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Medicare coverage expands for InSightec
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
InSightec has announced Medicare benefit coverage by CGS Medicare and Palmetto GBA for its MR-guided focused ultrasound to treat essential tremor.
September 30, 2018
Do inpatient body MRI scans prove their worth?
By Wayne Forrest
An internal review of inpatient body MRI scans by clinicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center showed room for improvement in a number of key performance areas, according to a study published online September 24 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
September 30, 2018
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3D-printed head phantom helps calibrate 7T MRI
By Abraham Kim
Researchers from Pennsylvania have created a patient-specific 3D-printed head phantom that may facilitate the testing of new protocols on 7-tesla MRI scanners.
September 30, 2018
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Can AI predict outcomes for psychosis, depression?
By Erik L. Ridley
Making use of MRI and clinical data, an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm outperformed clinical experts in predicting which people at high risk of psychosis or with depression need more intensive therapy, according to research published online September 26 in JAMA Psychiatry.
September 27, 2018
2018 07 25 21 16 7535 Depression 400
FDA OKs InSightec's technology for Siemens' MRI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the compatibility of InSightec's Exablate Neuro device with Siemens Healthineers' Magnetom Skyra, Prisma, and PrismaFit MRI scanners to treat patients with essential tremor.
September 25, 2018
Brain MRI offers new insight into blood deposits
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine have observed cerebral microbleeds on MRI brain scans that indicate a blood vessel tear may not always be the cause of blood deposits, according to a study published online September 6 in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience.
September 25, 2018
2018 09 26 20 59 9980 Brain Mri Microbleeds
MRI offers possible link between microbleeds, Alzheimer's
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Microbleeds in the blood-brain barrier could lead to the infiltration of Alzheimer's disease-causing amyloid plaque, according to a University of Southern California study published online September 24 in Nature Neuroscience.
September 25, 2018
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Early MRI aids in prognosis for severe TBI
By Wayne Forrest
By performing an MRI scan soon after traumatic brain injury (TBI), clinicians can more quickly gather prognostic information based on the type and specific location of the injury, according to a study by researchers from Saudi Arabia and published in the Journal of Affected Disorders.
September 24, 2018
2018 09 24 22 33 6985 Mri Brain Head 400
Ga-68 PSMA-11 PET/MRI advances prostate cancer detection
By Wayne Forrest
PET/MRI scans with a gallium-68 (Ga-68)-labeled radiopharmaceutical that homes in on prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-11 could become a mainstay in prostate cancer detection, given its ability to significantly outperform multiparametric MRI alone, according to a study published online September 18 in Radiology.
September 24, 2018
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MRI shows breast milk improves babies' brain development
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI scans revealed that premature babies who received breast milk had improved markers of brain development and connectivity, compared with those who received formula milk, according to an article published online September 18 in NeuroImage.
September 23, 2018
2018 09 21 21 57 1118 Milk Brain Connection 400
AI helps uncover clues for Alzheimer's disease in MRI data
By Erik L. Ridley
Making use of both gray-matter morphometry and white-matter tractography techniques, the combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and multimodality MRI can accurately predict if a patient will develop Alzheimer's disease, enabling early treatment, according to research published on bioRxiv.org.
September 23, 2018
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7T fMRI, AI illustrate how memories help with daily activities
By Wayne Forrest
Could it simply be déjà vu all over again? In a study published online September 19 in Neuron, European researchers used 7-tesla functional MRI (fMRI) scans and artificial intelligence (AI) to determine how the brain connects with a person's memory and past experiences to solve daily problems.
September 20, 2018
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