By: Jayant A. Talwalkar, M.D., MPH, and Meng Yin, Ph.D
- MR elastography inspires new wave of hepatic imaging
- Diffusion-weighted MRI moves beyond brain to other body parts
- Exhibitors highlight revved-up MR performance, new applications
Agenda
By: Yomi Wrong Overread
- MR brain mapping assesses response to glioma therapy
- Ritalin boosts brain's efficiency
- Beta-amyloid plaques predict cognitive disease advance
- Prostate MR meets challenge following ultrasound ablation
- CT lung screening offers moderate benefit to smokers
- Case of the Month
- Intraoperative angio proves worth for brain surgery
- SPECT zooms in on causes of social anxiety disorder
- Incidental adrenal masses almost always prove benign
- PET avoids liver resection in colon cancer patients
- FDA mulls over breast cancer ablation registry
- PET/CT restaging alters breast cancer management
By: James Brice, Senior Editor Tech Watch
- GE's first high-definition CT enters clinical operation
- SPECT/CT replaces standard detector with flat-panel x-ray