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.
October 22nd 2024
The Ezra Blueprint scan reportedly includes quantitative brain measurements, coronary calcium scoring (CAC) and a full-body MRI that provides screening for over 500 conditions.
6th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium: An Illustrated Tumor Board
October 18-19, 2024
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Lung Cancer Tumor Board: Enhancing Precision Medicine in NSCLC Through Advancements in Molecular Testing and Optimal Therapy Selection
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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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Annual Hawaii Cancer Conference
January 25-26, 2025
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21st Annual International Symposium on Melanoma and Other Cutaneous Malignancies®
February 8, 2025
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Community Practice Connections™: The 2nd Annual Hawaii Lung Cancers Conference®
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18th Annual New York GU Cancers Congress™
March 28-29, 2025
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Clinical Case Vignette Series™: 41st Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference®
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Medical Crossfire®: How Can Thoracic Teams Facilitate Optimized Care of Patients With Stage I-III EGFR Mutation-Positive NSCLC?
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Lung Cancer Tumor Board®: How Do Emerging Data for ICIs, BiTEs, ADCs, and Targeted Strategies Address Unmet Needs in the Therapeutic Continuum for SCLC?
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26th Annual International Lung Cancer Congress®
July 25-26, 2025
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MR contrast patterns predict breast cancer therapy response
January 11th 2005The permeability of gadolinium and the morphology of breast cancer can reliably predict whether those tumors will benefit from neoadjuvant chemotherapy, according to research presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in December.
Transesophageal MRI shows early plaque reduction
January 7th 2005Faster MR gradients, improved surface coil designs, and the use of an intraesophageal antenna functioning as an additional receiver have enabled researchers to document atherosclerotic plaque regression within six months of statin therapy. Previous MR technology could verify the same response only after a year of drug treatment.
Vivid imaginations trigger false memories
January 6th 2005Imagine you are asked to discern between two groups of images. You are told that half contain cancerous lesions and half do not. The methodology of the study may already be flawed because of the way the brain creates false memories after leading questions or directions.
Survey identifies orthopedists’ preferences for MR knee reports
December 28th 2004Radiologists need to communicate with referring physicians more often and listen more closely to orthopedics surgeons’ reporting preferences, according to the results of University of California, San Diego survey that were announced at the RSNA meeting.
MRI scores with basketball players at risk for injury
December 2nd 2004Research from Duke University, where stress fractures of the fifth metatarsal have been the proverbial Achilles heel of more than one Blue Devil basketball star, may help team practitioners identify players at risk for this injury even before symptoms develop.
European trial links MRI signs to clinical symptoms in Parkinson’s syndrome
December 2nd 2004In preliminary results from a three-country randomized trial, researchers report finding a correlation between MRI signs and the clinical symptoms seen in patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA) and progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP).
Endorectal coils boost accuracy of MR prostate cancer diagnosis
December 1st 2004Patients hate endorectal coils. But results presented at RSNA 2004 show without equivocation that the devices boost the diagnostic confidence of imaging studies critical to determining how prostate disease should be properly managed.
Survey identifies orthopedists’ preferences for MR knee reports
November 30th 2004Radiologists need to communicate with referring physicians more often and listen more closely to orthopedics surgeons’ reporting preferences, according to the results of University of California, San Diego survey that were announced Tuesday at the RSNA meeting.
Diffusion tensor imaging uncovers several keys to ADHD
November 29th 2004The disruption of dopamine transportation in brain white matter may be the underlying reason that children suffer from attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. In addition, MR diffusion tensor imaging suggests that drug therapy repairs the damaged fiber bundles indicated in ADHD pathology.
Greater use of noncardiac pacemakers raises MR safety concerns
November 28th 2004The growing popularity of noncardiac pacemakers is putting additional pressures on radiologists to recognize them on MR imaging, check for their proper positioning and complications, and determine the MR compatibility of the various devices.
Brain regions battle for decision-making dominance
November 22nd 2004You’re offered a giant bowl of rocky road ice cream on Thanksgiving, but you’d like to lose 15 pounds by New Year’s Day. What do you do? Princeton University researchers have discovered that two separate brain areas are involved in the decision to choose short-term satisfaction or settle for long-term happiness.