pictures of the inside of the breast from two angles, fails to detect approximately 20% of breast cancers.