There are several strategies for the early detection of prostate cancer. The first step is often a blood test for prostate-specific antigen (PSA). If PSA levels exceed a certain threshold, the next ...

Last year we learned of an interesting medical device that could play a significant role in expanding access to MRI imaging, by literally placing the technology on wheels. This world-first portable ...

Spurred by his grandmother’s painful death from cancer, physician Raymond Damadian revolutionized medicine by inventing the first MRI machine. But the Nobel Prize in the field in 2003 went to two ...

Lead author Jan Lagendijk (left) and first author Bas Raaymakers from UMC Utrecht. (Courtesy: UMC Utrecht) A research paper describing the first clinical use of a 1.5 T MRI-Linac for MRI-guided ...

An MRI can be a critical tool to help doctors diagnose health issues. But, for many patients, it can also be a nerve-wracking and uncomfortable experience. "I said, 'If I'm going to get an MRI, you're ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Hundreds of medical conditions could be discovered at a life-saving pace thanks to new technology recently established in the Summit City. The first full-body MRI machine in ...

BARCELONA, Spain — Data from a prospective imaging study question the use of x-ray radiography first in the diagnostic workup of patients with suspected axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), a practice ...

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Raymond Damadian, MD, who built the first MRI scanner more than forty years ago, died Aug. 3, The New York Times reported Aug. 17. He was 86. Dr. Damadian’s research helped revolutionize the field of ...

THE SAME TIME. >> I SAID, IF I’M GOING TO GET AN MRI, YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT ME UNDER BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME, WHICH I JUST HAD A PANIC ATTACK JESSICA: AMY PAIGE DIDN’T EVEN REALIZE ...