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DWI proves best of seven in subacute stroke imaging

By Tracie L. Thompson

An intriguing new study from Stanford University pitted seven common diagnostic exams against each other to determine which test had the greatest impact on the management of subacute stroke patients. Diffusion-weighted MRI won out against a host of multimodality contenders in CT, ultrasound, and conventional MRI.

May 16, 2004

AAN issues transcranial doppler ultrasound guideline

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Academy of Neurology has issued a new guideline for the use of transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound. The guideline, published in the May 11 issue of Neurology, provides recommendations for how TCD may be used to evaluate the status of blood vessels inside the brain in patients with known or suspected cerebral vascular disease, according to the Saint Paul, MN-based society.

May 11, 2004

BrainLab sells 50th Novalis system

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiosurgery vendor BrainLab has sold its 50th Novalis shaped-beam radiosurgery system.

May 3, 2004

Use of pediatric head CT growing steadily in emergency departments

By Eric Barnes

SAN FRANCISCO - The use of pediatric head CT for trauma evaluation increased steadily during the 1990s. By the end of the decade, CT was being used in nearly half of all head trauma evaluations, according to a new study based on the National Hospital Ambulatory Care Survey, presented Saturday at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies.

May 3, 2004

Short MRI exam extends stroke tPA window, with good results

By Tracie L. Thompson

SAN FRANCISCO - The all-too-brief window during which stroke patients can be given brain-sparing tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) -- generally three hours -- may be extended if those patients undergo a limited MRI scan upon presentation.

April 29, 2004

MRI delineates complexities of preterm infant brain

By Shalmali Pal

Investigators have successfully used imaging on adults who survived preterm birth; neurological scans performed on infants, while they are still in the danger zone, is much trickier. MRI may offer the best way to effectively diagnose certain pathologies in these children.

April 29, 2004

Sexual healing: Imaging takes a roll in the hay with human relations

By Shalmali Pal

The amorous amygdala, the come-hither cerebellum -- this is your brain on sex. Using MRI and PET, neuroscientists get closer to determining how and why we lust. Meanwhile, imaging specialists take an intimate look at the mechanics of arousal response -- all in the name of promoting good sex.

April 28, 2004

AuntMinnie.com MRI Radiology Insider

By Shalmali Pal

April 25, 2004

Toshiba adds Infinix Vs-i to stroke center

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Toshiba America Medical Systems of Tustin, CA, has installed its Infinix Vs-i angiographic x-ray system in a research suite at the Toshiba Stroke Research Center at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

April 7, 2004

CT scores bit part in latest Jim Carrey film

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The title may be obscure (it's a line from an Alexander Pope poem), but imaging professionals will definitely recognize one element in the new movie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: CT scans.

March 31, 2004

BrainLab places Novalis at John Muir

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiotherapy and radiosurgery software developer BrainLab of Munich, Germany, has installed its Novalis outpatient radiosurgery system at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, CA.

March 22, 2004

Teenage wasteland? fMRI study shows adolescent brain is short on motivation

By Shalmali Pal

It’s this complex cost-to-benefit relationship in the adolescent brain that a recent neuroimaging study tackled. As with most of us, teenagers are thrilled with the idea of a reward. Yet how far are they willing to go to achieve it? And if there’s a stress-free way to obtain something good, will they gleefully go for it, regardless of the consequences?

March 18, 2004

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