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Brain fMRI shows negative effect of fructose on eating habits

By Wayne Forrest

Using functional MRI (fMRI), Yale University researchers may have uncovered one of the keys to the obesity epidemic: that ingestion of fructose changes brain activity in regions that regulate appetite and produce feelings of being full. Study results were published in the January 2 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

January 2, 2013

MRI can detect breast cancer in average-risk women

By Wayne Forrest

A study by German researchers shows MRI screening can help detect breast cancer in women who are only at average risk of developing the disease and have no personal or family history of breast cancer.

January 1, 2013

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By Wayne Forrest

December 26, 2012

MRI helpful but not perfect for evaluating pancreatic cancer

By Wayne Forrest

Understanding how contrast-enhanced MRI underestimates tumor size compared to pathologic specimens may allow more precise assessment of tumor volume prior to radiation therapy for pancreatic cancer, according to researchers from Emory University.

December 26, 2012

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C-11 choline PET/MRI helps restage prostate cancer patients

By Wayne Forrest

A preliminary study by German researchers suggests that carbon-11 (C-11) choline PET/MRI may provide an alternative imaging modality to PET/CT for restaging of prostate cancer by offering equal, if not better, diagnostic performance and less radiation exposure.

December 25, 2012

MRI software predicts stroke complications from clot busters

By Wayne Forrest

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University have developed new MRI software that may help predict and reduce the risk of complications from clot-dissolving drugs used to treat stroke, according to a study published online December 20 in PLOS One.

December 19, 2012

Contrast-enhanced FFDM may have edge over breast MRI

By Kate Madden Yee

Dual-energy contrast-enhanced full-field digital mammography (FFDM) finds additional cancers in the breast with better specificity than MRI, according to a new study published online in Radiology. The findings suggest that contrast mammography could be a feasible alternative to more expensive breast MRI scans.

December 16, 2012

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DTI-MRI shows concussions' long-term effects in kids

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Diffusion-tensor MRI (DTI-MRI) has shown that brain changes in children who have sustained mild traumatic brain injury can last for months, even after symptoms of the injury are gone, according to a study published in the December 12 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience.

December 11, 2012

Medical Metrics signs on for FDA hip implant study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging core lab services provider Medical Metrics said it has been selected by five orthopedic device manufacturers to support multiple cross-sectional postmarket surveillance studies of metal-on-metal hip implants.

December 11, 2012

ASRT doles out fall 2012 grants

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) Education and Research Foundation has announced the five recipients of its fall 2012 professional research grants.

December 10, 2012

Fused MRI, ultrasound aids prostate cancer detection

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Fusing MR and real-time ultrasound images to sample tumor spots can help detect and diagnose prostate cancer and, as a result, reduce the number of prostate biopsies, according to a study published online December 10 in the Journal of Urology.

December 10, 2012

Sky Factory highlights Texas Tech research

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Virtual background developer Sky Factory said that research conducted at Texas Tech University has discovered several unique neural brain activations in the cerebellum of subjects responding to sky images from its SkyCeilings virtual skylights for MRI scanners.

December 10, 2012

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