Dear MRI Insider,
If you reckon fetal MRI still rates as a new procedure, then it's time to think again. Hard as it is to believe, the technique's been in use for more than 20 years.
Dr. César Martín has worked with fetal MRI during this entire period. He and his colleagues used MRI to evaluate 1,025 pregnant women seen at UDIAT-CD Hospital Parc Taulí in Sabadell, Spain, between 1997 and 2017. They presented their findings at RSNA 2017, and they won a certificate of merit. Click here for the full story and for some impressive clinical images.
Meanwhile, the French Society of Radiology revealed the extremely sad news that cardiac MRI pioneer Dr. Alain Rahmouni passed away suddenly last week. Tributes are already flowing in for this popular and respected radiologist. To read more, click here.
Undergoing an MRI scan is thought to be safer than ever these days, but accidents do still happen. An Indian man was killed recently when an oxygen cylinder he was carrying pulled him into the bore of a scanner. Get the details here. And read the follow-up article.
Relaxation time measurements are not the most thrilling of topics, but they're back in fashion among the MRI community. Is this a good thing? Or a source of concern? The Maverinck addresses the subject in his new column.
In view of some patients' anxiety over MRI and the growing pressure on radiology departments to achieve efficiencies, any initiative to shorten examination times is welcome. Artificial intelligence has a central role to play here, writes Dr. Hugh Harvey, a consultant radiologist from London. Click here for his article on the 10-minute MRI scan.
This letter features only a few of the numerous articles posted over recent weeks in the MRI Community. Please scroll through the full list of our coverage below.
