MRI Exams Performed Remotely Over the Internet (HealthDay)

TUESDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Radiologists are reporting a successful test of computer software that allows magnetic resonance imaging in one hospital to be controlled over the Internet by a distant expert. "Some patients require specialized scans that not all technologists are familiar with, so we set up a software program that enables us to run the MRI machine from a remote location," said study lead author Dr. J. Paul Finn, chief of diagnostic cardiovascular imaging at the University ...