According to a new study, conducted by Arthur Aron, Ph.D., and Bianca Acevedo, Ph.D., of the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University, and colleagues, used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to determine the neural correlates of long-term married and in love people in comparison with people who had recently fallen in love, they found that areas attributed with motivation, reward and "wanting'' in both sets of couples have highly similar brain activity. To read the rest of the article please visit:Monday, 10 January 2011
fMRI Helps In Discovering How Romantic Love Can Last?
According to a new study, conducted by Arthur Aron, Ph.D., and Bianca Acevedo, Ph.D., of the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University, and colleagues, used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to determine the neural correlates of long-term married and in love people in comparison with people who had recently fallen in love, they found that areas attributed with motivation, reward and "wanting'' in both sets of couples have highly similar brain activity. To read the rest of the article please visit:
Pen Bay Medical Center Receives ACR Accreditation
Pen Bay Medical Center's Department of Radiology, the leading regional referral hospital in Midcoast Maine, has recently received accreditation from the American College of Radiology (ACR).
Since 1963, the American College of Radiology has been considered among the oldest and most experienced imaging accreditation bodies in the United States, as it administers accreditation programs to determine the quality of imaging facilities. National quality standards are being set by the ACR to continue developing patient care. The recent commitment is demonstrated by the ACR accreditation of the CT scanner under the name of Pen Bay X-Ray Associates and Pen Bay Medical Center in order to offer the safest and best possible quality care for the patients of Midcoast Maine.
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Pen Bay Medical Center Receives ACR Accreditation
Since 1963, the American College of Radiology has been considered among the oldest and most experienced imaging accreditation bodies in the United States, as it administers accreditation programs to determine the quality of imaging facilities. National quality standards are being set by the ACR to continue developing patient care. The recent commitment is demonstrated by the ACR accreditation of the CT scanner under the name of Pen Bay X-Ray Associates and Pen Bay Medical Center in order to offer the safest and best possible quality care for the patients of Midcoast Maine.
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Pen Bay Medical Center Receives ACR Accreditation
Redwood Memorial To Use Digital Mammography For Detecting Breast Cancer
Redwood Memorial Hospital in Fortuna, California, announced recently that it will promote its breast imaging capabilities following the implementation of a new digital mammography system in the facility for the first time. The new system was bought thanks to a raised fund of $100,000, which was collected during the 2010 Benefit Ball and Scramble for Redwood Memorial golf tournament.
The public are invited to a ceremony at the hospital next Tuesday celebrating the arrival of the new system at the imaging department of the hospital. Gwynna Morris, a longtime hospital supporter, will be honored during the ceremony. Previously, radiologists at the Redwood Memorial depended on X-ray scanning in order to detect breast cancer. However, diagnosing that disease has become easier thanks to digital mammography technology.
Among the main benefits of digital mammography is its capabilities of detecting cancer in women with dense breast tissue, which are usually more difficult to evaluate using X-ray scans. Digital mammography also offers the ability to edit the digital images, such as zooming or changing the lighting of the images, for better view of the breast tissue.
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The public are invited to a ceremony at the hospital next Tuesday celebrating the arrival of the new system at the imaging department of the hospital. Gwynna Morris, a longtime hospital supporter, will be honored during the ceremony. Previously, radiologists at the Redwood Memorial depended on X-ray scanning in order to detect breast cancer. However, diagnosing that disease has become easier thanks to digital mammography technology.
Among the main benefits of digital mammography is its capabilities of detecting cancer in women with dense breast tissue, which are usually more difficult to evaluate using X-ray scans. Digital mammography also offers the ability to edit the digital images, such as zooming or changing the lighting of the images, for better view of the breast tissue.
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Redwood Memorial To Use Digital Mammography For Detecting Breast Cancer
Sunday, 9 January 2011
A New Development In MRI Provides Faster Brain Scans
A breakthrough in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been presented by an international team of neuroscientists and physicists; the new advance permits brain scans to be more than 7 times faster than currently possible. To read the rest of the article please visit:
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Philips Acquires MedSage Technologies
Royal Philips Electronics, a major company providing medical imaging systems and healthcare IT solutions, announced that it has completely acquired all the assets of MedSage Technologies LLC, a major company providing patient interaction and management solutions.
Following the acquisition, Philips will be able to provide a web-based solution that allows home healthcare providers to control ongoing compliance and replenishment services offered to patients undergoing treatment for several conditions obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and diabetes.
Steve Rusckowski, CEO of Philips Healthcare, said "We believe the need to manage chronic diseases by an aging population, coupled with health economics, will continue to drive a greater need for healthcare delivery at home," he added "This acquisition is fully aligned to our strategy of providing home care providers with new opportunities to enhance their service offerings with an effective and cost-efficient application."
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Following the acquisition, Philips will be able to provide a web-based solution that allows home healthcare providers to control ongoing compliance and replenishment services offered to patients undergoing treatment for several conditions obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and diabetes.
Steve Rusckowski, CEO of Philips Healthcare, said "We believe the need to manage chronic diseases by an aging population, coupled with health economics, will continue to drive a greater need for healthcare delivery at home," he added "This acquisition is fully aligned to our strategy of providing home care providers with new opportunities to enhance their service offerings with an effective and cost-efficient application."
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New Service Offered From St. Joseph’s Mobile Mammography Unit
On January 31, 2011 from 9 a.m. till 3 p.m. women will be able to receive a mammography screening at the Safeway store at 10635 Folsom Blvd., Rancho Cordova. St. Joseph’s Medical Center now offers mammograms through an innovative program which provides mammography services to the women who can't have access to the service, due to financial obstacles or not having their medical insurance covering the procedure.
