magnetic-resonance

A current concern is interaction between pacemakers and magnetic-resonance imaging machines, or MRIs, which create an electromagnetic field strong enough to heat the pacemaker's metal contacts and possibly burn the heart tissue.

Stress Testing Metal Detectors and Other Devices Shirley S. Wang 2011

While in the case of back pain, magnetic-resonance imaging may very well show disk pathology, I doubt if Dr. Makker shares the results of the many studies showing that over half the normal population have disk pathology.

Surgery Should Only Be for the Benefit of the Patient 2011

Researchers at 11 institutions are mapping the largest conduits among brain regions by combining four imaging techniques, including a new method called diffusion magnetic-resonance imaging that allows researchers for the first time to accurately map the white matter of nerve fibers.

Probing the Brain's Mysteries Robert Lee Hotz 2012

NIH Human Connectome Project/Visualization by Vaughan Greer More photos and interactive graphics In recent months, these research teams have devised ways to make magnetic-resonance brain scans seven times more quickly and analyze neural connections 50 times faster than a year ago.

Probing the Brain's Mysteries Robert Lee Hotz 2012

One company, MindSign Neuromarketing of San Diego, uses magnetic-resonance imaging to monitor how viewers' brains react to horror movies and movie trailers for clients in the film industry.

Scary Movies and Real-Life Risks Melinda Beck 2011

Currently, it isn't recommended that patients who receive devices like pacemakers — which help the heart beat properly — undergo magnetic-resonance imaging scans.

Corporate Watch 2010

Currently, it is not recommended that patients who receive devices like pacemakers, which help the heart beat properly, undergo magnetic-resonance imaging scans.

FDA Panel Supports Medtronic Pacemaker Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2010

Currently, it isn't recommended that patients who receive devices like pacemakers — which help the heart beat properly — undergo magnetic-resonance imaging scans.

Corporate Watch 2010

Currently, it isn't recommended that patients who receive devices like pacemakers — which help the heart beat properly — undergo magnetic-resonance imaging scans.

Corporate Watch 2010

Currently, it isn't recommended that patients who receive devices like pacemakers, which help the heart beat properly, undergo magnetic-resonance imaging scans.

MRI-Compatible Pacemaker Wins Backing Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2010