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fMRI may explain why some comatose patients reawaken
By Wayne Forrest
By using functional MRI (fMRI) to view regions of the brain that play a role in regulating consciousness, French researchers may have discovered a way to predict which patients could emerge from a coma.
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MR arthrography helps labral-tear patients avoid surgery
By Wayne Forrest
A protocol using unenhanced MRI and MR arthrography can help determine which patients should receive surgery to repair labral tears, according to a study published in the November issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
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Texture analysis sorts out uterine findings at MRI
By Eric Barnes
Thursday, December 3 | 11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | SSQ10-09 | Room E450BWith the help of texture analysis, MRI can distinguish between two uterine findings that have traditionally been difficult to separate, a group from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center reports.
November 10, 2015
Contrast ultrasound matches MRI for gauging chemo success
By Kate Madden Yee
Wednesday, December 2 | 3:40 p.m.-3:50 p.m. | SSM02-05 | Room E451BContrast-enhanced ultrasound is comparable to contrast-enhanced MRI for evaluating treatment response in breast cancer patients undergoing preoperative neoadjuvant chemotherapy, according to researchers from the University of Southern California.
November 10, 2015
Structured reporting app helps residents with breast MRI
By Erik L. Ridley
Wednesday, December 2 | 12:15 p.m.-12:45 p.m. | IN240-SD-WEA2 | Lakeside Learning Center, Station 2Researchers from Santa Clara Valley Medical Center have found that a Web-based structured reporting application helps residents conform to the BI-RADS lexicon in their breast MRI reports.
November 10, 2015
Which is more sensitive: breast MRI or whole-breast ultrasound?
By Kate Madden Yee
Wednesday, December 2 | 10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m. | SSK02-01 | Room E450AWhich is more sensitive for localizing breast cancer in patients already diagnosed: bilateral whole-breast ultrasound or breast MRI? Which is more specific? Researchers from MD Anderson Cancer Center will address these questions during this Wednesday morning session.
November 10, 2015
FDG-PET/MRI enhances breast cancer diagnosis and staging
By Wayne Forrest
Tuesday, December 1 | 3:00 p.m.-3:10 p.m. | SSJ02-01 | Room E450AMultiparameter FDG-PET/MRI can improve the specificity of dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI, which could lead to more-accurate staging of breast lesions and fewer false positives and unnecessary biopsies.
November 10, 2015
PET/MRI leads staging of invasive ductal breast cancer
By Wayne Forrest
Tuesday, December 1 | 11:00 a.m.-11:10 a.m. | SSG09-04 | Room S504CDPET/MRI appears to lead the pack for the initial staging of invasive ductal breast cancer, thanks to the combined information provided by PET, diffusion-weighted MRI, and other MRI sequences.
November 10, 2015
Annual breast MRI crucial for high-risk women
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 30 | 11:20 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | RC215-14 | Arie Crown TheaterResearchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have found that annual breast MRI is a key tool for detecting small, node-negative, invasive cancers in women at high risk for the disease.
November 10, 2015
Abbreviated breast MRI is sensitive but not specific
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 30 | 11:10 a.m.-11:20 a.m. | RC215-13 | Arie Crown TheaterAn abridged breast MR protocol has shown high sensitivity but only moderate specificity in a screening population of women at intermediate and high risk for breast cancer, which could mean high rates of follow-up imaging.
November 10, 2015
InSightec opens blood-brain barrier with MR, ultrasound
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) developer InSightec is investigating the use of MRgFUS technology to temporarily open the blood-brain barrier.
November 9, 2015
DWI-MRI shows which stroke patients need fast therapy
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a method that combines diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI-MRI) and key clinical characteristics to determine which severe stroke patients would most likely benefit from catheter-delivered removal of blood clots.
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