Neuroradiology: Page 195

WSJ: FDA supports imaging agents for Alzheimer's
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A panel of medical experts from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says imaging agents currently in development could help doctors diagnose abnormal amyloid plaques in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease.
October 23, 2008
Ziehm, BrainLab partner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
C-arm developer Ziehm Imaging and image-guided therapy firm BrainLab have teamed up to develop the Ziehm NaviPort 3D interface.
October 20, 2008
New neuroimaging potential seen in 320-row CT
By Eric Barnes
The development of dynamic volume imaging with 320-detector-row CT is opening new diagnostic and therapeutic windows to the brain, according to researchers at a high-volume imaging facility in Las Vegas.
October 19, 2008
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Studies: Philips software assists in dementia diagnosis
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A two-site research study is showing positive results for Philips Healthcare's decision support software tool for the automatic evaluation of dementia using PET image data.
October 15, 2008
BrainLab wins settlement from Medtronic
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy firm BrainLab has won a patent infringement lawsuit against Medtronic of Minneapolis.
October 2, 2008
3T MRI superior to 1.5T MRI in epilepsy evaluation
By Wayne Forrest
A study from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) has concluded that 3-tesla MRI is superior to 1.5-tesla MRI in detecting and accurately characterizing structural brain abnormalities in a group of patients undergoing whole-brain epilepsy evaluation.
September 30, 2008
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BrainLab debuts VectorVision flex
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy firm BrainLab has introduced its VectorVision flex surgical navigation platform.
September 22, 2008
Physicians overestimate benefits of palliative whole-brain radiotherapy
By Cynthia E. Keen
BOSTON - Oncologists and referring physicians of patients with brain metastases are overly optimistic when estimating the clinical benefit of palliative whole-brain radiotherapy, especially for patients who have a single brain metastasis, according to a presentation at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) meeting.
September 22, 2008
Functional MRI scans clues to best multitasking times
By Wayne Forrest
As a society of chronic jugglers, is it possible to discover our best times for multitasking? Researchers from the University of New Hampshire and Yale University are using functional MRI to potentially determine optimal times for handling more than one task simultaneously.
September 11, 2008
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PET helps discover why moods change
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Brain scans taken at different times of the year suggest that the actions of the serotonin transporter, which regulate the mood-altering neurotransmitter serotonin, vary by season, according to a new study.
August 31, 2008
NeuroLogica lands first Canadian install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Portable CT developer NeuroLogica has installed its portable CT scanner at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital in Quebec.
August 19, 2008
PET with C-11 PiB can assess beta-amyloid brain deposits
By Erik L. Ridley
PET using carbon-11-labeled Pittsburgh Compound B (C-11 PiB) shows promise for assessing beta-amyloid deposits in the brain and may have a potential role as a diagnostic aid for early Alzheimer's disease, according to research published online in the Archives of Neurology.
August 11, 2008
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