Providers can eliminate the use of gadolinium-based contrast by using new pulse sequences from Toshiba America Medical Systems. The angiography techniques rely on differences in the MR signal that distinguish blood and surrounding soft tissue. The company showcased Fresh Blood Imaging, Contrast-free Improved Angiography, and Time-spatial Labeling Inversion Pulse, positioning these contrast-free imaging techniques as alternatives to gadolinium-based agents. The use of such agents has been associated with the occurrence of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis.
VideosSiemens puts the interventional into I Robot An eight-foot robot arm spins, turns, and twists to demonstrate the unprecedented flexibility of an interventional system debuting at the Siemens Medical Solutions booth. Siemens exec Thomas Truesdell describes for Diagnostic Imaging's business editor Greg Freiherr how this work-in-progress Artis zeego can make interventions easier and more productive.
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