Rochester, MN, USA— Resoundant Inc., announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership with United Imaging Healthcare to begin offering advanced magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) on leading United Imaging MRI systems. United Imaging’s mission encompasses a dedication to the latest innovations and ensuring their accessibility worldwide. The company’s unique “all in” model features the highest priority applications needed to meet day to day workflows. The inclusion of MRE as a core product will exemplify this standard, as it has become an essential clinical tool for non-invasively assessing liver fibrosis around the world. “We are thrilled to partner with United Imaging to
With the rise of fatty liver disease in the U.S. and beyond, deploying non-invasive technologies to screen and diagnose NAFLD and NASH has emerged as a top priority for many health systems around the world. The U.S. has seen the availability of a number of elastography techniques - particularly vibration controlled transient elastography (Fibroscan®) and magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) - grow in adoption in recent years. Together, these tools can work in a complementary fashion to screen and stage liver fibrosis. Fibroscan® has excellent negative predictive value for ruling out disease. MRE has excellent positive predictive value and can confirm an elevated Fibroscan® result - often
