Neuroradiology: Page 138

fMRI shows why some keep calm and carry on

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Researchers from Rutgers University used functional MRI (fMRI) to show activity in different parts of the brain based on whether challenges were perceived as controllable or uncontrollable.

September 4, 2014

Start-up advances MR-guided procedures with software platform

By Wayne Forrest

Wisconsin researchers are developing a new software platform that would allow surgeons to observe the brain in real-time on MRI during surgical and therapeutic drug interventions. The goal of their company, called InseRT MRI, is to develop customized MRI-guided minimally invasive procedures.

September 3, 2014

GE's Vizamyl gets European OK

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has received clearance from the European Commission to market Vizamyl.

September 1, 2014

New optical imaging method could help drug addicts

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A new technique for imaging and measuring how quickly blood flows in the brain could help researchers better understand and treat drug abuse, according to a study published in Biomedical Optics Express.

August 27, 2014

fMRI sheds light on depression

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Using functional MRI (fMRI), researchers found unusually high levels of activity in emotional and cognitive brain networks in young adults who had a history of mental illness.

August 26, 2014

Brainlab planning software used in Tel Aviv

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Brainlab said its new Automatic Brain Metastases Planning software is now being used at Assuta Hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel.

August 26, 2014

DTI-MRI shows how Wii can improve balance in MS patients

By Wayne Forrest

Using diffusion-tensor MRI (DTI-MRI), Italian researchers detected brain changes related to improved balance and movement in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who regularly trained on a Nintendo Wii balance board for 12 weeks. Results were published online in Radiology.

August 26, 2014

PET shows how brain benefits from weight loss

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PET images show how weight-loss surgery can curb alterations in brain activity associated with obesity and improve cognitive function involved in planning, strategizing, and organizing.

August 25, 2014

MRI-guided catheter could upgrade stroke treatment

By Eric Barnes

A new steerable MRI-guided catheter can navigate through blood vessels from the groin to the brain in a search for clots to destroy, according to research from the University of California, San Francisco.

August 21, 2014

Piramal marks Neuraceq 1st commercial U.S. use

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Piramal Imaging said that WVU Healthcare in West Virginia is the first center in the U.S. to perform commercial scans using its Neuraceq radiopharmaceutical.

August 20, 2014

MRI points to brain benefits of exercise for kids

By Wayne Forrest

Diffusion-tensor MR images have confirmed that aerobically fit children have more favorable white-matter tracts in their brains than their less fit peers, thus improving their chances for greater cognitive function.

August 19, 2014

GE: Patients want to know if they have dementia

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A patient survey sponsored by GE Healthcare on incurable neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease found that more than 3 out of 4 people would want to know what neurological disorder they have, even if there were no cure.

August 18, 2014

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