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Mo. radiologist turns clinical scans into creative scenes
By Nicole Pettit
One way radiology can shift into art is as an extension of how it's used medically -- for example, by revealing the delicate internal structure of a flower. A Missouri radiologist is taking a different approach, using clinical images as building blocks to create something entirely new.
January 12, 2011
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Women at high risk for breast cancer not getting MRI screening
By Kate Madden Yee
Despite American Cancer Society guidelines recommending that women at high risk for breast cancer undergo MRI screening in addition to regular mammography, only 14% of these women are getting the scans, according to researchers from the University of Colorado.
January 12, 2011
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Breast MRI beats whole-breast US for surgical planning
By Kate Madden Yee
Contrast-enhanced breast MRI is more accurate than whole-breast ultrasound in identifying extent of disease and contralateral lesions in women with newly diagnosed breast cancer, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
January 11, 2011
Breast elastography effectively identifies malignancies
By Kate Madden Yee
Breast ultrasound elastography is 12% more sensitive than MR diffusion-weighted imaging in determining malignancy of breast masses assessed as BI-RADS category 4, and it's almost 10% more accurate, according to a new study published in the January American Journal of Roentgenology.
January 10, 2011
Breast MR CAD enhances radiologist performance
By Erik L. Ridley
Breast MR computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) software can bolster radiologist performance in differentiating between malignant and benign lesions, according to research published online in Radiology.
January 10, 2011
Parallel 3T MRI offers quicker spine imaging
By Wayne Forrest
In a comparison of 3-tesla MR imaging techniques of the spine, German researchers have found that a technique using a parallel radiofrequency transmission technology produces diagnostic-quality images equal to conventional MR images in approximately one-third the time.
January 10, 2011
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Hitachi adds financing partner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Hitachi Medical Systems America has signed an exclusive long-term agreement with financing firm Key Equipment Finance.
January 9, 2011
Tornado damage to MRI prompts evacuation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Several roads were closed and homes and businesses evacuated in a section of St. Louis on the evening of January 6 due to the potential threat of an MRI scanner explosion.
January 6, 2011
Nashville pediatricians order knee MRIs appropriately for kids
By Cynthia E. Keen
Do pediatricians have the clinical acumen to know when a knee MRI should be ordered for a child with knee pain? With an increasing percentage of knee MRI exams being ordered by pediatricians, radiologists at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, TN, investigated.
January 6, 2011
Advance in MRI allows faster brain scans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers from several institutions believe they have achieved a breakthrough in MRI that would enable brain scans to be performed more than seven times faster than currently possible.
January 5, 2011
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Functional MRI helps detect effects of nicotine on brain
By Wayne Forrest
With the help of functional MRI, researchers have discovered which regions of nicotine-dependent smokers' brains are activated by cigarette-related cues, according to two reports posted online December 30 in the Archives of General Psychiatry.
January 3, 2011
PET may help find cause for epileptic brain disease in kids
By Wayne Forrest
With the help of FDG-PET, French researchers have discovered a common brain dysfunction among school-age children afflicted with fever-induced refractory epileptic encephalopathy, according to a study published in the January edition of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
January 2, 2011
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