Designed with kids in mind: Making MRIs Less Scary for Kids
To produce a clear picture during a traditional MRI scan, patients must hold very still, sometimes for more than an hour. That’s tough for young children. Along with being smaller,…
New Study identifies the detection rates of missing microsurgical needles using intra‐operative imaging
When a needle is lost during surgery, consider the following before ordering fluoroscopy. Needles of chord length greater than 13 mm (6–0) should be reliably detected whilst 3.8 mm (10–0) needles will…
FDA clears world’s first bedside MRI scanner-on-wheels
Hyperfine’s portable MRI features permanent magnets that require no extra power or cooling, with the whole system running off a standard wall outlet to produce a brain scan. (Hyperfine) The…
Protecting yourself from Operating Room radiation
Healthcare workers in the operating room are exposed to radiation during a multitude of surgical procedures as visualisation may be required in orthopaedics, neurology, urology and cardiothoracic surgery. New technologies…
Google’s New Artificial Intelligence Outperforms Experts in Diagnosing Breast Cancer
A Google artificial intelligence system proved as good as expert radiologists at detecting which women had breast cancer based on screening mammograms and showed promise at reducing errors, researchers in…
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): What you need to know!
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a type of scan that uses strong magnetic fields and radio waves to produce detailed images of the inside of the body. An MRI scanner…