Clinical News: Page 1469

MRI points to brain benefits of exercise for kids

By Wayne Forrest

Diffusion-tensor MR images have confirmed that aerobically fit children have more favorable white-matter tracts in their brains than their less fit peers, thus improving their chances for greater cognitive function.

August 19, 2014

Robot-assisted remote echocardiography shows promise

By Erik L. Ridley

Can an ultrasound scanner be controlled robotically by an operator thousands of miles away? It's not just a dream, according to researchers who demonstrated the feasibility of robot-assisted echocardiography in a pair of articles published recently in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.

August 19, 2014

Hologic to distribute fracture assessment tool

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Swiss imaging software developer Medimaps Group has named Hologic as the U.S. distribution partner for its TBS iNsight osteoporosis fracture assessment software.

August 18, 2014

Mallinckrodt joins S&P 500

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Pharmaceutical developer Mallinckrodt has become a component of the S&P 500 Index.

August 18, 2014

GE: Patients want to know if they have dementia

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A patient survey sponsored by GE Healthcare on incurable neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease found that more than 3 out of 4 people would want to know what neurological disorder they have, even if there were no cure.

August 18, 2014

Decade of lung CAD brings insight, but little daily use

By Eric Barnes

Computer-aided detection (CAD) is known to boost radiologist performance in the detection of lung nodules, and radiologists certainly need the help. But despite a decade of fine-tuning and some powerful new capabilities, CAD systems haven't found a place in daily practice at most imaging facilities

August 18, 2014