MRI

Changes in tumor enhancement detected by post-gadolinium (Gd) T1-weighted MRI are highly predictive of which patients with recurrent glioblastoma brain tumors will benefit from second-line therapy.

CHICAGO - The brain’s ability to compensate for a traumatic injury could result in a new treatment approach, encouraging the brain to heal itself.

Brain changes from post-concussion syndrome are visible on MRI.

Physicians may be able to identify children at risk for epilepsy if they undergo EEG and MRI within days of having a febrile seizure.

Upgrade from 1.5T to 3T MRI? Invest in a wide bore machine or new software tools? Here’s what you need to know about the latest MRI advances.

Time-resolved multi-frame MRI provides better detects significant differences in coronary artery wall thickness, allowing docs to ID early-stage coronary disease.

In honor of Nuclear Medicine Week, the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging highlights four major advancements in the field.

Diffusion-weighted imaging performed with MRI for breast cancer screening may reduce the number of preventable breast biopsies.

Medical imaging manufacturers are calling on Congress to protect the national helium reserve to avoid negatively impacting MRI production and patient access.

Dedicated breast MRI systems offer significant improvement in performance and diagnostic accuracy.

Magnetic resonance imaging of the prostate can help identify men who have low-risk prostate cancer and would likely benefit from active surveillance.

A brief intervention program makes it easier for children as young as 5 years old to stay still during MRI exams so they can be scanned without sedation.

New PET/MR technology from researchers at the University of Oslo promises same-time scanning with less radiation.

The powerful magnetic fields and radio waves used by MRI scanners appear to affect the concentration and visuospatial awareness of exposed workers.

MR imaging demonstrates that mild traumatic brain injury affects working memory function, even if there is no obvious change in behavior.

MRI shows that chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency is likely an accessory process to multiple sclerosis and not necessarily related to the disease.

Washington University’s Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology is imaging cervical cancer patients with hybrid PET/MR. Here’s what they’ve learned about this new modality.

Use of functional MRI scans to detect leukoaraiosis benefits patients undergoing brain mapping for surgery or other treatments.

Last fall, the FDA examined MRI safety concerns and ways to reduce injuries. But the industry hasn’t received national guidance on accomplishing this goal.

Physicians can rely on iPads to provide MR images that are on par with DICOM calibrated secondary-class monitors, researchers say.

Sodium MRI may help physicians monitor the level of total sodium concentration levels in the brain, which increase dramatically in the advanced stages of MS.

Monitoring blood oxygen saturation in the MRI suite can challenge patient care and work flow. Here’s Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital’s solution.

MR images show significant differences in the early brain development of high-risk infants who go on to develop autism.

Acquiring refurbished imaging machines is a growing trend as practices grapple with decreasing reimbursement or consider the possibility of future consolidations.

Accuracy in evaluating MRIs for acute appendicitis improves after training from more experienced radiologists, and the addition of diffuse weight images also improves reader sensitivity and decreases the amount of time needed to read each image.