Clinical News: Page 813

Whole-body 7T MRI comes to Canada
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
McGill University in Montreal this week took delivery of a 7-tesla MRI scanner at its Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital.
February 6, 2019
FDA offers update on breast implant-related lymphoma
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on February 6 issued an update on the agency's efforts to track breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma, a type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that is a known risk of breast implants.
February 6, 2019
2016 09 02 09 36 05 93 Fda Logo V2 400
Primary doctors can help boost mammography compliance
By Kate Madden Yee
When primary care physicians are in regular contact with their patients, women are more likely to follow through on breast cancer screening, even among racial and ethnic minorities, according to a study published online February 5 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
February 6, 2019
2018 05 09 23 07 2005 Patient Hispanic 400
Academic pediatric facilities have lower CT radiation dose
By Abraham Kim
Academic pediatric facilities used about half the radiation dose that other U.S. medical facilities used for pediatric CT scans of the chest, abdomen-pelvis, and brain -- with significantly less variation in dose, according to an article published online February 5 in Radiology.
February 6, 2019
2016 09 08 13 50 18 153 Radiation Symbol Circle 400
PET, AI show women's brains age differently than men's
By Wayne Forrest
Are women's brains really that much different from men's? In a word, yes. A machine-learning algorithm applied to data from multiparametric PET brain scans showed that women's brains are more "youthful" than those of men of the same age, according to a study published February 4 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
February 6, 2019
2017 04 25 09 37 45 26 Brain Gears 400
6 trends to watch at ECR 2019
By Steve Holloway
With just three weeks to go, the global radiology community is readying itself for ECR 2019 in Vienna, the 25th anniversary of the congress. In keeping with this year's aquatic theme of "the bigger picture," our market columnist Stephen Holloway has selected six of the hottest topics in the broader medical imaging arena today.
February 5, 2019
2019 02 06 00 25 5305 Ecr 2019 Poster2 400
IRadimed impresses with 2018 financial results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Strong sales from patient vital-signs monitoring systems powered IRadimed to double-digit revenue growth in the fourth quarter and for 2018.
February 5, 2019
NorthStar works to build Mo-99 production capacity
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes said it's making progress on an initiative to increase its production capacity for molybdenum-99 (Mo-99).
February 5, 2019
CathWorks raises $30M funding round
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Israeli imaging analysis software developer CathWorks has raised $30 million in a series C round of investment funding. CathWorks said the round was led by Deerfield Management.
February 5, 2019
Carbon-11 PET detects brain inflammation after Lyme disease
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have developed a PET imaging technique using a carbon-11-based radiotracer that confirmed an association between post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome and widespread inflammation in the brain.
February 5, 2019
2019 02 05 23 18 6650 Pet Lyme Disease Jhu 400
CT matches MRI for late-window stroke evaluation
By Abraham Kim
Stroke patients who underwent endovascular therapy had similar improvement after their treatment regardless of the type of perfusion imaging -- CT or MRI -- that clinicians used to confirm their eligibility for surgical procedures, according to an article published online January 28 in JAMA Neurology.
February 5, 2019
2019 01 18 00 01 4278 Brain Surgery 400
AI can predict breast cancer molecular subtypes on MRI
By Erik L. Ridley
Can an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm identify the molecular subtype of breast cancer from breast MRI as accurately as genetic testing? Not yet, but a deep-learning model offers considerable potential, according to research published online January 31 in the Journal of Digital Imaging.
February 5, 2019
2016 10 05 17 45 45 493 Breast Cancer 400
Previous Page
Page 813 of 3671
Next Page