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More radiologists are providing CT and MRI services, but these studies still fall behind echocardiography and nuclear medicine.

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Images reveal ultrasound therapy can effectively open and close the blood-brain barrier, opening the door for potential new Alzheimer’s treatments.

New method can help providers distinguish between benign and malignant breast lesions.

CT Colonography & Tumor Differentiation; COVID-19 & Leukoencephalopathy; MRI, the Angiography Suite, and Acute Ischemic Stroke; Plus, DBT, African American Women, & Decreased Access

Using MRI in the angiography suite can help providers decide whether to continue with thrombectomy, to place stents, or to administer anti-thrombotic medications.

Images can show indications of rare condition that can affect white brain matter in patients who test positive for the virus.

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Mammography "Sweet Spot" Recall Rate; MRI for Early-Stage Testicular Cancer Follow-Up; COVID-19 and Body Self-Attack; Plus, Global Radiology

MRI scans reveal myocarditis, scarring, infarction, and ischemia in recovered patients with elevated troponin levels.

Using MRI to evaluate a pediatric patient for appendicitis offers several benefits, but using it comes with hefty trade-offs, as well, experts say.

CT, MRI, and ultrasound images reveal the myriad of ways the virus prompts the body to attack itself – with this knowledge, radiologists can better contribute to treatment planning.

First brain MRI findings reveal dangerous COVID-19-related optical findings.

Using radiomics to assess impact of unconventional risk factors, including cocaine use and HIV infection, potentially introduces a “brave new world” of precision phenotyping in CAD.

Can you diagnose this mostly asymptomatic patient but with weight loss and abdominal discomfort?

Using MRI – rather than CT – for post-surgical monitoring can effectively detect cancer relapse without exposing men to unnecessary radiation.

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Results show bi-parametric MRI not only shortens scan times and eliminates gadolinium exposure, but it also finds more clinically significant prostate cancers.

COVID-19 Vaccine-Related Adenopathies on Breast MRI; Baseline Mammography at 40; Cherenkov Imaging to Improve Radiation Therapy Improvement; and Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination in Radiology

These radiopharmaceuticals are less expensive, and they offer longer half-lives.

The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania offers guidance – BI-RADS scoring and follow-up recommendations – for unilateral axillary lymphadenopathies seen on breast MRI in women who have received the vaccine.

Clinical trial results show MRI as more accurate and less intrusive at diagnosis for men with a clinical suspicion of prostate cancer.

Using imaging to screen asymptomatic individuals can cause more potential harm than good, Task Force reiterates.

Research MRI images reveal information in 61-year-old COVID-19-positive patient that is similar to that captured by CT.

Men with intermediate-risk prostate cancer can be successfully treated with MRI-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound without experiencing incontinence or erectile dysfunction.

Prognosis for these patients is poor, but MRI can help providers reliably stage their disease.

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Perivascular Spaces & Dementia; COVID-19 Loss of Smell and Taste; NAFLD & Multi-parametric CT; Plus, Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Pandemic Era

Across X-ray, CT, ultrasound, and MRI, as well as insurance types, African American and Hispanic children get fewer tests than white children.

Can you diagnose this patient with dizziness?