The mammograms will cost only $80.00. But women who participate in certain medical programs will receive this service for free. Any woman can have an appointment with a physician in order to have the screenings.
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The mammograms will cost only $80.00. But women who participate in certain medical programs will receive this service for free. Any woman can have an appointment with a physician in order to have the screenings.
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New Service Offered From St. Joseph’s Mobile Mammography Unit
Thursday, 6 January 2011
The Preoperative Breast MRI Helps In Detecting The Undiscovered Cancer
American Journal of Roentgenology published in 2011 a study revealing that patients who are recently diagnosed with breast cancer can have that ability to discover any other invisible cancer through the use of preoperative Breast MRI. The University of Washington and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance in Seattle, WA was the performer of this study. About 592 patients who were recently diagnosed with breast cancer were included in study and gradually underwent preoperative breast MRI.
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BSGI Offers New Option For Breast Cancer Screening In West Texas
Joe Arrington Cancer Research and Treatment Center, one of Covenant Health System’s facilities in West Texas, has started offering women a new option, the Breast specific gamma imaging (BSGI), for screening to detect breast cancer. The center has recently welcomed 3 women who underwent imaging using the new technique for the first time.
The center is the sole facility in the region that provides breast specific gamma imaging. The technique is used in combination with mammography and ultrasound in order to have breast images with higher details, which aids doctors in reaching more accurate diagnosis. Dr. Cody Cox, a physician at Lubbock Diagnostic Radiology, commented “It’s the missing piece that we’ve been wanting for a long time. Any complete breast center should have this.”
Covenant Foundation acquired the BSGI system for a cost ranging from $200,000 to $300,000. The funds were raised during the cancer center golf tournament. The new imaging technique is used to assess women with high risk for breast cancer. Yet, the technique cannot be considered as a substitute for mammography or ultrasound.
Moreover, breast specific gamma imaging is somewhat similar to breast MRI, but also it cannot act as its replacement. BSGI offers simpler images with more specific details about the breast tissue, so it helps doctors in accurate detection of breast cancer especially in women with denser breasts, which are much difficult to evaluate using conventional mammography scans.
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The center is the sole facility in the region that provides breast specific gamma imaging. The technique is used in combination with mammography and ultrasound in order to have breast images with higher details, which aids doctors in reaching more accurate diagnosis. Dr. Cody Cox, a physician at Lubbock Diagnostic Radiology, commented “It’s the missing piece that we’ve been wanting for a long time. Any complete breast center should have this.”
Covenant Foundation acquired the BSGI system for a cost ranging from $200,000 to $300,000. The funds were raised during the cancer center golf tournament. The new imaging technique is used to assess women with high risk for breast cancer. Yet, the technique cannot be considered as a substitute for mammography or ultrasound.
Moreover, breast specific gamma imaging is somewhat similar to breast MRI, but also it cannot act as its replacement. BSGI offers simpler images with more specific details about the breast tissue, so it helps doctors in accurate detection of breast cancer especially in women with denser breasts, which are much difficult to evaluate using conventional mammography scans.
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BSGI Offers New Option For Breast Cancer Screening In West Texas
Wednesday, 5 January 2011
Non Radiologists Receive Medicare Payments For Medical Imaging More Than Radiologists
According to a study, appearing in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR), Medicare payments for non-invasive medical screening, involving computed tomography (CT) scans and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are lower to radiologists than to non radiologists.
David C. Levin, MD, lead author of the study mentioned that “Radiologists have always been considered the physicians who “control” non-invasive diagnostic imaging (NDI) and are primarily responsible for its growth. Yet non-radiologists have become increasingly aggressive in their performance and interpretation of imaging".
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PET Used To Study Epilepsy In Children
According to a recent study, positron emission tomography (PET) scans are able to provide an assessment and determine prognosis of cases of cognitive dysfunction of fever-induced refractory epileptic encephalopathy in school-age children (FIRES). The findings of the study were published in the January issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
FIRES is a recently-identified disorder that develops in healthy children. Subjects suffer a brief fever followed by acute seizures that are highly resistant to medication and these seizures continue for several weeks. Once they stop, children experience severe cognitive dysfunction, affecting mainly the functions of language, memory and behavior.
The study was titled "18F-FDG PET Reveals Frontotemporal Dysfunction in Children with Fever-Induced Refractory Epileptic Encephalopathy," It involved 8 children identified to have FIRES. The participants underwent neuropsychologic evaluations, brain MRI and 18F-FDG PET scans. Researchers reported severe cognitive dysfunction in each child; MRI scans did not show any brain abnormalities in these children, while PET scans indicated that they were suffering significant cognitive impairment.
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FIRES is a recently-identified disorder that develops in healthy children. Subjects suffer a brief fever followed by acute seizures that are highly resistant to medication and these seizures continue for several weeks. Once they stop, children experience severe cognitive dysfunction, affecting mainly the functions of language, memory and behavior.
The study was titled "18F-FDG PET Reveals Frontotemporal Dysfunction in Children with Fever-Induced Refractory Epileptic Encephalopathy," It involved 8 children identified to have FIRES. The participants underwent neuropsychologic evaluations, brain MRI and 18F-FDG PET scans. Researchers reported severe cognitive dysfunction in each child; MRI scans did not show any brain abnormalities in these children, while PET scans indicated that they were suffering significant cognitive impairment.
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PET Used To Study Epilepsy In Children
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