Sponsored by: Fujifilm

MRI: Page 346

PET/MRI tops PET/CT in abdominopelvic lesion conspicuity
By Wayne Forrest
Wednesday, November 28 | 11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | SSK08-09 | Room S504CDPET/MRI with ultrafast gradient-recalled echo and spin-echo sequences is superior to PET/CT for lesion conspicuity, thus potentially improving therapy for patients with abdominopelvic cancer, according to a study by Swiss researchers.
November 7, 2012
PET/MRI outshines PET/CT in lesion detection
By Wayne Forrest
Monday, November 26 | 11:00 a.m.-11:10 a.m. | SSC13-04 | Room S505ABPET/MRI showed superior lesion detectability compared to contrast-enhanced PET/CT in this study from King Fahad Specialist Hospital in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Based on the results, researchers concluded that PET/MRI may be useful for abdominal lesion staging while sparing patients from contrast media.
November 7, 2012
PET/MRI offers diagnostic accuracy for lymph node staging
By Wayne Forrest
Sunday, November 25 | 11:15 a.m.-11:25 a.m. | SSA12-04 | Room S504CDPET/MRI provides sufficient diagnostic accuracy for lymph node metastases detection, while diffusion-weighted MRI images are inaccurate for staging in head and neck cancer patients, according to researchers from the University of Düsseldorf.
November 7, 2012
MRI, EEG could identify kids' epilepsy risk
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MR brain imaging and recordings of brain activity through electroencephalography (EEG) could help identify children who are at greater risk for epilepsy later in life, according to a study published online on November 7 in Neurology.
November 6, 2012
US, MRI tumor measurements can predict residual disease
By Kate Madden Yee
Sunday, November 25 | 12:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m. | LL-BRS-SU5A | Lakeside Learning CenterHow best can doctors assess residual disease in inflammatory breast cancer patients who have undergone neoadjuvant chemotherapy? Find out in this Sunday poster presentation.
November 6, 2012
Siemens introduces ImageScapes environments
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has announced the availability of its ImageScapes customized thematic health environments, designed to calm and comfort patients.
November 5, 2012
U.K. researchers eye use of iPad for knee, lumbar spine MRI
By Erik L. Ridley
Tuesday, November 27 | 11:05 a.m.-11:15 a.m. | VSIN31-11 | Room E351In this scientific session, a U.K. team will share its findings on the accuracy of the iPad and OsiriX HD viewing software for interpreting MRI scans of the knee and lumbar spine.
November 4, 2012
NeuroGrafix files suit against Cornell, Columbia
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI technology developer NeuroGrafix filed two lawsuits in a New York federal court, charging Cornell University and Columbia University with patent infringement relating to its neuroradiology visualization methods.
November 1, 2012
Trial evaluates MRgFUS for treating Parkinson's disease
By Erik L. Ridley
Surgery can sometimes help patients with their Parkinson's disease symptoms when medications are ineffective. But could transcranial MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) offer a better and more noninvasive treatment alternative? Researchers at the University of Virginia are taking the first step toward answering that question.
October 31, 2012
ASTRO: DCE-MRI predicts spine tumor recurrence
By Wayne Forrest
BOSTON - By measuring plasma volume in spine tumors with dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI, physicians can better assess treatment response even when conventional MRI results show little regression after successful radiosurgery, according to a study presented on Monday at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting.
October 29, 2012
Imaging shows COPD patients' risk for carotid plaque
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Dutch researchers have found that older patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at increased risk for carotid artery plaque formation and for the presence of vulnerable plaques with a lipid core, according to a study in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
October 25, 2012
Elekta, Philips expand imaging venture
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta and Philips Healthcare will expand their joint program to develop an imaging treatment platform that merges radiation therapy and MRI technology in a single cancer treatment system.
October 24, 2012
Previous Page
Page 346 of 622
Next Page