Magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, uses the power of a magnetic field to image the soft tissues of the body without any radiation. The magnet's strength is measured in Teslas. The state-of-the-art Open Bore MRI at AIM features a 1.5 Tesla (or 1.5T) magnet, which is currently the gold standard worldwide. There are various strengths ...
In 2004, a group of Canadian doctors formed the Wait Time Alliance (WTA) out of concern about rising wait times across the country for health care services. Their initial focus was on improving wait times in five areas (cancer care, heart health, joint replacement, sight restoration and diagnostic imaging), and has since expanded to other key health ...
AIM's Dr. Attariwala is currently in the middle of a study using whole body diffusion MRI scanning to research early diagnosis of lung and colon cancers. Both cancers have been subject to stereotyping; lung cancer patients are often assumed smokers, while many people believe that older males make up the majority of colon cancer patients. ...
A migraine headache is more fearsome than the headaches you might suffer if you're dehydrated or had one too many glasses of wine. Migraines can be completely debilitating, causing intense pain, sensitivity to light, movement and sound, and in some cases nausea and vomiting. The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 300 million people worldwide ...
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release March 25, 2013 AIM offering MRI scans for diagnostic cancer research study [Vancouver] – As part of AIM Medical Imaging’s commitment to advancing state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging in Canada, the private MRI clinic is announcing a new phase of research into early lung and colon cancer diagnosis. Potential candidates may be ...
AIM Medical Imaging's Dr. Raj Attariwala was one of only two Canadian researchers present at State-of-the-Art Molecular Imaging in Cancer Biology and Therapy--the American Association for Cancer Research/Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's joint conference in San Diego over Feb. 27 - Mar. 2, 2013. Dr. Attariwala's presentation, co-authored by AIM's MRI technologist Wayne ...
One of the most common questions our patients ask is "What is the difference between a full body scan and a scan of just one part of the body?" The main difference is that scans of a singular body area usually indicate a perceived health issue that the patient and his/her physician are often already aware ...
"At nineteen, it seems to me, one has the right to be arrogant; time has usually not begun its stealthy and rotten subtractions," wrote Stephen King. There is a long-held belief in North American society that adolescents drive faster and party harder than the adults they grow up to be. Now, a team of researchers at Cornell University has ...
A report published last December by the Fraser Institute showed that residents of BC faced the second longest wait times in the country for MRI scans in 2012. These numbers left many people--patients and healthcare professionals alike--confused and disappointed with the province's public health system. Were doctors prescribing unnecessary scans, slowing down an already inflated ...
Do you know the signs and symptoms of stroke? The longer a stroke goes untreated, the greater the potential for permanent brain damage or physical disability. A new Canadian study entitled 'Early Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke: Do it or Lose it' has found that minor stroke patients who receive early MR Imaging ...