Clinical News: Page 655

RadioMedix, Curium file NDA for PET agent

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Biotechnology firm RadioMedix and global nuclear medicine firm Curium have filed a new drug application (NDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the firms' PET diagnostic radiopharmaceutical copper-64 (Cu-64) DOTATATE.

January 7, 2020

Personal touch helps with MRI report recommendations

By Erik L. Ridley

Direct communication by radiologists with referring clinicians can significantly improve compliance with follow-up recommendations contained in musculoskeletal MRI reports, according to research published online December 30 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

January 7, 2020

Two MRI indicators predict Fabry disease adverse events

By Wayne Forrest

How can clinicians best use cardiac MRI to identify which patients with Fabry disease are most at risk for an adverse event? The mystery can be solved through two particular assessments, according to a new study published in the January issue of Radiology.

January 7, 2020

AuntMinnie.com CT Insider

By Abraham Kim

January 6, 2020

Ultrasound detects astronaut's blood clot in space

By Abraham Kim

An astronaut on the International Space Station using an onboard ultrasound scanner to research the effects of space flight instead detected their own venous thrombosis, according to an article published in the January 2 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

January 6, 2020

Breast density laws don't boost ultrasound rates

By Theresa Pablos

State laws designed to notify women with dense breast tissue about their options for supplemental imaging may not actually boost the use of ultrasound. A study in the January edition of the Journal of the American College of Radiology found density notification laws did not increase ultrasound rates.

January 6, 2020

Flortaucipir-PET shows moderate promise for CTE

By Wayne Forrest

PET imaging with flortaucipir revealed uptake patterns indicative of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in a new study published online January 6 in JAMA Neurology, but the tau-binding radiotracer is not quite ready to be declared a reliable biomarker for the condition, the authors noted.

January 6, 2020

Imaging criteria for congenital heart disease released

By Brian Casey

A coalition of academic organizations has released a set of appropriate use criteria covering when multimodality imaging should be used to follow up patients with congenital heart disease. The guidelines were published online January 6 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

January 6, 2020

ISMRM monitors Australian bushfires in advance of meeting

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) said it will continue to monitor the ongoing bushfires in Australia ahead of its annual meeting.

January 5, 2020

MRI sheds light on adolescent brain pathways

By Brian Casey

Why does your teenager drive you crazy? A new study used MRI tools such as functional MRI and diffusion-weighted imaging to shed light on structural pathways in the brain during adolescence -- a time of rapid brain development in humans.

January 5, 2020

Ultrasound of infants exposed to Zika predicts long-term risk

By Theresa Pablos

Some infants who were exposed to the Zika virus in utero but who appeared normal at birth later demonstrated delays in development as toddlers, according to a study published online January 6 in JAMA Pediatrics. But imaging tools such as ultrasound and MRI can help indicate which children might be at increased risk.

January 5, 2020

CT bucks trend of flat imaging use rates

By Abraham Kim

Diagnostic imaging usage rates in the U.S. have begun to decrease or stabilize in recent years for all imaging modalities with the exception of CT, for which the rate has increased in the last few years, according to an article published online December 31 in Radiology.

January 2, 2020

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