The Diagnostic Imaging MRI modality focus page provides information, videos, podcasts, and the latest news about industry product developments, trial results, screening guidelines, and protocol guidance that touch on the use of MRI across the healthcare continuum, including breast, neurological, cardiovascular, prostate imaging, and more.
May 14th 2024
The artificial intelligence (AI)-powered module provides a prostate segmentation tool for MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation (TULSA) procedures in patients with prostate cancer.
Medical Crossfire®: How Can Thoracic Teams Facilitate Optimized Care of Patients With Stage I-III EGFR Mutation-Positive NSCLC?
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Medical Crossfire®: Critical Questions on Diagnosis, Sequencing, and Selection of Systemic and Radioligand Therapy Options for Patients with GEP-NETs
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Medical Crossfire®: Expert Exchanges to Maximize Clinical Outcomes for Patients with CRPC Through Evidence-Based Personalized Therapy
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23rd Annual International Congress on the Future of Breast Cancer® West
July 12-13, 2024
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25th Annual International Lung Cancer Congress®
July 25-27, 2024
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2023 ASCO Direct™ Highlights: Practice-Changing Data From the Leading Oncology Conference
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6th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium: An Illustrated Tumor Board
October 18-19, 2024
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Community Practice Connections™: 24th Annual International Lung Cancer Congress®
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19th Annual New York Lung Cancers Symposium®
November 16, 2024
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Medical Crossfire®: How Does Recent Evidence on PARP Inhibitors and Combinations Inform Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer Now and In the Future?
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Medical Crossfire®: How Do the Experts Select and Sequence Therapies to Optimize Patient Outcomes and Quality of Life in Advanced Prostate Cancer?
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Lung Cancer Tumor Board®: Enhancing Multidisciplinary Communication to Optimize Immunotherapy in Stage I-III NSCLC
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Clinical Vignettes™: The Experts Explain How They Integrate PET Imaging into Metastatic HR+ Breast Cancer Care Settings
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School of Breast Oncology® Live Video Webcast: Clinical Updates from San Antonio
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Community Practice Connections™: The 2nd Annual Hawaii Lung Cancers Conference®
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Research shows how MRI and PET/CT can work together in cancer assessment
May 22nd 2007Preliminary studies presented Tuesday gave radiologists a glimpse of future imaging practices for cancer patients: a molecular nuclear imaging test to assess the extent of hypoxia and functional MRI to monitor the response of head and neck carcinoma to treatment.
Study gauges popularity of block leasing among California referring physicians
May 22nd 2007A Georgetown University researcher has established a link between block time and per-click leasing arrangements and physician self-referral for high-tech imaging billed to a large healthcare insurer in California.
Siemens explores 3T scanning with 128 RF channels
May 22nd 2007More is better and all but inevitable in medical imaging. In CT, more means slices. In MR, it’s channels for receiving radiofrequency signals. These currently number 32 on the most advanced commercially available systems. But a replacement for that benchmark is in the works.
Functional MRI correlates brain activity with emotional response in autistic children
May 21st 2007Functional MR scans have confirmed that levels of brain function are low or nonexistent in autistic patients viewing stimuli designed to provoke emotional activity, according to studies presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research held in early May in Seattle.
Siemens’ moving table simplifies MR
May 21st 2007Playing off the continuously moving table built into TimCT, Siemens Medical Solutions proclaimed “Tim (Siemens’ total image matrix) is on the move” at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine meeting in Berlin. The company is featuring clinical results from its seven luminary installations of the technology in MR angiography and central nervous system imaging.
Toshiba celebrates commercial launch of Atlas MR
May 21st 2007Toshiba Medical Systems Europe is going toe-to-toe with the established high-end vendors at 1.5T during the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine meeting in Berlin. Its high-performance Vantage Atlas MR, shown several months earlier at the RSNA meeting as a work-in-progress, became a commercial reality with the first system installed and operating in March at a hospital in a Paris suburb and another more recently at an outpatient facility in Las Vegas.
Contrast-enhanced MRI offers surgeons reliable assessments of HCC in cirrhotic livers
May 21st 2007An Emory University researcher has established the diagnostic power of a simple contrast-enhanced MRI protocol that informs surgeons about the presence and extent of hepatocellular cancer in cirrhotic livers that are scheduled for transplantation.
