NEW UPRIGHT MRI Invention for NON RADIATION Scoliosis Scanning

[Beverly]

(http://www.fonar.com/news/112607.htm) more info. Spine Info Upright and Tube MRI UCLA Independent Studies: (http://tinyurl.com/2x4rkg) Positional Mri (http://www.fonar.com/pmri.htm) (http://tinyurl.com/9s5hu)

[jillw]

Thanks for posting that.
The article says it would be at the same cost and time of an Xray - hopefully insurance would cover it. I worry so much about my daughter's xray exposure since she is so young and has SOOO many years of xrays ahead of her. I wonder how open minded doctors will be towards accepting it and/or if they will think it is as good a measure?

[rtremb]

Re: X-ray exposure
Esme was telling us about the x-ray machine at St. Justine's yesterday and how it is different from the one at CHEO in Ottawa. The x-ray machine at St. Justine's emits much less radiation than the usual x-ray equipment. This is a link to an article about it.

http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?NewsEntityId=62218

[jillw]

Yes, I am so glad that is the case (although by the time we made it to Montreal , Katie had already had boatloads of Xrays -in my opinion). It isn't yet FDA approved so it hasn't made it into the US (or at least it wasn't FDA approved when I last looked into it a few weeks ago). I haven't seen it in writing but somebody there told me it was 1/10th the exposure, I believe? At montreal they use the "better" machine for the standing xrays but still have to use the traditional xray when they take the laying down xrays. How often do they get the lying down xrays, I wonder? Is that only on the first visit and never again? I was telling my husband that even if my daughter wasn't being treated in Montreal I'd still want to drive up there for the xrays!!!! (not that it would be an option, I'd guess)

[rtremb]

Jill:

I don't know if Esme had a lying down x-ray in Montreal - I will ask her.

As far as I know she only had lying down x-rays when she was in her Charleston brace. These were taken at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario.

Ruth

[Prfbones]

This device was cleared by the FDA for use in the US back on September 18, 2007 :)

[HaleyMom]

This device was cleared by the FDA for use in the US back on September 18, 2007 :)

These machines are finally making their way into the US - my daughter had an xray in one this afternoon - incredibly clear images. The machine captures an AP and LAT image in a single scan with significantly lower radiation exposure than film machines.

http://www.biospacemed.com/index.php

These images definitely need some work in Photoshop before showing to friends and family - way too much soft tissue showing.