Neuroradiology: Page 211

Brain stem lesion on MRI bodes ill for comatose head trauma patients
By Shalmali Pal
SAN FRANCISCO - Damage to the brain stem after a traumatic head injury is likely to be fatal, according to an MRI study presented this week at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) meeting.
April 26, 2006
CTA equivalent to angiography for detecting brain aneurysms
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - One of the largest studies to date has also produced some of the highest sensitivities for the detection of ischemic stroke with CT angiography. In the study from the New Jersey Medical School, multidetector CT angiography (MDCTA) was all but equivalent to invasive catheter angiography for the detection of cerebral aneurysms in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage.
April 24, 2006
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Smoking stalls neurocognitive recovery in former alcoholics
By Shalmali Pal
Alcoholics who pair their chosen poison with cigarettes have a harder time regaining lost neurobiological function, according to a new MR spectroscopy (MRS) study. In addition, even after an individual has given up drinking, continuing to smoke could hamper his or her rehabilitation effort.
April 20, 2006
BrainLab gets FDA nod for iPlan Flow
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided surgery firm BrainLab has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for its iPlan Flow software.
April 16, 2006
Invivo gets $500,000 grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MR accessories firm Invivo of Orlando, FL, a subsidiary of MRI components provider Intermagnetics General, has been awarded a $500,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Defense.
April 10, 2006
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
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