Commentary: Next phase of radiology will develop with developing world
May 20th 2007Within two weeks this month, Berlin will have played host to two major and one very small radiological meeting. The German Roentgen Society has just left Berlin’s International Congress Center, and the combined International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)/European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB) is gathering. At the end of this week, the 25th anniversary meeting of the European Magnetic Resonance Forum (EMRF) will take place at Cecilienhof Castle in Potsdam, some 20 km away.
Philips explores quantitative MR to boost precision
May 20th 2007Unlike tests that provide thresholds such as good or bad cholesterol levels, MR scans are open to interpretation. Early steps toward quantitation have focused on measuring tumor size and volume as indicators of cancer progression or patient response to therapy. Philips is going further.
Symposium on nephrogenic systemic fibrosis takes top billing at ISMRM/ESMRMB meeting
May 17th 2007No topic can dominate a conference as dynamic as the annual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. But with many experts chiming in on nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, the subject will be a focus of the society’s jointly sponsored conference with the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology starting Monday in Berlin.
Screening diabetic patients prompts debate
May 14th 2007A review of the current literature reveals a difference of opinion regarding whether to screen diabetic patients with CT and an inherent flaw with hybrid SPECT/CT scanners resulting in misregistered images. Researchers also optimized a contrast protocol for the triple rule-out procedure and advise echo studies when mitral valve calcification is found on chest CT.
MRI Safety and Orthopedic Implants
May 8th 2007Most orthopedic implants are made from nonferromagnetic materials and, therefore, tend to be acceptable for patients undergoing MRI examinations. In vitro testing conducted at 1.5T and 3T has verified the safe aspects of orthopedic devices with regard to magnetic field interactions (see www.MRIsafety.com for a summary of this information).
Report from ARRS: Survey highlights trends in breast MRI practice
May 7th 2007Most U.S. breast specialists are performing contrast-enhanced breast MRI, albeit at a fairly low volume, according to a survey presented today at the American Roentgen Ray Society meeting in Orlando. About one-third of facilities performing breast MRI do not offer MRI-guided biopsies as well, however.
3D MRI examines structural patterns of gray matter and bipolar disease
May 4th 2007Three-D MR imaging has led to new insights concerning the relationship between dysfunctional gray matter and the physiological effects of lithium therapy for bipolar disorders. The findings were reported in April in an online version of the journal Biological Psychiatry.
Experts pinpoint benefits of hybrid systems in cancer
May 1st 2007Correct diagnosis of tumor character and stage is fundamental to lung cancer therapy planning, but evaluating indeterminate solitary pulmonary nodules continues to challenge radiologists. It is vital to determine as soon as possible, however, whether patients are likely to respond to treatment.
Breast MRI pays its way in preoperative planning
May 1st 2007MRI has great value in guiding treatment of breast cancer patients and is well worth the extra expense when used appropriately. Accurate assessment of the extent of disease prior to breast surgery is essential if inappropriate procedures and repeat conservation surgeries are to be avoided, according to speakers at ECR 2007.
Claustrophobia, meet arachnophobia
May 1st 2007MRI can be daunting enough for claustrophobic patients. But now arachnophobia may be a good reason to fear entering the tube. Researchers have begun studying large eight-legged creatures with clinical MR systems (Magn Reson Imaging 2007;25:129-135).
Multimodality approach brings results in pancreas
May 1st 2007Diagnosing pancreatic disease generally requires many different imaging procedures. Ultrasound and CT are most commonly used to evaluate the pancreatic ducts, parenchyma, and adjacent soft tissues. CT-based assessment of pancreatic pathology has been greatly aided by the advent of multislice technology.
Scan time leases: Referring clinicians mine for gold in radiology's backyard
May 1st 2007In late November, nearly 300 doctors and imaging center managers paid $325 each for a day-long seminar sponsored by the law firm McDermott Will & Emery. They packed a large ballroom in the swank Ritz-Carlton Hotel at Water Tower Place in Chicago to learn how to turn referrals to imaging facilities into lucrative income streams.
Europeans bask in glow of MR blood pool images
May 1st 2007Peripheral MR angiography (far right) is improved on first-pass imaging due to the high relaxivity of the MR blood pool agent Vasovist. The extended imaging window provided by the agent supports steady-state imaging not possible with other MR contrast media, producing ultrahigh spatial resolution MRA (second pass) demonstrating both arteries and veins in detail.