Radiology
Radiology
Radiology
Nanoparticles Packed with Iron as Powerful MRI Agents
While improving MRI machines is one way of making the clinical images look better, another is improving the injectable contrast agents that are compatible with magnetic resonance. Gadolinium-based MRI contrast agents are the most commonly used...
Radiology
Facebook and NYU Using AI to Speed Up MRIs
Facebook, under criticism for its business practices, seems to be branching off into other industries including medicine. Case in point is a partnership with NYU School of Medicine's Department of Radiology to develop artificial intelligence...
Radiology
WiFi Lets MIT Researchers Track Objects Inside Body
Tracking the location of tissues and implants within the body is a big business, particularly when dealing with tumors. Because many localization technologies involve radiation or are limited in their accuracy and invasiveness, they're not being...
Radiology
7D Surgical's Machine-Vision Image Guidance for Cranial Surgery FDA Cleared
7D Surgical out of Toronto, Canada won FDA approval to introduce its Machine-vision Image Guided Surgery (MvIGS) system for cranial surgery. The system uses cameras and computer vision algorithms to map the external anatomy without requiring...
Radiology
Yeast Powered Radiation Detectors to Keep Clinicians Safe
Radiation dosimeters are commonly used by clinicians working around CT scanners, fluoroscopes, radiotherapy systems, and other equipment. Typically, after wearing one for a month or so, the detector is sent to the manufacturer and the results...
Radiology
This Device Helps Improve Accuracy of Dialysis Catheter Placement
Patients on hemodialysis have to undergo vascular access procedures, typically arteriovenous fistulas or arteriovenous grafts. Some, though, are limited to tunneled cuffed catheters due to heart failure or poor cardiac reserve. Properly placing...
Radiology
Actisound Intense Therapeutic Ultrasound Device Cleared in Europe
Guided Therapy Systems, based in Mesa, Arizona, landed EU CE mark approval (via Ardent Sound Inc., Guided's partner and manufacturer) for the Actisound Intense Therapeutic Ultrasound device. It's intended to help recover from a variety of...
Radiology
First Patient Receives Medtronic's Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
A pilot study is getting underway to evaluate a new Medtronic implantable cardioverter defibrillator that doesn't require leads to be placed inside the heart or veins. The Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (EV ICD) system can...
Radiology
TIGERTRIEVER 13, World's Smallest Clot Retriever for Strokes, Cleared in Europe
Rapid Medical, based in Yokneam, Israel, won European regulatory approval to introduce its TIGERTRIEVER 13, the narrowest clot retriever now available for use in treating ischemic stroke. The device can be used in vessels as small as 1...
Radiology
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