Wayne Forrest[email protected]Nuclear MedicineDWI adds little to PET/MRI for female pelvic malignanciesCHICAGO - Adding diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) to FDG-PET/MRI to stage women with primary or recurrent pelvic malignancies contributes minimal value and is not worth the additional scan time, according to a study from Germany presented on Sunday at RSNA 2014.November 29, 2014MRIPayment cuts drive MRI to hospital outpatient settingThe number of MRI scans performed in hospital outpatient imaging departments has surpassed the amount performed in private offices. The change is due in part to reimbursement cuts that have made private-office MRI considerably less economically viable, according to a study published online November 15 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.November 23, 2014MRIMRI may hurt patients with cochlear implantsSouth Korean researchers are sending out a warning about the use of MRI in patients with cochlear implants after discovering that the strong electromagnetic field from 1.5- and 3-tesla scanners could cause pain and discomfort, as well as displacement of the cochlear implant magnet.November 20, 2014MRIAuntMinnie.com MRI InsiderNovember 19, 2014Digital X-RayReport outlines how radiology departments can prepare for EbolaRadiologists from the U.S. National Institutes of Health and Emory University have outlined a series of recommendations in a special report published online November 18 in Radiology to help radiology departments and imaging facilities prepare for Ebola patients.November 17, 2014Nuclear MedicineFDG-PET outshines SPECT for Alzheimer's diseaseBritish researchers recommend FDG-PET over perfusion SPECT to diagnose and differentiate Alzheimer's disease from dementia with Lewy bodies after the hybrid modality proved its "significant superiority" in a study published online November 5 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.November 13, 2014Nuclear MedicineShine offers new technology to alleviate Mo-99 shortageSince the severe global molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) shortage of 2009 and 2010, nuclear medicine practitioners have been glancing back over their collective shoulders to see when the next crisis might occur. Fortunately, plans are in the works to eliminate the angst, with one effort coming from Shine Medical Technologies.November 12, 2014Nuclear MedicineAuntMinnie.com Molecular Imaging InsiderNovember 10, 2014MRIRoad to RSNA 2014: MRI PreviewAt this year's landmark 100th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), MRI is featured predominantly across virtually all subspecialties, including oncology, cardiology, neurology, and pediatrics, as well as new developments in the quest to better understand and identify cognitive abnormalities, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease.November 10, 2014Molecular ImagingDWI-MRI matches FDG-PET/CT for lymphoma stagingFriday, December 5 | 11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | SST11-09 | Room S505ABDiffusion-weighted MRI (DWI-MRI) may be a viable alternative to FDG-PET/CT for pretherapeutic lymphoma staging, according to a study from the Medical University of Vienna.November 10, 2014Previous PagePage 106 of 239Next PageTop StoriesInterventionalGAE reduces pain biomarkers in knee osteoarthritisGenicular artery embolization (GAE) significantly reduces key biomarkers that drive pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis.Residents/FellowsRace, ethnicity influence educational debt among radiology-bound MDsMRIMRI, CT findings correlate for assessing epicardial fat volumePractice ManagementImaging experts hope NSA enforcement bill delivers on accountabilityCTPET/CT identifies bone demineralization in breast cancer patients
