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?
May 21, 2024
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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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Whole-body MRI attracts MSK imagers
May 1st 2007Whole-body MR imaging could complement-and, in some cases, even replace-traditional bone scanning techniques. Researchers across Europe have found that whole-body MRI has a significant impact on patient management compared with x-ray and nuclear medicine.
Centers' need for volume requires balancing speed and image quality
May 1st 2007Striking the right balance between quality and throughput is never easy, especially when the queue of referrals seems never to end. Shorter scan times mean that another patient or two could be squeezed onto the day's work list.
Europeans urge caution with all gadolinium agents
May 1st 2007Europeans are advised to follow steps outlined in the U.S. to prevent a life-threatening skin condition linked with gadolinium-enhanced MRI or MR angiography, according to a new editorial in European Radiology. The article stresses the importance of caution in high-risk patients for all gadolinium agents, not just the ones that have been associated with reactions, because the condition’s causes are still unclear.
Running the numbers: It's time for 3D postprocessing services
May 1st 2007Multislice CT has steamed into our radiology departments like a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. In its wake, an entire support industry has sprung up to help us quench our ever-increasing thirst for more and better slices.
Breast MRI slowly reaches consensus on indications
April 1st 2007Over the last several years, imagers and patients have witnessed passionate debate, sometimes even legal action, involving breast MR imaging. Dissent has finally given way to consensus over a few key points: Breast MRI is meant to complement, not replace, mammography or sonography, and it's a handy tool to guide biopsies, assess disease before surgery, and evaluate treatment response.
Europeans scramble to thwart threshold law for electromagnetics
April 1st 2007European legislation aimed at protecting workers from harmful effects of electromagnetic radiation, such as that emitted by mobile phones and electrical power lines, could unwittingly change the course of MR imaging if efforts to amend the law fail, according to Prof. Gabriel Krestin, who spoke in March at a press conference at the European Congress of Radiology.
MR imaging outperforms CT for initial stroke evaluation
April 1st 2007A multicenter prospective trial involving 1210 patients in Europe has found that the odds of a favorable clinical outcome were one-third higher for acute stroke patients who received diffusion/perfusion MRI to determine the appropriateness of tPA thrombolysis than for patients assessed with conventional noncontrast CT.
Three-T evolves to meet speed vs. quality balance
April 1st 2007The feasibility of 3T MR as a general-purpose clinical imaging modality is an ongoing controversy. Although whole-body 3T MRI has been available for several years, most systems to date have been sold to university hospitals and research facilities.
Static and cine imaging offers clues to female infertility
April 1st 2007Female infertility accounts for two-thirds of all infertility problems, and it can be due to tubal, ovarian, and/or uterine factors. Tuboperitoneal disease is thought to be a contributing factor to infertility for up to 40% of infertile couples.
MR-guided ultrasound relieves bone metastasis pain
April 1st 2007High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) has shown promise as a pain management strategy in patients with bone metastases for whom other treatments are ineffective, according to researchers at the Sheba Medical Center in Israel (Ann Oncol 2007;18:163-167).
European MR society bestows first Humanitarian Award
April 1st 2007Dr. Harald Ostensen, a radiologist from Norway whose reach extends all over the world, has received the European Magnetic Resonance Forum Foundation's inaugural Humanitarian Award. The award will be presented to him next month at a private ceremony in Potsdam, Germany.
Big pharma sways breast cancer research
April 1st 2007For the first time, data accrued over a decade show that the involvement of the pharmaceutical industry in clinical breast cancer research may have significantly influenced study design, focus, and results, according to a study published in the April 1 issue of Cancer.
Stellar course offers chance to bone up
April 1st 2007When I started in radiology, near the end of the Jurassic Period, musculoskeletal radiology did not exist. Skeletal radiology was a popular field, but we had no way to image musculos. Like everything in radiology, this subspecialty has been changed by CT and MRI.
Whole-body MR imaging outclasses bone scans
April 1st 2007Whole-body MRI should now be regarded as the test of choice for staging skeletal metastatic disease, and not the traditional bone scan. A head-to-toe MRI exam is more sensitive than scintigraphy for detecting bony metastases, and provides additional diagnostic information, according to Dr. Stephen Eustace, a professor of musculoskeletal radiology at Cappagh National Orthopaedic and Mater Misericordiae Hospitals in Dublin.
Today's research heads toward tomorrow's clinical practice
April 1st 2007Women's health and imaging's role in it are of enormous social, economic, and psychological importance. Recognition of this importance prompted the University of Rochester Medical Center's imaging sciences department to hold its first annual Women's Health and Imaging in a Digital Environment conference in San Antonio, TX, in January 2007.
MR imaging spots silent but deadly cardiac conditions
April 1st 2007Not all those who suffer heart attacks have typical symptoms. Many people, including the elderly, those with renal disease, and women, are at risk of having a silent myocardial infarction. People with diabetes, in particular, are among those at highest risk of experiencing a silent MI.
Assault on lease deals could bring their demise
April 1st 2007When imaging centers first entered the market, they provided MRI and other imaging services to patients who were referred by local physicians. These physicians selected imaging centers based on quality and convenience for their patients.
PET brings new definition to brain tumor diagnostics
April 1st 2007PET imaging to diagnose brain tumor and monitor recurrence after treatment is an evolving field of research. Investigators at the Radiological Society of North America meeting presented studies revolving around five tracers, as well as various permutations of imaging combinations such as FDG-PET with MR spectroscopy.
Experts weigh earthshaking implications of new breast MRI guidelines
March 30th 2007Patchy insurance reimbursement for breast MRI screening in high-risk women could become a thing of the past now that the American Cancer Society is backing MRI for routine use in select patient groups. In addition, results of an American College of Radiology Imaging Network trial just released support the use of MRI in breast cancer treatment planning.