FieldStrength MRI Magazine

Issue 40, May 2010

 

Field Strength provides regular features and articles on Magnetic Resonance activities. Additionally, the journal serves as a resource for Philips MRI customers to share solutions to their day-to-day challenges in MRI clinical practice.

 


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FieldStrength Issue 40 

Editorial
Editorial by Alexander Britz, GSSI Business Unit Manager Magnetic Resonance Imaging 

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Reports from our users

Functional MRI valuable in clinical oncology 
Dr. Maravilla, Dr Kleinhans, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, are using 3.0T fMRI for pre-operative planning of brain surgery.
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Achieva 1.5T XR enables excellent cardiac imaging at Cleveland Clinic

“Rampable” system provides 3.0T gradients for improved spatial resolution, overall image quality according to Dr. Flamm.
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Comparison demonstrates 32-channel cardiac coil’s strength 
Better image quality makes Cardiac MR evaluation and reporting easier and faster according to Dr. Westwood at London Chest Hospital.
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‘Smart value’ Achieva 1.5T SE is impressive performer at Orthopaedic Hospital 
Mark Ahrens, Dr. Dorn observe that Achieva 1.5T SE combines outstanding image quality with economic attractiveness.
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MRI scanner at Manipal Hospital gets a new lease on life 
Dr. Tummala says new coils and upgrade to Release 12 bring aging Intera 1.5T scanner right up to date.
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Panorama HFO shows clear advantages in MR-guided breast biopsy 
Dr. van den Bosch, UMC Utrecht uses the High Field Open Panorama for fast, easy, accessible biopsy work.
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Research

Leuven is fine-tuning 3.0T DWIBS for whole body staging 
Dr. Vandecaveye is researching whole body diffusion-weighted MRI for single-step cancer staging at 3.0T with MultiTransmit.

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7.0T MultiTransmit and other new technology used in oncology research at UMCU 
Dr. Klomp is advancing MultiTransmit for 7.0T imaging and spectroscopy to investigate biomarkers in prostate and breast oncology.

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MR news

Philips users consistently demonstrate consistent high quality and speed with 3.0T MultiTransmit 

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Small Extremity coil offers flexibility and excellent image quality 

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16-channel Knee coil fits more patients and provides better images 

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Investigational Sonalleve MR-HIFU fibroid therapy system showcased at ISMRM

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Most popular MRI NetForum contributions in fourth quarter of 2009 

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Application tips

Optimization of fat suppression in the head/neck area 

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Calendars
Education calendar, Events calendar 

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