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FerriScan for iron overload |
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Monday, 16 January 2006 |
 FerriScan is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)- based new technology for the non-invasive measurement of liver iron concentrations.
In the past, liver iron concentration was only able to be measured by liver needle biopsy, an invasive and often painful procedure. Now there is FerriScan which is more accurate, non-invasive,safer and quicker procedure. It gives patients and clinicians the information needed for diagnosis and planning treatment of iron overload in thalassemia. The test received FDA approval on January 2006.
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