MRI may increase mastectomy for early-stage breast cancer.
Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging may be a factor in the rising rate of mastectomy among women with early-stage breast cancer, a retrospective study suggests. Investigators reviewed 5,596 stage 0-II breast cancers in 5,463 women who underwent surgery for the malignancy between 1997 and 2006 at the Mayo...

MRI of TMJ in patients with severe skeletal malocclusion following surgical/orthodontic treatment.
ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to evaluate temporomandibular joints (TMJ) by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients who had undergone surgical/orthodontic or orthodontic treatment in a three-year follow-up study. Subjects consisted of 20 patients (40 TMJ), 16 females and four males (mean age 33.7 years, range 19-53...

Infection may increase risks from contrast agents: researchers assessed patients with chronic kidney disease who developed nephrogenic systemic fibrosis.
The presence of infection at the time of magnetic resonance imaging using gadolinium contrast may predispose patients with renal failure to the development of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, according to a hospital analysis of patients with NSF. The estimated NSF development rate for infected patients with renal failure...

Changes in synovial volume could predict progression of osteoarthritis.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. -- Early screening of synovial fluid volume changes using magnetic resonance imaging could identify patients at risk for progressive knee osteoarthritis, according to interim findings of an ongoing study. Synovial fluid volume decrease on MRI correlated with both osteophyte formation and joint space narrowing,...

MRI overused in assessing knee osteoarthritis.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Magnetic resonance imaging is often ordered before patients are referred for total knee arthroplasty, yet MRI confers minimal or no benefit, compared with taking weight-bearing and skyline patella-view x-rays of patients with osteoarthritis of the knee, according to Dr. Wayne M. Goldstein. In a...

Boston Scientific and Surgi-Vision Ink Pact for MRI-Safe Technology.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-21 April 2008-Boston Scientific and Surgi-Vision Ink Pact for MRI-Safe Technology(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Boston Scientific and Surgi-Vision, a privately held company, have announced a licensing and development arrangement for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-safe technology. Under the arrangement, Boston Scientific will...

MRI could rival chest x-ray in pediatric lung disease assessment.
CHICAGO -- Optimized low-field magnetic resonance imaging has the potential to replace plain chest radiographs in the assessment of lung disease in children, according to results of a poster study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. "The goal is to reduce...

MRI reveals disease in "opposite" breast.
Women with a recent diagnosis of cancer in one breast should have a magnetic resonance imaging screening of the opposite breast, concludes a multicenter study involving University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, researchers. The international research team found that MRI detected cancer in the opposite breast in 3.1% of...

MRI overused to assess osteoarthritis patients.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Magnetic resonance imaging is often ordered before patients are referred for total knee arthroplasty, yet MRI confers minimal or no benefit, compared with taking weight-bearing and skyline patella-view x-rays of patients with osteoarthritis of the knee, according to Dr. Wayne M. Goldstein. In a...

Oklahoma Health System Upgrades with Merge Healthcare's Solutions.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-13 August 2008-Oklahoma Health System Upgrades with Merge Healthcare's Solutions(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Merge Healthcare, a medical imaging solutions provider, announced that Saint Francis Health System, a large multi-site, multi-specialty hospital operating throughout Tulsa, Oklahoma, has signed a contract to upgrade from its...