Wayne Forrest[email protected]MRINovel 3D MRI technique could improve brain metastases detectionMonday, December 2 | 10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m. | SSC11-01 | Room N226Japanese researchers have developed a new 3D MR technique that can simultaneously acquire images with and without blood vessel suppression and may help detect brain metastases.November 6, 2013Molecular ImagingDWI, PET/CT help in rectal cancer detection and assessmentSunday, December 1 | 12:05 p.m.-12:15 p.m. | SSA07-09 | Room E450AItalian researchers have found that diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI-MRI) offers higher specificity than PET/CT in rectal cancer patients, especially in cases of active inflammatory tissue, but PET/CT has a higher sensitivity and can detect distant metastasis.November 6, 2013MRIDWI-MRI is key for rectal cancer patient follow-upSunday, December 1 | 11:55 a.m.-12:05 p.m. | SSA07-08 | Room E450ADiffusion-weighted MRI (DWI-MRI) can be useful for following up patients after primary rectal cancer surgery or nonsurgical treatment, and it can help detect locally recurrent disease.November 6, 2013MRIDCE-MRI appears accurate for soft-tissue tumor biopsySunday, December 1 | 11:45 a.m.-11:55 a.m. | SSA14-07 | Room E451BA preliminary study by Austrian researchers indicates that soft-tissue tumor biopsy can be performed accurately and safely using dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) 3-tesla MRI.November 6, 2013MRIEndoscopy with MRI accurately assesses rectal cancer after chemoradiationSunday, December 1 | 11:45 a.m.-11:55 a.m. | SSA07-07 | Room E450ADutch researchers have achieved high accuracy by combining endoscopy, T2-weighted MRI, and diffusion-weighted MRI to assess response to chemoradiation in rectal cancer patients.November 6, 2013MRIMRI sequences aid cancer detection in sarcoma patientsSunday, December 1 | 11:05 a.m.-11:15 a.m. | SSA14-03 | Room E451BAdding functional MRI sequences to a routine scanning protocol increases specificity and could reduce unnecessary biopsies and anxiety for sarcoma patients, according to researchers from Johns Hopkins University.November 6, 2013MRIUS confirmation of suspect breast MRI means aggressive cancerWednesday, December 4 | 3:10 p.m.-3:20 p.m. | SSM02-02 | Room E451AWhen a suspicious breast MRI lesion has an ultrasound correlate, it is more likely to be an aggressive cancer, according to a study to be presented during this Wednesday afternoon session.November 4, 2013Nuclear MedicinePET/MRI could be alternative to PET/CT for liver lesionsPET/MRI is more than adequate in characterizing liver lesions and provides greater lesion conspicuity than PET/CT, offering clinicians a powerful alternative for oncology imaging, according to a German study published in the November issue of the European Journal of Radiology.October 27, 2013Nuclear MedicineFDA approves GE's Vizamyl PET radiotracer for dementiaU.S. physicians looking to detect early signs of Alzheimer's disease now have a second tool in their arsenal with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of Vizamyl (flutemetamol F-18 injection), a radiopharmaceutical from GE Healthcare for use with PET imaging of the brain in adults being evaluated for Alzheimer's and dementia.October 24, 2013Nuclear MedicineAuntMinnie.com Molecular Imaging InsiderOctober 23, 2013Previous PagePage 125 of 239Next PageTop StoriesDigital X-RayChest x-rays reveal atherosclerosis in patients undergoing amputationsLower limb amputation is an increasingly common major complication of advanced peripheral arterial disease and diabetes mellitus.MRI3D MRI technique helps plan treatment for pediatric heart conditionsWomens ImagingCould AI scoring help with managing DCIS?CTClinicians, beware: CT diagnostic accuracy varies by adnexal lesion typePractice ManagementRadiology coding update for 2026
