Neuroradiology: Page 65

DTI-MRI links obesity to areas of white-matter damage

By Wayne Forrest

Diffusion-tensor MR images (DTI-MRI) have revealed signs of brain damage in the white matter of overweight children, which could be related to several key inflammatory markers, according to a study scheduled for presentation next week at RSNA 2019 in Chicago.

November 25, 2019

Bold Brain Ventures, Google Cloud for Startups team up

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Bold Brain Ventures has partnered with Google Cloud for Startups, allowing the healthcare artificial intelligence investment fund to provide its affiliated companies with technical tools and other resources as they create machine-learning solutions.

November 24, 2019

Aprinoia starts study on PET tracer for Alzheimer's

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Neuroscience biopharmaceutical company Aprinoia Therapeutics has announced a phase II multicenter international study of a new PET tracer for detecting Alzheimer's disease based on tau deposits.

November 20, 2019

Ultrasound may help treat essential tremor

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A treatment that uses ultrasound may be effective in relieving symptoms of essential tremor by targeting the affected area of the brain, according to a study published online November 20 in Neurology. The treatment, called focused ultrasound thalamotomy, essentially destroys the area of the brain causing the tremor.

November 20, 2019

Carbon electrode could aid MRI, deep brain stimulation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Researchers at San Diego State University are developing a glassy carbon electrode for use with MRI scans during deep brain stimulation, according to a study published online November 18 in Nature Microsystems and Nanoengineering.

November 20, 2019

fMRI shows how brains rebound from hemispherectomy

By Wayne Forrest

A new study published online November 19 in Cell Reports sheds new light on how some people are able to recover from hemispherectomy -- removal of half their brain -- and still function at a high level. Functional MRI (fMRI) demonstrated how the brain compensates by restoring communication in certain areas to compensate for the loss.

November 18, 2019

PET uncovers heightened ischemia after TBI

By Wayne Forrest

A novel PET imaging technique has uncovered high levels of ischemia in patients within the first 24 hours after a traumatic brain injury (TBI), but it also showed the condition does begin to subside over the next 10 days, according to a study published online November 11 in JAMA Neurology.

November 17, 2019

MEG helmet enables 3D functional brain imaging in kids

By Abraham Kim

Researchers from the U.K. have retooled their prototype magnetoencephalography (MEG) scanner to be able to capture 3D brain images of active adults and children. The new device may improve current understanding of brain development and neurological conditions, according to an article recently published online in Nature Communications.

November 17, 2019

MaxQ AI, Arterys partner on AI-based image analysis

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Artificial intelligence (AI) software developer MaxQ AI said its Accipio intracranial hemorrhage and stroke detection software will be available through the Arterys medical image AI platform.

November 13, 2019

Curium to file NDA for generic form of DaTscan

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine firm Curium Pharma plans to submit an abbreviated new drug application (NDA) for a generic version of DaTscan in the U.S.

November 12, 2019

7T MRI finds promising MS biomarker

By Wayne Forrest

Using 7-tesla MRI scans, researchers have identified a potentially valuable biomarker of brain inflammation in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) that could shed light on how the disease progresses, according to a study published online November 12 in the Multiple Sclerosis Journal.

November 12, 2019

DTI-MRI shows varying results from football hits to head

By Wayne Forrest

MRI scans have revealed a significant reduction in the brain's white matter among high school and junior high football players after multiple hits to the head over the course of one season, according to a study published in the November issue of the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine.

November 11, 2019

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