Neuroradiology: Page 112

PET/MRI head scans reveal important incidental findings

By Wayne Forrest

CHICAGO - Adding a scan of the entire head to a routine whole-body PET/MRI protocol reveals a significant number of incidental findings in the brain in asymptomatic cancer patients, according to a study presented on Wednesday at RSNA 2016.

November 29, 2016

Going Dutch means far more than tulips, Rembrandt

By Philip Ward

Tulips, Rembrandt, and free cookies feature prominently at the Netherlands Presents booth at McCormick Place in Chicago, but RSNA 2016 delegates found out during a special session why the country's neuroradiologists, including Dr. Meike Vernooij, PhD, are the real stars at the congress.

November 28, 2016

fMRI finds where God might dwell in the brain

By Wayne Forrest

When people have a religious and spiritual experience, reward-related regions of the brain become illuminated on functional MRI (fMRI) scans, much the same way these areas react to love, sex, gambling, drugs, and music, according to a study published November 29 in Social Neuroscience.

November 28, 2016

Boston Children's, GE partner on pediatric diseases

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Boston Children's Hospital and GE Healthcare announced at RSNA 2016 a collaboration to develop and commercialize digital solutions to advance the diagnosis and treatment of specific childhood diseases.

November 27, 2016

MRI shows brain changes after 1 football season

By Edward Susman

CHICAGO - A new study performed among high school football players in North Carolina suggests that just one season spent playing the game causes brain alternations. Findings from the study were presented on Monday at RSNA 2016.

November 27, 2016

SyntheticMR adds myelin volume feature to SyMRI software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Swedish medical imaging software developer SyntheticMR has introduced at RSNA 2016 a new feature for its SyMRI postprocessing software that enables automatic quantification of myelin volume in the brain.

November 27, 2016

More than one-third of emergency head CTs unnecessary

By Kate Madden Yee

More than one-third of head CT scans performed on emergency department patients are unnecessary, according to a new study published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

November 22, 2016

DTI shows how music could help kids with autism, ADHD

By Wayne Forrest

Diffusion-tensor MR images (DTI-MRI) of the brain have revealed that taking music lessons increases brain fiber connections in children and may help those with autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The findings are scheduled for presentation on November 30 at RSNA 2016.

November 22, 2016

Synaptive delivers BrightMatter system to Canadian client

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

3D visualization firm Synaptive Medical has signed the first Canadian hospital customer for its BrightMatter surgical navigation system.

November 21, 2016

Neural Analytics launches transcranial ultrasound unit

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Neural Analytics has announced the commercial launch of its Lucid M1 transcranial Doppler ultrasound unit.

November 20, 2016

Switch to macrocyclic GBCAs reduces brain signals

By Wayne Forrest

As more studies weigh the risks and benefits of gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs), German researchers have discovered that switching from a linear GBCA to a macrocyclic GBCA reduced the level of residual signal intensity in the brains of patients who underwent multiple enhanced MRI scans with both types of agents.

November 20, 2016

Philips to unveil new neurology MR software at RSNA

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Royal Philips plans to launch a suite of new MR software applications for neurology at the upcoming RSNA 2016 meeting.

November 16, 2016

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