Musculoskeletal Radiology: Page 89

MRI can change diagnoses, care management of knee disorders

By Wayne Forrest

The use of MRI for knee disorders can improve diagnostic confidence, and it frequently changes clinical diagnosis and patient care management, according to a study presented at RSNA 2011 by researchers from the Cleveland Clinic.

December 12, 2011

Barco lands contract for virtual reality systems

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image display firm Barco has installed its I-Space virtual room and two CADWall systems at the University of Toledo College of Medicine's new virtual immersive reality center.

November 30, 2011

Frequent soccer 'heading' may cause brain injury

By Edward Susman

CHICAGO - Too much "heading" a soccer ball could result in brain abnormalities similar to those found in traumatic brain injury patients, researchers from New York found in a study using diffusion-tensor MRI.

November 29, 2011

MRI rules supreme in postoperative knee, but challenges remain

By Philip Ward

CHICAGO - Advances in procedures such as knee replacement, ligamentous reconstruction, and articular cartilage and meniscus repair have led to rapid growth in open and arthroscopic knee surgery. This has heightened demand for postoperative MRI, yet the topic is barely covered in the literature, according to Swiss researchers.

November 28, 2011

DTI-MRI shows toll of hits to the head in athletes

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Using MRI with a diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI) protocol, researchers have found that the brain scans of high school football and hockey players who have taken routine hits to the head during play show subtle injury, even when there is no evidence of a concussion, according to a study published online in Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

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