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MRI helps find contact lens embedded in eye for 28 years

With the help of MRI, ophthalmologists in the U.K. were able to discover what was causing eyelid swelling in a 42-year-old woman: a hard contact lens that had been embedded in her eye for 28 years. The bizarre case was published on August 10 in BMJ Case Reports.

August 16, 2018

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Georgetown releases cache of brain cancer data

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center has released a set of brain cancer biomedical data that includes brain imaging information. A report about the cache was published August 14 in Scientific Data.

August 14, 2018

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fMRI shows how game therapy 'rewires' ADHD brains

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A Massachusetts company called Atentiv that has developed a line of computer games for treating kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is touting the results of a new research study that it says used functional MRI (fMRI) to show how its products "rewire" the brains of kids with ADHD.

August 14, 2018

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ACR unveils new version of LI-RADS

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has released a new version of its Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS): CT/MRI LI-RADS v2018.

August 13, 2018

MRI shows kids benefit from parental conversation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MRI brain scans of young children show that conversations with adults can create stronger connections between two developing brain regions critical for language skills, according to a study published online August 13 in the Journal of Neuroscience.

August 12, 2018

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FDA approves focused US blood-brain barrier study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given clearance to researchers from the University of Maryland to proceed with a study that will investigate the use of MRI-guided focused ultrasound to open the blood-brain barrier.

August 9, 2018

Studies question link between contact sports and CTE

By Wayne Forrest

Are concerns about the brain health of professional athletes who played contact sports overblown? That's the implication of a new study that found no signs of brain abnormalities on MRI scans of former hockey and football players that would suggest the presence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

August 9, 2018

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MRI can aid diagnosis of major depressive disorder

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MRI has a vital role to play in the diagnosis and evaluation of mental illnesses such as major depressive disorder, according to a study published online July 26 in Current Pharmaceutical Design.

August 8, 2018

Russian group pursues high-resolution MRI coils

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Researchers from ITMO University in Russia developed a coil that produces preclinical MR images with three times the resolution of standard volume coils, according to a study published in the August issue of NMR in Biomedicine.

August 8, 2018

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AI characterizes complex mood disorders from fMRI

By Erik L. Ridley

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can distinguish patients with major depressive disorder from those who have bipolar disorder based on an analysis of functional MRI (fMRI) studies, according to research published online August 6 in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica.

August 8, 2018

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AuntMinnie.com MRI Insider

By Wayne Forrest

August 7, 2018

Envoy wins FDA nod for MRI-conditional ear implant

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Hearing device developer Envoy Medical has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for MRI-conditional labeling of its Esteem hearing implant.

August 7, 2018

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