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Study endorses MR neurography for variety of neuropathy cases
By Wayne Forrest
Monday, December 1 | 3:50 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | SSE14-06 | Room E450BWhole-body MR neurography is a feasible way to evaluate the disease burden of neuropathy, or damage to the peripheral nervous system, according to research to be presented in this afternoon session.
November 10, 2014
7T MRI shows usefulness for glioblastoma multiforme patients
By Wayne Forrest
Monday, December 1 | 11:40 a.m.-11:50 a.m. | SSC10-08 | Room N226Researchers at University Hospital Essen in Germany are using the power of 7-tesla MRI to gather more information on patients with glioblastoma multiforme.
November 10, 2014
MRI shows subtle brain changes in athletes who play contact sports
By Wayne Forrest
Monday, December 1 | 11:40 a.m.-11:50 a.m. | SSC09-08 | Room N229How much damage can contact sports do to an athlete's brain? Researchers at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver may have an answer.
November 10, 2014
New MRI technique could aid comatose patients
By Wayne Forrest
Monday, December 1 | 11:30 a.m.-11:40 a.m. | SSC09-07 | Room N229Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School have developed an MRI technique that could assist with prognoses for patients who are comatose due to traumatic brain injury.
November 10, 2014
DTI-MRI probes relationship between brain injury, depression
By Wayne Forrest
Monday, December 1 | 11:10 a.m.-11:20 a.m. | SSC09-05 | Room N229Using diffusion-tensor MRI (DTI-MRI), researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have found a relationship between brain injury and subsequent depression among young patients.
November 10, 2014
DTI-MRI could clarify abnormal behavior after brain injury
By Wayne Forrest
Monday, December 1 | 10:50 a.m.-11:00 a.m. | SSC09-03 | Room N229Using diffusion-tensor MRI (DTI-MRI), researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center found unique white-matter injury patterns in patients with mild traumatic brain injury who exhibited depression, anger, and other neuropsychiatric symptoms.
November 10, 2014
PET/MRI adds critical information for rectal cancer patients
By Wayne Forrest
Sunday, November 30 | 12:05 p.m.-12:15 p.m. | SSA18-09 | Room S505ABFused PET/MR images can provide a more accurate assessment of local disease extension in rectal cancer patients than FDG-PET/CT and pelvic MRI, according to researchers from Stony Brook University Hospital.
November 10, 2014
PET/MRI provides partial benefit for soft-tissue sarcoma patients
By Wayne Forrest
Sunday, November 30 | 12:05 p.m.-12:15 p.m. | SSA13-09 | Room E451BGerman researchers are lauding the ability of PET/MRI to provide "superior assessment" of therapy based on functional metabolic response, but morphologic information falls short in evaluating therapeutic response in soft-tissue sarcoma patients after isolated limb perfusion.
November 10, 2014
Emergency departments continue to drive CT use
By Eric Barnes
Bucking an overall downward trend in utilization of advanced imaging services, emergency departments are still seeing growth in imaging, especially in CT use, which has tripled over the past decade, according to a new article in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
November 10, 2014
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CMS says yes to CT lung cancer screening for seniors
By Eric Barnes
Bucking a negative assessment from its own appointed review panel, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Monday approved CT lung cancer screening for Medicare recipients, saying the evidence is sufficient to justify screening high-risk individuals until the age of 74 years.
November 9, 2014
Vigilance needed to prevent contamination of ultrasound probes
By Erik L. Ridley
Although ultrasound probes are vulnerable to bacterial contamination, the good news is that the risk can be significantly reduced if the proper precautions are taken, according to a study published in the November issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
November 9, 2014
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