Neuroradiology: Page 212

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

BrainLab wins patent suit

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image-guided surgery firm BrainLab said that the U.S. District Court in Denver has dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit filed against the firm in 1998 by Medtronic of Minneapolis.

February 26, 2006

VSM gets Canadian funding

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) developer VSM MedTech of Vancouver, British Columbia, has received a $350,000 ($303,000 U.S.) contribution from the Canadian government.

February 23, 2006

X-ray reveals how pin placement aggravates nerves in pediatric fractures

By Shalmali Pal

Supracondylar humerus fractures occur quite frequently in children, and this traumatic break is usually treated with cross-pinning of the displacement after reduction. However, iatrogenic ulnar nerve injury is a potentially significant complication. Turkish researchers used two radiographic parameters to assess the connection between pin insertion and nerve damage.

January 26, 2006

Sectra adds neurorad PACS install

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Swedish imaging informatics and digital mammography vendor Sectra has installed its PACS software in a neuroradiology department in Sweden.

January 18, 2006

MRS helps predict if antidepressants will prevail in geriatric depression

By Shalmali Pal

Measuring cerebral metabolites with MR spectroscopy (MRS) could help mental health professionals tailor treatment regimens for elderly people with depression, according to Japanese researchers. They found that dysfunction in the frontal lobes is the most likely reason for cognitive impairment and possible depressive psychosis in an older population.

January 16, 2006

CT is the blanket modality for neuroimaging blunt injury patients

SAN FRANCISCO - In case you had any doubts, technology and urgent care practice are increasingly headed toward a single conclusion: CT is all you need to image neurological injuries, including the head, the spine, and even ligamentous trauma.

January 11, 2006

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Larger brain volume, head circumference may be early markers of autism

By Shalmali Pal

Although the exact cause of autism is still a mystery, possible explanations include accelerated neural development and/or macrocephaly, resulting in a larger brain and head size. Going a step beyond anatomy, researchers from North Carolina studied brain volume and head circumference in children with autism. Their results suggest that generalized enlargement of certain areas of the brain may begin as early as the first year of life.

January 2, 2006

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