Neuroradiology: Page 230

UCSF to install CTF magnetoencephalography system

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

CTF Systems of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, has been awarded a contract by the University of California, San Francisco to build and install a 275-channel magnetoencephalography (MEG) system.

November 3, 2002

Combined PET and MRI distinguish necrosis from tumor recurrence

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

SAN DIEGO - The aggressiveness of many brain tumors makes accurate imaging vital for staging and patient management. At the 2002 Academy of Molecular Imaging conference, Dr. Miguel Pozo of the Centro PET Complutense in Madrid found that coregistered FDG PET and MR images accurately distinguished necrosis from tumor recurrence.

October 28, 2002

FDG-PET spies early decline in forgetful folks

The results of FDG-PET exams suggest that absent-minded individuals may be at higher risk for future memory loss, according to research from the UCLA Center on Aging.

October 21, 2002

Using PET for Alzheimer's diagnosis lowers cost of care

By Eric Barnes

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have come up with some powerful reasons to justify the use of FDG-PET as an adjunct in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

October 20, 2002

MRI Devices debuts neuro coil for Philips systems

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Coil developer MRI Devices of Waukesha, WI, has released a neurovascular array coil for Philips Medical Systems' Intera 1.5-tesla MRI scanners.

October 14, 2002

Cbyon places surgical navigation suite at MGH

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Surgical visualization and navigation firm Cbyon of Mountain View, CA, has sold two of its Cybon image-guided surgical systems to the department of neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

September 12, 2002

CT of the Head and Spine

CT is still the main diagnostic tool in neuroradiology, especially among physicians who face geographic and financial constraints. CT of the Head and Spine will be most useful to this group as an overview.

September 4, 2002

CT zeros in on brain-tissue damage in heat-stroke patients

By Shalmali Pal

Heat stroke occurs when the body is unable to regulate its temperature, which then rises rapidly. An interdisciplinary team from Israel found that CT scans could be used to track the changes in the central nervous system of heat-stroke victims.

August 13, 2002

LeForce named associate medical director by MedSolutions

Dr. Bruce LeForce joins MedSolutions.

July 28, 2002

FDG-PET depicts metabolic patterns of Alzheimer's in young adults

By Brian Casey

STOCKHOLM - Imagine being told in your 30s that your brain has the same functional abnormalities as Alzheimer's disease patients decades older than you. No, this isn’t the latest Steven Spielberg thriller -- it's the latest research from the International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders.

July 23, 2002

Imaging agent plus PET visualizes Alzheimer’s marker

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

A multinational research team has successfully imaged amyloid plaques in 14 Alzheimer’s patients using PET and a compound developed at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Amyloid plaques are one of the pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease.

July 22, 2002

Silent rabies comes across loud and clear on MRI

By Shalmali Pal

The occurrence of rabies in humans varies wildly: In 2000 in the U.S., five cases were logged with the World Health Organization. By comparison, in 1998, India reported 31,300 instances of rabies in humans. Faced with so many cases, doctors in India have found a role for MRI in diagnosing radiculomyelitic rabies.

July 21, 2002

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