Neuroradiology: Page 210

Elekta lands MEG contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish radiation oncology firm Elekta of Stockholm has signed an agreement to deliver its Elekta Neuromag, a magnetoencephalography (MEG) device for noninvasive registration of nerve cell activity, to the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge, U.K.
April 10, 2006
Boston Life Sciences issues 'going concern' warning
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Pharmaceutical firm Boston Life Sciences (BLSI) of Boston has issued a warning in its annual report regarding the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
April 9, 2006
MRI reveals patterns of neurological abnormalities in schizophrenia
By Shalmali Pal
Two new MRI studies have added to the literature on brain abnormalities in schizophrenia. The first, out of Australia, took a closer look at brain volume before and after the onset of illness. The second paper, by U.S. researchers, mapped gray-matter loss rates in childhood-onset schizophrenia.
April 3, 2006
MRI, PET disclose neurological decline in preclinical Huntington's disease
By Shalmali Pal
Years before Huntington's becomes a full-blown disease, a genetic mutation may be found in some people that predisposes them to the degenerative illness. Earlier brain imaging studies have shown that progressive neuronal dysfunction may influence the clinical course of the disease. Now researchers from Italy and the U.K. have applied MRI and FDG-PET to the presymptomatic brain in Huntington's disease.
March 29, 2006
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CTI sells system to Maine lab
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Thermal breast imaging developer Computerized Thermal Imaging has won a contract to install its Thermal Imaging Processor technology at the University of New England in Portland, ME.
March 28, 2006
GE, Swedish Brain Foundation host Brain Day event
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare and the Swedish Brain Foundation are teaming up to host a Brain Day forum at GE's site in Uppsala, Sweden.
March 27, 2006
VSM notches Chinese install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian magnetoencephalography (MEG) developer VSM MedTech said that it has installed a 275-channel CTF MEG functional brain imaging system at Nanjing Brain Hospital in Nanjing, China.
March 21, 2006
Brain outwits buds in determining what tastes great
By Shalmali Pal
Using functional MRI (fMRI), behavioral specialists have found that the brain does not respond solely to input from the taste buds, and that expectations can modulate our perception of how things taste.
March 21, 2006
RTOG launches temozolomide study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology's Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) has launched a study with its European counterpart to determine if the administration of high-dose temozolomide after radiotherapy leads to improved outcome for newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients.
March 16, 2006
GE receives Innova 510(k) clearance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare said that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has provided 510(k) clearance for its Innova 3131(IQ) and 2121(IQ) digital flat-panel biplane imaging systems.
March 13, 2006
GE, St. Joseph's ink research deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare and St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix have signed a six-year research agreement.
March 7, 2006
MRI makes connection between diabetes, CNS
By Shalmali Pal
The brain has not traditionally been considered a target for diabetic complications, but new research has shown that the disease does affect the central nervous system (CNS). The underlying causes, however, are poorly understood. This led researchers from New York to use MRI to study the effects of diabetes on the CNS and cerebrovascular volume (CBV).
February 28, 2006
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