A special welcome to our Spring 2019 guest editor
Welcome to the 2019 Spring Edition of SIGNA™ Pulse of MR. As the inaugural Guest Editor, I am honored and excited to share some of my thoughts with you. I hope that you will enjoy reading the many clinical and technical advancements highlighted in this issue; several are made possible by the collective effort of GE Healthcare’s academic partners that further elevate radiology.
News
Artful images
Global MR market size to grow
Leading the AI charge
More comfortable prostate scans
Clear the AIR
EPI in the mix
Video game tech fueled ViosWorks
European team awarded 3.2M grant
MR optimizes diagnoses and long-term patient management
Localizing pain with PET/MR
New software release focuses on enhancements
Spotlight
Development of an MR-only radiation therapy workflow
Thirty-minute PET/MR exam for pediatric cancer patients
Whole-body diffusion for evaluation of metastatic lesions
In Practice
Transforming the MR imaging experience for one of Sweden’s largest pediatric hospitals
AIR Technology: a brilliant improvement in high-quality imaging and patient comfort
New deep learning tool streamlines MR slice prescription
An upgrade that meets the expectation for higher resolution, SNR and productivity
Ultra-flexible AIR Technology Suite making a difference in the technologist’s workflow
MR Excellence Program is a beacon for optimizing MR imaging workflow and the patient experience
Cardiac MR in patients with CIEDs
Case Studies
Body imaging with AIR Technology Anterior Array and Posterior Array
Neuro imaging with 48-channel Head Coil
Diffusion imaging with AIR Technology Suite
Free-breathing liver imaging using DISCO with Auto Navigator
Free-breathing navigator-echo triggered diffusion-weighted imaging in the evaluation of hepatobiliary disease
3D MRCP with HyperSense: an evaluation of respiratory-triggered and breath-hold sequences
Detecting ischemia-induced cardiac fibrosis with phase sensitive MDE
Tech Trends
