Helium, which is required for MRI machines to function, is being rationed due to a global shortage The global helium shortage is sparking concerns across the medical community. Doctors around the ...

Healthcare decision makers can see how helium free MRI design lowers operating costs and eases deployment in regional ...

Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced its next-generation 1.5T BlueSeal MR wide-bore scanner will be unveiled at RSNA ...

In context: Helium is an element that most of us take for granted. We use it to float birthday balloons. It is also a component in some electronics, such as helium-filled hard drives. Magnetic ...

A U.S. Senate committee last week passed the Helium Stewardship Act, designed to alleviate a helium shortage by enabling the Secretary of the Interior to continue selling crude helium from the Federal ...

A shortage of helium that has been plaguing businesses that sell lighter-than-air balloons is also affecting the operation of MRI scanners. A variety of conditions let to the shortages--from wildfires ...

BlueSeal MR Mobile’s unique magnet technology advances patient outcomes and access to care with high quality diagnostic imaging and enhanced workflows The first BlueSeal MR Mobile unit, developed for ...

One of the most abundant elements in the universe is getting harder to come by. Helium goes into a lot more than balloons. Because the gas is inert and has extreme melting and boiling points—both near ...

Dr Arjen Radder, CEO, Global Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Philips, speaks to Prathiba Raju on how sustainable MRI solutions BlueSeal will be launched in India by beginning of 2020. Q. What ...

The global helium shortage is sparking concerns across the medical community. Doctors around the country have expressed worry that a lack of helium, the coldest element on Earth, could soon create ...