News

New Scanner Opens up New Possibilities for Patients
05/06/2008
Dolphins swimming underwater, jet planes whizzing overhead, and monkeys climbing up palm trees are just some of the images patients are now seeing at Strong Memorial Hospital as it introduces the region?s first ?open? high-field magnetic resonance (MRI) scanner.

MRIs, PETs and CTs: The Ins and Outs of Today's Imaging Techniques
01/31/2008
Come and learn about the science behind the many different imaging techniques being used to diagnose and treat disease today at a free seminar.

Children Would Need Different Medical Care in Wake of Dirty Bomb
10/31/2007
If terrorists were to attack with a dirty bomb, medical authorities should be prepared to treat children differently than adults because their developing bodies would absorb and respond to the radiation exposure in distinct ways, according to a new study from the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Research Agreement to Advance New Imaging Technology
03/29/2007
The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and T.I.E.S., LLC, a Rochester-based start-up company, have entered into a research partnership to evaluate a new technology that could ultimately represent a major advance in medical imaging.

Minimally Invasive Approach Helps to Prevent Amputations
03/05/2007
Research presented earlier this week at a national scientific conference shows angioplasty and stenting can help prevent amputation and restore blood flow in the lower extremities in patients with severe peripheral arterial disease (PAD).

First Clinical 3T MRI Lands in Rochester
02/12/2007
The region?s first 3 Tesla magnetic resonance scanner (MRI) for clinical use is now available in Rochester, bringing with it important tools to help physicians improve the accuracy of diagnoses and treatments of broad categories of diseases including stroke, brain tumors, epilepsy, musculoskeletal and heart disease.

New Breast CT Scanner Rivals Mammography
11/27/2006
At the Radiological Society of North America meeting in Chicago on November 27, researchers will unveil a new imaging system developed at the University of Rochester that showed in a pilot study it could capture images equal to or better than mammography.

Landmark Study Expands PET Scan Coverage
05/05/2006
The University of Rochester Medical Center?s University Imaging at Science Park will participate in the National Oncologic PET Registry, a study designed to determine the effectiveness of PET scans in helping to diagnose and treat cancer.

Medical Center Brings First Permanent PET/CT Facility to Region
06/02/2005
When the University of Rochester Medical Center opens University Imaging at Science Park at the end of June, it will create a diagnostic imaging and research facility that will improve diagnosis and treatment of cancer, help to discover new methods for treating other serious diseases, and generate new jobs in the city of Rochester.

Spinoff Company Receives $2.5 Million NIH Grant to Build Prototype Scanner
05/11/2005
Koning Corp., a Rochester-based imaging start-up and a spinoff company from the University of Rochester Medical Center, today announced that it has received a $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to build a next-generation scanner for the early diagnosis of breast cancer, image-guided therapeutics and breast cancer screening.