Musculoskeletal Radiology: Page 62

Transcranial Doppler headset tests athletes for concussion

By Erik L. Ridley

What if you could test rattled athletes for concussion right on the sidelines, simply by having them don a headset outfitted with transcranial Doppler ultrasound probes? California researchers believe this could become a reality and will present their work at next week's American Academy of Neurology meeting.

April 13, 2016

EOS nets FDA OK for spine surgery planning software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Orthopedic digital imaging developer EOS Imaging has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its spineEOS online 3D spine surgery planning software.

April 12, 2016

Toshiba MR scanner to be used in football brain trauma study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Toshiba America Medical Systems said that the University of California, Irvine (UCI) will use its Vantage Titan 3-tesla MR scanner to evaluate high-school football players for potential early indicators of brain trauma.

April 11, 2016

MRI shows brain injury in nearly half of ex-NFL players

By Wayne Forrest

Researchers have found signs of traumatic brain injury on diffusion-tensor MR images in nearly half of a small group of retired NFL players, according to a study scheduled for presentation next week at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

April 10, 2016

MRI offers insight into brain changes from concussion

By Wayne Forrest

With the help of MRI, Canadian researchers have created for the first time in vivo images of myelin damage in the human brain after a sports-related mild traumatic brain injury -- in this case in Canadian hockey players.

March 30, 2016

Carestream submits 510(k) for conebeam CT scanner

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Carestream Health has filed a 510(k) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for clearance of its Carestream OnSight 3D extremity imaging system.

March 23, 2016