Three-dimensional delayed-enhancement MR imaging (DE-MRI) of the left atrial wall is a powerful tool to evaluate injury resulting from radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation. In addition, injury on MRI seems to reflect tissue scarring, and the degree of scarring correlates with procedural outcomes, according to a study in the Oct. 7 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is granting an estimated $11 million over the next five years to create two new Biomedical Technology Research Centers (BTRC) that will provide U.S. researchers with access to specialized research tools, training and equipment.

Duke University chemists have developed a new way to measure temperature changes inside the body with "unprecedented precision" by correcting a subtle error in the original theory underlying MRI, according to a report published in the Oct. 17 issue of Science.

Philips Research reported it has successfully concluded a usability and feasibility study of its decision support software tool for the automatic evaluation of dementia using PET image data.

Philips Healthcare has opened its first diagnostic imaging equipment manufacturing facility in South America, an MR and CT facility located in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Ashva Technologies has released an upgraded version of its DICOM Workstation, RADiON 2.0.

  Breast MRI is showing double-digit growth in 2008 and is one of the fastest growing procedures in the MR departments, according to a newly released imaging market guide from Arlington Medical Resources, a provider of market research for the pharmaceutical and diagnostic imaging industries.

Canadian researchers have used 3D MRI to accurately detect bleedingwithin the walls of diseased carotid arteries, suggesting the techniquemay prove to be a useful screening tool for patients at high risk forstroke, according to a study published in this months issue of Radiology.