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The blind show superiority in verbal memory tasks on MR

Investigators from Israel used functional MRI (fMRI) to show that strong verbal memory in the blind is more than just an anecdotal belief -- there is an anatomical basis for the phenomenon.

July 23, 2003

Ultrasound keeps close eye on neonatal UPJ obstruction

By Paula Moyer

Most infants born with ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction do not need corrective surgery and can instead be managed with sonographic watchful waiting, according a presentation at the 2003 World Congress of Nephrology in Berlin.

July 22, 2003

CT features not entirely reliable as predictors of stomach malignancy

By Eric Barnes

The ability to sort out benign stomach conditions from malignancies is an important goal of imaging. Writing in Radiology, a group from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia assessed the sensitivity and specificity of contrast CT findings in patients with stomach lesions.

July 22, 2003

Pre-treatment with rhTSH reduces 131I retention in thyroid

By Robert Bruce

Researchers in the department of nuclear medicine at Johann W. Goethe University Hospital in Frankfurt examined 227 patients, 163 of whom were prepared for the therapy by thyroid hormone withdrawal and 64 of whom received recombinant human thyroid-stimulating hormone prior to therapy.

July 21, 2003

AuntMinnie.com Virtual Colonoscopy Radiology Insider

By Eric Barnes

Dr. Michael Macari from the New York University Medical Center recently discussed virtual colonoscopy acquisition at the Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT in San Francisco.

July 20, 2003

IS2 changes name

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Gamma camera developer IS2 Research has changed its name to IS2 Medical Systems.

July 20, 2003