Neuroradiology: Page 206

Pilot study shows stereotactic radiosurgery safely treats epileptic seizures
By Edward Susman
SAN DIEGO - For patients who want to avoid open surgery, stereotactic radiosurgery offers a safe alternative for the treatment of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy, according to a presentation this week at the North American Regional Epilepsy Congress.
December 5, 2006
Intravenous aspirin reduces complications in brain aneurysm embolization
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - Patients who were treated with intravenous acetylsalicylic acid, commonly known as aspirin, had significantly reduced thromboembolic events when doctors attempted to perform embolization of cerebral aneurysms, according to a study presented at the 2006 RSNA meeting.
November 30, 2006
BrainLab unveils neuro package
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy firm BrainLab of Munich, Germany, has launched iPlan Neuroradiology, an image processing tool for diagnosis and planning that combines image fusion of different modalities and segmentation algorithms for brain anatomy functionality.
November 29, 2006
DTI links back pain with structural brain changes
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - That nagging pain in your back might actually be caused by changes in the microstructure of your brain, according to a study presented at the 2006 RSNA meeting. German researchers used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) with a 1.5-tesla MRI system to compare the brain function of patients with and without chronic low back pain.
November 28, 2006
MRS finds that smoke gets in the brain as well as the eyes
CHICAGO - Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (H-MRS) has provided the first proof that smoking changes the chemistry of the brain -- but the good news is that the changes can be reversed, according to researchers from Germany.
November 27, 2006
Skip gadolinium for MRA surveillance of endovascular coils
By Shalmali Pal
CHICAGO - Gadolinum-enhanced MR angiography (MRA) for following up coil treatment in intracranial aneurysm patients makes the exam more costly and less efficient, according to a presentation this week at the RSNA meeting.
November 26, 2006
MRI spots white-matter changes in movement disorder patients
By Edward Susman
People who suffer from idiopathic dystonia may have an underlying structural brain structure anomaly that contributes to the physical spasms that are manifest in the disorder, according to researchers from the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Using diffusion tensor MRI, they scanned patients with and without dystonia, and found white-matter abnormalities in the patients with the disorder.
November 23, 2006
Tucker leaves Neurognostics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Neurognostics CEO Douglas Tucker has left the Milwaukee-based developer of functional MRI hardware and software.
November 15, 2006
BrainLab adds support for CereTom
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy firm BrainLab said that its iPlan treatment planning software is now compatible with NeuroLogica's CereTom portable CT scanner.
November 5, 2006
Study: MRI analysis could help prevent brain damage from stroke
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
New MRI techniques can discriminate between stroke patients who are likely to benefit from a stroke medication -- even when administered beyond the currently approved three-hour time window -- and those for whom treatment is unlikely to be beneficial and may cause harm.
November 1, 2006
BrainLab lands SingHealth deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy firm BrainLab has received an order from Singapore Health Services (SingHealth).
October 30, 2006
MRS results could steer first-episode psychotics to more aggressive therapy
By Shalmali Pal
Among mental health professionals it's accepted that patients with schizophrenia have abnormal brain morphology, especially in the cortical areas, that manifests at the time of the first psychotic episode. Australian researchers undertook a study to see if these structural brain changes relate to future clinical outcome.
October 30, 2006
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