Neuroradiology: Page 123

Synaptive completes Mich. installation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

3D visualization firm Synaptive Medical has installed its BrightMatter imaging and robotic positioning system at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

January 13, 2016

fMRI finds the Christmas spirit alive and well

By Wayne Forrest

If there was ever any doubt about the existence of the Christmas spirit, one need only look into certain regions of the human brain. That's according to Danish researchers, who found that specific areas of the brain lit up on functional MRI (fMRI) scans when people who celebrate the holiday viewed Christmas-related imagery.

December 16, 2015

MRI detects brain lesions in soldiers with mild TBI

By Wayne Forrest

Structural MRI revealed brain scars in the form of white-matter T2-weighted hyperintensities in more than half of active duty military personnel who had blast-related predominantly mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a study published online December 15 in Radiology.

December 14, 2015

fMRI shows LSD's adverse effects on the brain

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

U.K. researchers have used functional MRI images (fMRI) to find disrupted patterns of activation in brain networks that underlie human thought and behavior in people who use the hallucinogenic drug LSD.

December 13, 2015

FDA clears Medtronic brain stimulation for MR use

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional device developer Medtronic announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared parts of its Activa portfolio of deep brain stimulation neurostimulators for full-body MRI scans.

December 8, 2015

Blood flow still altered after concussion symptoms abate

By Edward Susman

CHICAGO - New MRI-based research suggests that changes in the brain linger after athletes appear to recover from the cognitive symptoms involved with a concussion, according to results presented in a press conference at this week's RSNA 2015 conference.

November 30, 2015

Concussion effects vary among former football players

By Wayne Forrest

CHICAGO - Repetitive hits to the head and a history of concussions can affect different areas of the brain in former collegiate and professional football players, based on the player's position, according to a comparison of diffusion-tensor MR images presented on Monday at RSNA 2015.

November 30, 2015

Stratasys reports treatment success from 3D model

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

3D printing technology developer Stratasys said that its technology was used to help develop treatment for a woman with a complex brain aneurysm at the Jacobs Institute in Buffalo, NY.

November 23, 2015

MRI finds obesity trigger in obese kids

By Wayne Forrest

Functional MRI and functional connectivity MRI have pinpointed regions of the brain that are triggered by the smell of food and influence reactions in obese children, according to a poster presentation scheduled for RSNA 2015 in Chicago.

November 23, 2015

7T MRI with glutamate uncovers epileptic seizure sites

By Wayne Forrest

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania are reporting early success with a novel imaging technique that uses 7-tesla MRI and the amino acid glutamate as a biomarker to locate epileptic lesions in the brain that conventional MRI and other modalities may miss.

November 22, 2015

fMRI finds cognitive issues in HIV-positive patients

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Researchers using functional MRI (fMRI) discovered deficits in cognitive function among older HIV-positive individuals -- many of whom had "normal" scores on neuropsychological testing.

November 18, 2015

fMRI may explain why some comatose patients reawaken

By Wayne Forrest

By using functional MRI (fMRI) to view regions of the brain that play a role in regulating consciousness, French researchers may have discovered a way to predict which patients could emerge from a coma.

November 11, 2015

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