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Siemens Healthineers, Tower Health enter 10-year partnership

AuntMinnie

The partnership aims to improve diagnostic imaging and digital intelligence tools for radiology, oncology, and cardiology across the West Reading, PA-based Tower Health system. It will also address the standardization and life-cycle management of Tower Healths imaging equipment and equip departments with Siemens Healthineers equipment.

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MRI guidance significantly reduces radiotherapy side effects compared to CT

Health Imaging

A recent comparison of the two modalities’ utility for guiding radiation therapy for prostate cancer shows numerous benefits for MRI over CT.

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MRI could be 'powerful tool' for guiding surgery decisions in patients with rectal cancer

Health Imaging

Now we have a powerful tool to help patients and their doctors predict who would benefit from surgery after initial chemotherapy and radiation." “No one wants to get surgery if they can avoid it.

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MRI scoring system could prevent unnecessary biopsy of osseous lesions

Health Imaging

Radiation-induced osteitis may not cause clinical symptoms, but its presence often sparks concerns about malignancy.

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SIR 2024: Study finds ultrasound ablation to be a precise, effective treatment for prostate cancer

Health Imaging

The MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation comes with minimal side effects, offering cancer patients an alternative to radiation or surgery.

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How X-Rays Improve Your Overall Health

Professional Radiology

Medical professionals also discovered the inherent radiation risks with the process and have now improved the protocols and techniques to minimize this exposure. Yet, this process continues to play a significant role in maintaining people’s health. These annual breast exams help women monitor the health and condition of their breasts.

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Radiography, Research, and You

The British Institute of Radiology

Over the next 130 years, medical imaging has undergone many varied evolutions to become a cornerstone of modern-day medicine. Radiography has exploded into a variety of modalities and specialisms from CT to Ultrasound to MRI; all driven by research and development. All beginning with that first piece of research.