Neuroradiology: Page 118

SNMMI: PET/CT uncovers adaptations in alcoholic brain

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PET/CT imaging has revealed adaptations in the brains of recovering alcoholics that help them resist relapse, according to research presented at the 2016 Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) meeting in San Diego.

June 12, 2016

Michael J. Fox Foundation launches $2M PET tracer prize

By Kate Madden Yee

The Michael J. Fox Foundation will award a $2 million prize for the development of a PET tracer to visualize alpha-synuclein, a key protein in Parkinson's disease. The foundation made its announcement at the 2016 Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging meeting in San Diego.

June 12, 2016

SNMMI: PiB-PET finds unique Down syndrome trait

By Wayne Forrest

SAN DIEGO - Using carbon-11-labeled Pittsburgh Compound B (PiB) with PET, researchers have tracked an unusual increase in beta-amyloid plaque in the striatum region of the brain among people with Down syndrome, according to a study presented on Sunday at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) annual meeting.

June 12, 2016

DTI-MRI predicts who will recover from concussions

By Wayne Forrest

Diffusion-tensor MR images (DTI-MRI) hold the key to predicting which concussed patients are most likely to fully recover from their head injuries as soon as a year's time, according to a study published online June 9 in the American Journal of Neuroradiology.

June 8, 2016

Alzeca touts study of MRI agent in Alzheimer's

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Contrast agent developer Alzeca Biosciences said that its ADx nanoparticle technology has shown promise in preclinical preliminary studies for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease on MRI scans.

June 6, 2016

MRI links brain leaks to Alzheimer's disease

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Contrast-enhanced MR images suggest leakages in the blood-brain barrier may be an indication that a person is experiencing the early onset of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published online May 31 in Radiology.

May 30, 2016

MRI reveals how schizophrenia may improve

By Eric Barnes

The brains of patients with schizophrenia have the capacity to reorganize themselves and fight the disease, concludes a new MRI study of brain tissue changes published online last week in Psychological Medicine.

May 29, 2016

FDG-PET helps accurately assess unconscious patients

By Wayne Forrest

European researchers have developed a way to use FDG-PET to measure glucose metabolism in patients with severe brain injuries to diagnose and predict when they will recover consciousness, according to a study published online on 26 May in Current Biology.

May 26, 2016

ASNR 2016: Restored blood flow outweighs treatment time in stroke

By Eric Barnes

For acute stroke patients, researchers have used imaging scans to demonstrate that restoring an adequate volume of blood flow to brain tissue is more important in reducing damage than how quickly the flow is restored, according to a May 25 presentation at the American Society of Neuroradiology meeting (ASNR 2016) in Washington, DC.

May 25, 2016

ASNR 2016: Race and sex affect who gets brain imaging

By Kate Madden Yee

Patient factors such as race and sex influence the use of neuroimaging for stroke, according to research presented at the American Society of Neuroradiology annual meeting (ASNR 2016) in Washington, DC.

May 25, 2016

CorTechs partners with Olea on brain software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Brain imaging software developer CorTechs Labs and software developer Olea Medical are partnering on software to quantify brain volume loss.

May 23, 2016

MRI scans link dementia and coprophagia

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

With the help of MRI, Mayo Clinic researchers have linked coprophagia with neuropsychiatric disorders, particularly neurodegenerative dementias, according to a study in the May issue of the Journal of Neurology.

May 23, 2016

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