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A Portable MRI Scanner

May 23, 2023 | | Posted in Newsletter

MRI for all
“The cylindrical machine stands chest high and could be the brooding older brother of R2D2, the Star Wars [MORE]

Imaging Parkinson’s Origin

August 9, 2022 | | Posted in Newsletter

Super-strength MRI identifies neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s disease
From the Wolfson Brain Imaging Center at the University of Cambridge: “Most MRI scanners [MORE]

Ultralow-Field MRI Imaging

April 5, 2022 | | Posted in Newsletter

Ultralow-field MRI scanner
“A compact ultralow-field (ULF) brain MRI scanner that does not require magnetic or radiofrequency shielding and is acoustically [MORE]

Bedside MRI

October 13, 2020 | | Posted in Newsletter

Hyperfine point-of-care MRI
“Conventional MRI scanners need dedicated rooms with entry protocols, quench venting, and safety measures, and patients have to [MORE]

Smaller, Lighter, Cheaper: Portable MRI

February 18, 2020 | | Posted in Newsletter

Prototype portable MR
This piece mostly is business-related about a Guilford, CT company, Hyperfine, which is developing small, portable MRI machines.  [MORE]

Mini-MRI for Knee Injury

August 6, 2019 | | Posted in Newsletter

Prototype of mini MRI for knee injuries
Besides the bones of the knee joint, there are tendons, the meniscus, and ligaments [MORE]

A Wearable MRI

May 21, 2019 | | Posted in Newsletter

Wearable MRI for detecting breast cancer
To improve the patient experience with MRI imaging, engineers at the University of Vienna have [MORE]

The First MRI-Guided Neurosurgical Robot

September 11, 2018 | | Posted in Newsletter

Robot prototype operating within MRI environment
Metal objects used in surgeries are incompatible with the magnetic field of MRI imaging. To work [MORE]

MRI Glove

July 17, 2018 | | Posted in Newsletter

MRI detector glove
New York University School of Medicine engineers have developed a new means for MRI imaging of bones, tendons [MORE]

MRI Mapping of Carotid Artery Plaque to Predict Stroke

October 10, 2017 | | Posted in Newsletter

MRI Based on T2 Mapping
An MRI scan can determine the size of a plaque in the carotid arteries, but cannot [MORE]

Europium-Doped Gadolinium Oxide Nanorods for Imaging and Therapy

August 15, 2017 | | Posted in Newsletter

Imaging Cancer
Reporting in the journal NANO, Indian chemists describe how they made silica-coated europium-doped gadolinium oxide nanorods for dual imaging [MORE]

MRI/PET Imaging Using Dual Agents with Time of Flight Capability

August 8, 2017 | | Posted in Newsletter

Dual Agent PET and MRI
Two injected radioagents– fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) and 18F-sodium fluoride (18F-NaF)—followed by quantitative MRI/PET scanning, produces better [MORE]

MR Guided Focused Ultrasound for Surgery

May 30, 2017 | | Posted in Newsletter

Insightec’s Exablate Neuro
Beyond minimally invasive surgery there is non-invasive surgery, as this piece describes: “By focusing ultrasound waves on a [MORE]

MRI Powered Gun for Tissue Penetration

May 23, 2017 | | Posted in Newsletter

Gauss Gun
According to this piece, MRI machines generate enough electromagnetic energy to move swarms of micro robots though the body [MORE]