Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton, New York, knew that it was losing pediatric MRI patients to a local imaging center with a 0.6T open MRI system, but it wasn’t until the imaging department started collecting data and tracking how many phone calls a day it received inquiring about open MRI that it decided to install an open system alongside its 1.5T

Analog Corporation announced this week the launch of three new ultrasound devices by its subsidiary BK Medical.

Nonradiologists accounted for much of the higher utilization rates of musculoskeletal ultrasound from 2000 to 2009, based on a study in the February issue of the Journal of American College of Radiology.

Space researchers are developing an interesting new ultrasound technology that could push out a kidney stone with far less pain than traditional methods of passing a stone naturally.

New ways of using MR imaging to map the basic wiring of the brain are being developed by teams of researchers at various institutions, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal.

Using MRI before surgery to treat prostate cancer can reduce complications such as incontinence and erectile dysfunction, according to researchers at University of California at Los Angeles.

Signs of dyslexia can show up on an MRI scan even before a child learns to read, according to researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston.

In another remarkable application of the iPhone, researchers have confirmed that at least two life-threatening conditions, apnea and pneumothorax, can be ruled out remotely using an iPhone with an ultrasound attachment.