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Diffusion-tensor MR helps assess transplanted kidneys
By Wayne Forrest
Monday, November 28 | 3:40 p.m.-3:50 p.m. | SSE09-05 | Room E351German researchers have collected evidence that 3-tesla MR with diffusion-tensor imaging is feasible and beneficial for functionally assessing transplanted kidneys.
November 14, 2011
Preoperative MRI benefits surgical outcomes for breast cancer patients
By Wayne Forrest
Monday, November 28 | 3:10 p.m.-3:20 p.m. | SSE01-02 | Arie Crown TheaterThe appropriate use of preoperative MRI in selected breast cancer patients can achieve a statistically significant improvement in surgical outcome, according to a new study from researchers at Yale University School of Medicine.
November 14, 2011
3D XETA MRI trumps conventional MRI in knee imaging
By Wayne Forrest
Monday, November 28 | 3:00 p.m.-3:10 p.m. | SSE15-01 | Room E451BA new study has concluded that isotropic extended echo-train (XETA) MRI provides more information than conventional MRI on the location and stability of meniscal tears, a finding that can aid presurgical planning.
November 14, 2011
fMRI reveals altered language function in brain tumor patients
By Wayne Forrest
Monday, November 28 | 11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | SSC12-09 | Room N226With the help of functional MRI (fMRI), Swiss researchers have found evidence of how patients can maintain their language function despite a tumor in the corresponding area of the brain.
November 14, 2011
MRI estimates dominant tumor volume for prostate cancer therapy
By Wayne Forrest
Monday, November 28 | 11:30 a.m.-11:40 a.m. | SSC06-07 | Room E353BMRI can accurately estimate the dominant tumor volume and provides greater accuracy in distinguishing tumors larger than 0.5 cm compared with serum prostate-specific antigen and patient age, according to a new study from the U.S. National Cancer Institute.
November 14, 2011
New MRI technique helps detect left ventricular myocardial scars
By Wayne Forrest
Monday, November 28 | 11:20 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | SSC01-06 | Room S502ABChinese researchers are giving high marks to a new free-breathing 3D phase-sensitive inversion recovery turbo FLASH pulse sequence for detecting left ventricular myocardial scars in patients with coronary artery disease.
November 14, 2011
Gadobutrol and gadofosveset contribute to contrast-enhanced MRI results
By Wayne Forrest
Monday, November 28 | 10:40 a.m.-10:50 a.m. | SSC12-02 | Room N226In patients with glioblastoma, the MRI contrast agent gadobutrol provides "significant tumor enhancement" in early postcontrast imaging, but gadofosveset offers significantly greater diagnostic information and lesion enhancement after six hours.
November 14, 2011
Endorectal MRI provides predictive biomarker for prostate cancer patients
By Wayne Forrest
Monday, November 28 | 10:40 a.m.-10:50 a.m. | SSC06-02 | Room E353BEndorectal MRI can serve as a predictive biomarker for biochemical relapse in patients undergoing combination brachytherapy and intensity-modulated radiation therapy, according to a new study by researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
November 14, 2011
7T MRI techniques show microstructural changes in mild traumatic brain injury
By Wayne Forrest
Sunday, November 27 | 12:05 p.m.-12:15 p.m. | SSA15-09 | Room N229Researchers from Ohio State University Medical Center have concluded that a combination of MRI techniques -- diffusion-tensor imaging and susceptibility-weighted imaging -- at a 7-tesla field strength could improve the clinical diagnosis of chronic mild traumatic brain injury and provide additional information on underlying tissue microstructure.
November 14, 2011
Japanese researchers create new compact intraoperative MRI system
By Wayne Forrest
Sunday, November 27 | 11:15 a.m.-11:25 a.m. | SSA15-04 | Room N229Researchers from NTT Medical Center in Tokyo have developed a new compact intraoperative MRI system to provide high-quality images in the surgical suite.
November 14, 2011
Interpretation error rate in screening US comparable to mammo, MRI
By Kate Madden Yee
Sunday, November 27 | 11:05 a.m.-11:15 a.m. | SSA01-03 | Arie Crown TheaterIn this scientific paper presentation, University of Pittsburgh researchers will discuss how interpretation errors in screening ultrasound are similar in frequency to interpretation errors in mammography and MRI.
November 14, 2011
Can MRI help diagnose acute Guillain-Barré syndrome in kids?
By Wayne Forrest
Sunday, November 27 | 11:05 a.m.-11:15 a.m. | SSA17-03 | Room N228Focusing on the terminal end of the spinal cord, known as the medullary conus, the combination of plain MRI and contrast-enhanced, T1-weighted MR imaging can be very sensitive in diagnosing acute Guillain-Barré syndrome in children.
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