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Technology provider Oxford Instruments plc of Abingdon, UK, has acquired Platinum Medical Imaging LLC of Deerfield Beach, Fla., and Vacaville, Calif. Oxford Instruments said it was attracted to Platinum Medical because of growth in the third-party service market and the recent US health care reforms, which encourage medical imaging facilities to move to more cost-effective provider services. Combining Platinum with OiService, Oxford Instruments’ MRI service business in North America, strengthens the group’s broader service offerings and its opportunity for further global service development. Platinum Medical provides equipment selection, site planning, installation and hands-on training for magnetic resonance and computed tomography imaging instruments.
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Published: January 2012
Glossary
magnetic resonance imaging
An imaging technique used in radiology that is based on the principles of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to produce high-quality images of the inside of the human body by imaging the nuclei of atoms within the body.
nuclear magnetic resonance
A phenomenon, exploited for medical imaging, in which the nuclei of material placed in a strong magnetic field will absorb radio waves supplied by a transmitter at particular frequencies. The energy of the radio-frequency photons is used to promote the nucleus from a low-energy state, in which the nuclear spin is aligned parallel to the strong magnetic field, to a higher-energy state in which the spin is opposed to the field. When the source of the radio waves is turned off, many nuclei will...
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