FONAR Corporation (NASDAQ-FONR), The Inventor of MR Scanning™,
reported today publication of a chapter where the
physician-author-researchers utilized the FONAR UPRIGHT®
Multi-Position™ MRI. The title of their chapter is: Craniocervical
Junction Syndrome: Anatomy of the Craniocervical and Atlantoaxial
Junctions and the Effect of Misalignment on Cerebrospinal Fluid
Flow.
Please click on https://www.fonar.com/news/031419.htm to
see the complete press release with its images and
captions.
The chapter is in a book titled ‘Hydrocephalus - Water on the
Brain’ and was published by IntechOpen, the world's leading
publisher of Open Access books for scientists. The chapter can be
found at:
https://www.intechopen.com/books/hydrocephalus-water-on-the-brain/craniocervical-junction-syndrome-anatomy-of-the-craniocervical-and-atlantoaxial-junctions-and-the-ef.
The authors are Drs. Scott Rosa, John W. Baird, David Harshfield
and Mahan Chehrenama.
Dr. Rosa says: “The chapter describes how malformations and
misalignments of the craniocervical junction (CCJ) can cause a
constellation of cerebral and other neurological signs and symptoms
collectively called the craniocervical syndrome (CCS). The signs
and symptoms of the craniocervical junction syndrome, may be due to
mechanical strain causing deformation of dura mater, vasculature
and other structures of the cranial vault resulting in irritation
of and dysfunction of affected tissues. Deformation of the CCJ may
also obstruct blood and CSF flow. Chronic ischemia, edema and
hydrocephalus can cause degenerative cascades that can in turn lead
to neurodegenerative diseases.”
Dr. Rosa has developed a patented method to restore
cerebrospinal integrity by correcting misalignments at the
craniocervical junction (CCJ). The method is called Image Guided
Atlas Treatment™ or IGAT™. He says that the FONAR UPRIGHT® MRI and
its imaging sequences are a critical part of the IGAT™ methodology
in correcting the misalignments found at the CCJ. This is because
only the FONAR UPRIGHT® MRI can visualize the CCJ in the upright,
fully weight-loaded position, necessary for detecting fully
distended cerebellar tonsillar ectopia and CSF flow impeding
vertebral malalignments.
Raymond V. Damadian, M.D., Chairman of the Board of Directors of
FONAR Corporation, said: “It is rewarding when we see our UPRIGHT®
MRI scanner providing valuable results. When I went to
medical school, little was known about CSF physiology. The MRI has
visualized the flow of the CSF
for the first time and enabled its quantification,
thus providing a measure of the degree to which the therapy being
employed is achieving its desired end results and enabling
assessment of the therapy modifications that might be needed. Now
we understand that 32 quarts of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) per day
originate in the ventricles of the brain and circulate down the
spine to the sacrum and back.”
“I would like to thank the authors for this thorough research
publication and their past and continued efforts towards the
understanding of the “craniocervical syndrome” (CCS) and
“craniocervical joint dysfunction.” FONAR’s own research
validates their work. In the future, continued understanding of the
CCS may plausibly have a significant impact on the genesis and
treatments of the many neurodegenerative diseases that plague
mankind. These include multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease), Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and
additionally the non neuro-degenerative diseases childhood
autism, birth injury Cerebral Palsy,” concluded
Dr. Damadian.
Please visit https://www.fonar.com/news/031419.htm for the
complete press release with images and captions. The online press
release includes figures 6, 9 and 11 from the online Chapter 3.
Figures 6 and 9 demonstrate an example of the cervical misalignment
that can be realigned by IGAT™. Figure 11 shows a CSF flow
cinematic MRI in the pre-IGAT™ and post-IGAT™ on the same patient.
All MRI images in the chapter 3 were taken on the FONAR UPRIGHT®
Multi-Position™ MRI.
The online press release contains the actual CSF Flow cinematic
from which figure 11 in the chapter is obtained.
Please click on https://www.fonar.com/news/031419.htm to
see the complete press release with its images and
captions.
About FONAR
FONAR, The Inventor of MR Scanning™, is located in Melville, NY,
was incorporated in 1978, and is the first, oldest and most
experienced MRI company in the industry. FONAR introduced the
world’s first commercial MRI in 1980, and went public in 1981.
The Company’s two industry segments are: development,
manufacturing and servicing of the FONAR UPRIGHT® Multi-Position™
MRI, aka Stand-Up® MRI, and management of 26 MRI centers through
its subsidiary, Health Management Company of America (HMCA).
FONAR’s signature product is the FONAR UPRIGHT® Multi-Position™
MRI (also known as the Stand-Up® MRI), the only whole-body MRI that
performs Position™ Imaging (pMRI™) and scans patients in numerous
weight-bearing positions, i.e. standing, sitting, in flexion and
extension, as well as the conventional lie-down position. The FONAR
UPRIGHT® MRI often detects patient problems that other MRI scanners
cannot because they are lie-down and ”weightless” only scanners.
The patient-friendly UPRIGHT® MRI has a near-zero patient
claustrophobic rejection rate. As a FONAR customer states, “If the
patient is claustrophobic in this scanner, they’ll be
claustrophobic in my parking lot.” Approximately 85% of patients
are scanned sitting while watching TV.
FONAR has new works-in-progress technology for visualizing and
quantifying the cerebral hydraulics of the central nervous system,
the flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which circulates throughout
the brain and vertebral column at the rate of 32 quarts per
day. This imaging and quantifying of the dynamics of this
vital life-sustaining physiology of the body’s neurologic system
has been made possible first by FONAR’s introduction of the MRI and
now by this latest works-in-progress method for
quantifying CSF in all the normal positions of the
body, particularly in its upright flow against gravity.
Patients with whiplash or other neck injuries are among those who
will benefit from FONAR’s new technology for
quantifying CSF flow and the new clinical
understanding it provides.
FONAR’s substantial list of patents includes recent patents for
its technology enabling full weight-bearing MRI imaging of all the
gravity sensitive regions of the human anatomy, especially the
brain, extremities and spine. It includes its newest technology for
measuring the Upright cerebral hydraulics of the central nervous
system. FONAR’s UPRIGHT® Multi-Position™ MRI is the only
scanner licensed under these patents.
UPRIGHT® and STAND-UP® are registered trademarks and The
Inventor of MR Scanning™, Full Range of Motion™, Multi-Position™,
Upright Radiology™, The Proof is in the Picture™, True Flow™,
pMRI™, Spondylography™, Dynamic™, Spondylometry™, CSP™, and
Landscape™, are trademarks of FONAR Corporation.
This release may include forward-looking statements from the
company that may or may not materialize. Additional information on
factors that could potentially affect the company's financial
results may be found in the company's filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
For Immediate
Release |
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The Inventor of MR
Scanning™ |
Contact: Daniel
Culver |
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An ISO 9001
Company |
Director of
Communications |
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Melville, New York
11747 |
E-mail:
investor@fonar.com |
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Phone: (631)
694-2929 |
www.fonar.com |
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Fax: (631)
390-1772 |
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