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Imaging Biometrics wins research grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization software developer Imaging Biometrics has won a phase II research grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health to further develop its main product, IB Neuro.
September 23, 2010
CAD algorithm spots acute intracranial hemorrhage
By Eric Barnes
In stroke treatment, time is brain, as they say, but the timely detection of acute intracranial hemorrhage can be difficult when dealing with subcentimeter lesions or inexperienced readers. A new computer-aided detection (CAD) system designed to detect blood clots in the brain could be a welcome addition.
September 19, 2010
Functional MRI may track aberrant pediatric brain development
By Cynthia E. Keen
Five minutes in an MRI scanner can reveal how far a child's brain has developed from childhood to maturity, and it may shed light on a range of psychological and developmental disorders, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found.
September 12, 2010
MRI beats FDG-PET for early Alzheimer's detection
By Wayne Forrest
MRI may be a more practical clinical biomarker for early detection of Alzheimer's disease than FDG-PET, according to a new study published in the September issue of Radiology. Researchers found no evidence that FDG-PET is more sensitive than MRI to degeneration.
August 26, 2010
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SoCal hospitals say patients got too much CT radiation
By Eric Barnes
Two more hospitals in Southern California have admitted that patients undergoing perfusion CT brain scans last fall received excessive radiation doses, just as legislation that would require dose levels to be displayed on CT scanners won a vote in the state Assembly.
August 5, 2010
BrainLab adds IGRT monitoring
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy firm BrainLab has introduced ExacTrac Infrared Monitoring, a device for monitoring patient position during image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) treatments.
July 25, 2010
Fonar Upright MRI aids neck pain diagnosis
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI vendor Fonar is touting study results that show that 150% more whiplash patients had demonstrable radiographic pathology when scanned upright by MRI than when they were scanned lying down.
July 21, 2010
FDA probe prompts closure of Columbia PET laboratory
By Wayne Forrest
Columbia University Medical Center in New York City has suspended all activities at its Kreitchman PET Center laboratory following a four-year probe by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
July 19, 2010
Trial: Higher dose improves RT of brain metastases
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A higher dose of whole-brain radiotherapy (RT) may improve intracranial disease control while maintaining quality of life for cancer patients with cerebral metastases, according to a study in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
July 15, 2010
Study finds diffusion-weighted MRI tops CT in diagnosing stroke
By Wayne Forrest
German researchers are recommending the use of diffusion-weighted MRI instead of CT to diagnose acute ischemic stroke within 12 hours of a person's first stroke symptom, according to new guidelines published in the July 13 issue of Neurology.
July 11, 2010
Syntermed upgrades NeuroQ software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging software developer Syntermed has launched NeuroQ 3.5 to enhance the accuracy of FDG-PET brain imaging for improved diagnosis of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
July 11, 2010
Modeling predicts glioma radiation therapy response
By Tami Freeman
In an attempt to personalize treatment, a research team from the University of Washington has developed a mathematical model for predicting untreated glioma growth. Now, the researchers have extended the model to incorporate the effects of external-beam radiation therapy.
July 11, 2010
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