Gene Barnett, MD, of the Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center at Cleveland Clinic, is conducting research that uses laser and MRI technology to heat and kill brain tumors.

The Image Gently campaign has developed online teaching materials and checklists to help interventional radiology providers use the lowest dose necessary to perform interventional procedures on children.

Although the Health IT Policy Committee adopted a number of recommendations at its meeting last week, some of the recommendations regarding EHR certification and adoption deadlines might be difficult, or impossible, to meet.

The integration of quality control (QC) procedures for image and data integrity in a digital environment not only improves patient care, it reduces both professional and administrative costs to a medical imaging practice.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and David Blumenthal, MD, the head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, announced today that about $1.2 billion in grants are being made available to promote the use of EHRs.

In vivo MRI results demonstrate that mesenchymal stem cells migrate toward a quinolinic acid lesion and can survive for 19 days post-transplantation, which gives hope for future research harnessing stem cells for treating neurodegenerative diseases, such as Huntington's, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, according to research in this months issue of Stem Cells.

Fast spin-echo sequence (FSE)-Cube has similar diagnostic performance as a routine MR imaging protocol for detecting cartilage lesions, cruciate ligament tears, collateral ligament tears, meniscal tears and bone marrow edema lesions within the knee joint at 3T, according to a prospective review in this months issue of Radiology.

The British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre at Glasgow University in Scotland has ordered a Magnetom Verio 3T MRI scanner from Siemens Healthcare.