Head and Neck Radiology: Page 63

CT, MRI show successful vocal cord restoration
By Eric Barnes
A new vocal cord restoration technique injects the body's own fat into damaged vocal cords to restore damaged voice quality. Imaging with CT and MRI show that vocal function not only improves after the procedure, but endures over follow-up periods of at least four years.
May 9, 2006
Elekta extends University of Pittsburgh deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish radiation therapy firm Elekta has extended its relationship with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
May 2, 2006
MRI delineates brain injuries in newborns
By Shalmali Pal
SAN FRANCISCO - MRI can answer many of the major questions surrounding term infants who may have sustained perinatal brain injuries, according to a presentation this week at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) meeting.
May 2, 2006
Brain stem lesion on MRI bodes ill for comatose head trauma patients
By Shalmali Pal
SAN FRANCISCO - Damage to the brain stem after a traumatic head injury is likely to be fatal, according to an MRI study presented this week at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) meeting.
April 26, 2006
CTA equivalent to angiography for detecting brain aneurysms
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - One of the largest studies to date has also produced some of the highest sensitivities for the detection of ischemic stroke with CT angiography. In the study from the New Jersey Medical School, multidetector CT angiography (MDCTA) was all but equivalent to invasive catheter angiography for the detection of cerebral aneurysms in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage.
April 24, 2006
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BrainLab gets FDA nod for iPlan Flow
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided surgery firm BrainLab has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for its iPlan Flow software.
April 16, 2006
MRI reveals patterns of neurological abnormalities in schizophrenia
By Shalmali Pal
Two new MRI studies have added to the literature on brain abnormalities in schizophrenia. The first, out of Australia, took a closer look at brain volume before and after the onset of illness. The second paper, by U.S. researchers, mapped gray-matter loss rates in childhood-onset schizophrenia.
April 3, 2006
Biosound Esaote launches anesthesiology scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Biosound Esaote of Indianapolis has debuted MyLab 30 OR, a compact ultrasound scanner designed for use by anesthesiologists.
March 28, 2006
Kodak lands large dental DR order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Eastman Kodak Health Group said that it has signed a multimillion-dollar deal with Coast Dental that will put its RVG 6000 DR system into Coast's 107 practices across the southeastern U.S.
March 23, 2006
PET shows staging strength in esophageal cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET is more accurate than conventional imaging in identifying esophageal cancer patients who have good responses to chemotherapy and radiation treatment, according to a report in next month's Annals of Surgery.
March 22, 2006
RTOG launches temozolomide study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology's Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) has launched a study with its European counterpart to determine if the administration of high-dose temozolomide after radiotherapy leads to improved outcome for newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients.
March 16, 2006
Flat-panel detector CT bests MDCT in the skull base
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - In a study presented today at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR), researchers from Hannover Medical School in Germany compared flat-panel-based volume CT (fpVCT) to thin-section 16-row multidetector CT images of the whole human skull base. Flat-panel imaging beat 16-slice MDCT hands down in a subjective visualization of 21 structures in the skull base.
March 6, 2006
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