Neuroradiology: Page 188

NordicNeuroLab releases nordicBrainEx
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
NordicNeuroLab has announced the release of a new software package to be used for postprocessing, analysis, and visualization of several types of MRI techniques.
October 26, 2009
Functional MRI may help with prognosis for comatose patients
By Wayne Forrest
French researchers have found good agreement between functional MRI (fMRI) and FDG-PET in assessing brain function in comatose patients. Their research indicates that fMRI potentially could help guide treatment of these individuals.
October 25, 2009
Bayer, AC Immune join forces
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
German pharmaceutical firm Bayer Schering Pharma is providing its florbetaben PET tracer to Swiss biopharmaceutical company AC Immune for an Alzheimer's disease clinical trial.
October 8, 2009
FDA issues radiation alert after CT brain perfusion overexposure
By Brian Casey
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating cases of radiation overexposure during CT brain perfusion scans conducted to aid the diagnosis and treatment of stroke. The agency said that at one particular facility, patients received radiation doses that were eight times the expected level.
October 7, 2009
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Fowler to receive Nat'l Medal of Science
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Joanna Fowler, Ph.D., a major contributor to brain research and a pioneer in molecular imaging, was scheduled to receive the National Medal of Science at the White House on Wednesday.
October 6, 2009
MEG imaging finds where tinnitus rings in the brain
By Edward Susman
SAN DIEGO - Researchers from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit have found that magnetoencephalography (MEG) imaging can help doctors locate -- and possibly treat -- the part of the brain repsonsible for the mysterious ringing in the ears known as tinnitus.
October 5, 2009
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News agency predicts Nobel for fMRI inventor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
News agency Thomson Reuters has predicted a Nobel Prize for Seiji Ogawa, director of the Ogawa Laboratories for Brain Function Research at the Hamano Life Science Research Foundation in Tokyo.
September 24, 2009
Whole-brain radiation for mets may be ineffective
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Patients with a limited number of brain metastases and stable primary cancer who receive whole-brain radiation therapy after surgery do not have better survival outcomes than patients who don't receive the treatment, according to study results presented this week in Berlin.
September 23, 2009
Lantheus begins testing new PET agent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lantheus Medical Imaging has launched a phase I clinical study to assess the safety, dosimetry, and tolerability of LMI1195, a fluorine-18 small-molecule tracer for imaging cardiac neuronal function in patients undergoing PET imaging.
September 16, 2009
Canadian team develops MRI-based robotic neurosurgery device
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers at the University of Calgary in Alberta have developed a computerized surgical system called neuroArm that combines MRI and robotics to perform neurosurgery. The system has the potential for expanded microsurgery applications in the future.
September 16, 2009
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Toshiba to broaden use of AIP software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems said it will expand the availability of its Next Generation Advanced Image Processing (AIP) software.
September 15, 2009
Tetris boosts brain matter on fMRI exams
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Using functional MRI (fMRI), researchers at the Mind Research Network have found that playing the computer game Tetris makes the brain more efficient, as the repetitive activity results in increased gray matter.
August 31, 2009
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