Head and Neck Radiology: Page 70

MDCT advances oral and maxillofacial surgery practice

By Eric Barnes

From assessing complex trauma injuries to planning difficult surgery, MDCT and reconstruction software have taken oral and maxillofacial imaging beyond the clay age, according to Dr. Jon Bradrick. Still, he says, the software isn't quite there yet.

November 21, 2004

Paion selects Philips perfusion CT software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Biopharmaceutical firm Paion of Aachen, Germany, has inked a deal with Philips Medical Systems of Andover, MA, to use the multimodality vendor's brain perfusion CT software in clinical trials of desmoteplase, a drug under investigation for the treatment of stroke patients.

November 9, 2004

Functional MRI: Advancing clinical opportunities for neuroradiology

Functional MRI has provided fascinating insights into how the brain functions. It offers potential applications that have yet to be discovered. And radiologists can expand the clinical opportunities available to them by integrating fMRI into the services they offer, according to Dr. Catherine Elsinger of clinical research service company Neurognostics.

November 7, 2004

Delayed PET helps delineate gliomas

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

Differentiating high-grade gliomas from gray-matter structures with F-18 FDG-PET has been problematic for clinicians because of the brain's avidity for the radiotracer. A recent study from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle presents evidence that extending the interval between FDG administration and PET data acquisition improves the delineation of gliomas from gray matter.

November 4, 2004

FDG-PET better than MRI for detecting nasopharyngeal cancer recurrence

By Shalmali Pal

MRI is currently the accepted imaging modality for post-therapeutic surveillance of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), but the modality still has difficulty in differentiating postradiation changes from residual or recurrent tumor. As a result, imaging specialists from Taiwan turned to 18F-FDG-PET to test its value in NPC recurrence in patients with questionable MR findings.

November 3, 2004

MDCT protocols weighed for cancers of larynx, hypopharynx

By Eric Barnes

Good old axial slices do the best overall job of imaging the larynx and hypopharynx, though other planes and techniques have their own strengths, according to researchers from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany.

November 2, 2004

Neurognostics sees business potential in fMRI

By Brian Casey

Functional MRI is one of the most exciting areas of medical imaging -- an imaging technique that provides a window into the intricate relationship between higher consciousness and the biochemical processes that govern mind and body. But is it exciting enough to base an entire company on it? The folks at Neurognostics are doing just that.

October 31, 2004

Given gets U.S. OK for esophagus imaging device

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Video-capsule manufacturer Given Imaging has received marketing clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Given Diagnostic System, including the PillCam ESO video capsule for imaging the esophagus, according to the Yoqneam, Israel-based firm.

October 25, 2004

SPECT reveals deterioration in acute SAH patients with vasospasm

By Shalmali Pal

SAN FRANCISO - Serial SPECT imaging is an accurate and consistent way to measure cerebral hemodynamics after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), according to a presentation this week at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS).

October 21, 2004

Preop US angiography reliably identifies AVM

By Shalmali Pal

SAN FRANCISCO - Ultrasound angiography offers top-notch intraoperative guidance during arteriovenous malformation (AVM) surgery, according to a poster presentation Tuesday at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) meeting.

October 20, 2004

Beyond CT: Diagnosing the unusual stroke

By Eric Barnes

SAN FRANCISCO - In the fevered race to diagnose patients with vague neurological symptoms, emergency doctors must keep an eye out for unusual stroke types that can require different imaging exams or treatment approaches, according to Dr. E. Bradshaw Bunney, who spoke at the American College of Emergency Physicians annual meeting on Tuesday.

October 19, 2004

MRI clicks with TMJ diagnosis and treatment

By Shalmali Pal

Considering the uncertainties about TMJ causes and treatment, it's clear that imaging can play an important role in its management. European researchers recently found that MRI may be clinically useful in studying the articular disk and the joint, while a group in Seattle used MRI to evaluate TMJ disk position in patients who had undergone bilateral sagittal split osteotomy. However, MRI's cost can be a disadvantage, according to researchers in Austria.

October 14, 2004

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