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 ...

PARIS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 29: Radiologist Arshid Azarine (R) consults with a medical team as they conduct an MRI scan on a patient at the Paris Saint-Joseph hospital on October 29, 2020 in Paris, France ...

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 ...

One of the most peculiar tech stories that we have reported on in recent memory had to deal with a helium leak involving a newly installed MRI machine at a medical facility. Helium leaked in ...

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 ...

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 ...

As hospitals and health systems worry over the unsteady supply of helium, a necessary element for MRI machines, Royal Philips installed its thousandth “virtually helium-free MRI,” the company said Feb ...

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 ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Helium, a critical component in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems, has gone through two potential shortage crises, impacting hospitals and patients around the globe.

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 ...