article thumbnail

IMV: MRI exam mix shifts from outpatient to hospital settings

AuntMinnie

In 2024, the percentage of MRI procedures performed in an outpatient setting decreased five percentage points to 66% of total MR procedures, according to the newly published IMV 2024 MR Market Outlook Report. Davin Korstjens of IMV Medical Information Division. Over the weekend, independent imaging centers are open for 7.8 The takeaway?

Hospital 206
article thumbnail

Ultra-high field MRI implicates long COVID in brainstem damage

Health Imaging

Researchers have used 7T MRI to demonstrate that former COVID-19 inpatients are susceptible to persistent brainstem abnormalities associated with long-haul COVID symptoms.

Inpatient 295
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Simple intervention can reduce unnecessary inpatient MRI orders

Health Imaging

At one academic center, reviewing a questionnaire related to body MRI orders resulted in many ordering providers doing an about-face regarding the necessity of their inpatient request.

Inpatient 146
article thumbnail

Simple filtration system removes iodinated contrast from wastewater

AuntMinnie

The filter was used with 170 patients who underwent inpatient interventional cardiac procedures with Iomeron 300 ( Bracco Diagnostics ) and with another group of 140 patients who underwent an outpatient MRI exam with Dotaram ( Guerbet ).

Inpatient 214
article thumbnail

Radiologists are reading more cardiac CT exams, but not cardiac MRI

AuntMinnie

The use of both cardiac CT and cardiac MRI increased in the Medicare population over the past seven years, according to research presented November 29 at the RSNA meeting. As for cardiac MRI, the number of exams increased annually between 2013 and 2019, and cardiologists read the majority of them, Beizavi reported. Cardiologists 58.5%

article thumbnail

MRI/ultrasound combination effective for treating prostate cancer

AuntMinnie

A new, minimally invasive procedure that combines MRI and transurethral ultrasound is effective for treating prostate cancer, according to research presented March 20 at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting in Salt Lake City. ng/ml to 0.63 ng/ml at five years.

article thumbnail

ISMRM: 'Reinventing' an MRI safety protocol

AuntMinnie

Reinventing an MRI safety program can create a culture of safety, engage technologists, and inspire safer workflows, according to research shared May 3 at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) meeting. Luke's University Health Network in Bethlehem, PA, to create and institute a multifaceted MRI safety program.

MRI 230