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First Scan for Suspected Axial Spondyloarthritis: X-rays, MRI, or CT?

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 ...
Wane

First full-body MRI machine in Indiana off Dupont Road

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 ...
Tyler Morning Telegraph

Christus Mother Frances Hospital becomes the first in the country to use a portable MRI on NICU patients

Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler recently made a breakthrough on Jan. 16 by becoming the first in the United States to use the new portable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on their smallest ...

A Full-Body MRI Scan Could Save Your Life. Or Ruin It

Calvin Sun was a healthy 37-year-old when a full-body MRI scan showed a cyst in his kidney. Sun saw a urologist who was cautiously optimistic that it wasn’t cancerous and offered him a surgery ...
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Incidental Findings on MRI of Hand and Wrist

In symptomatic patients undergoing MRI of the hand or wrist, about 23% of scans had one or more incidental anomalies, and only about 3% overall needed further workup, a study found. The risk for ...