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.
July 3rd 2025
In external testing, a model combining radiological complete response on breast MRI, nodal status and Ki-67 proliferation index yielded an 88 percent AUC for predicting pathologic complete response to neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy for patients with triple-negative breast cancer, according to new research.
PER Tumor Board®: Applying Recent Advances to Transform the Treatment Paradigm in SCLC—Expert Perspectives on New Approvals and Emerging Strategies
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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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2025 International Symposium of Gastrointestinal Oncology (ISGIO)
September 12-13, 2025
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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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(CME Credit Only) Lung Cancer Tumor Board®: The Pivotal Role of Multimodal Therapy in Leveraging Immunotherapy for Stage I-III NSCLC When the Goal Is Cure
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(MOC and CME Credit) Lung Cancer Tumor Board®: The Pivotal Role of Multimodal Therapy in Leveraging Immunotherapy for Stage I-III NSCLC When the Goal Is Cure
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(CME Credit Only) New Frontiers in Immunotherapy for SCLC: Insights From Latest Clinical Trials and Their Application in Real-World Treatment
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(MOC and CME Credit) New Frontiers in Immunotherapy for SCLC: Insights From Latest Clinical Trials and Their Application in Real-World Treatment
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43rd Annual CFS®: Innovative Cancer Therapy for Tomorrow™
November 12-14, 2025
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20th Annual New York Lung Cancers Symposium®
November 15, 2025
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2nd Annual Hawaii Cancer Conference
January 24-25, 2026
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23rd Annual Winter Lung Cancer Conference®
January 23-25, 2026
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43rd Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference®
March 5-8, 2026
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19th Annual New York GU Cancers Congress™
March 13-14, 2026
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Mastering Advances in Managing Unresectable and Metastatic NSCLC—Immunotherapy, Targeted Therapies, and Emerging Strategies
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Cases & Conversations™: Expert Perspectives on Leveraging Recent Advances to Transform SCLC Treatment
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Community Practice Connections™: Empowering Interventional Radiologists in the Emerging Era of Oncolytic Immunotherapies for Melanoma
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(CME Credit) Advancing Outcomes in Limited-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer: From Evidence to Practice
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Cardiac MR angiography monitors heart surgery children
July 1st 2005MR angiography can successfully monitor children who have had arterial switch surgery for transposition of the great arteries. Researchers in Belgium suggest the technique could spare children x-ray exposure from repeated exams and the potential toxicity of iodinated contrast agents.
Three-D imaging data aid neuronavigation
June 27th 2005Diagnostic radiologists may be growing familiar with interactive 3D imaging tools, but surgeons' acceptance has been slower. Further use of 3D imaging in the operating room is far from inevitable if surgeons remain unconvinced of the need for computerized anatomic reconstructions. Speakers at the CARS meeting effectively countered such skepticism by highlighting practical uses of 3D imaging data in neurosurgery.
Imagers await 3T endorectal coils for prostate exams
June 16th 2005Under the best of circumstances, 3T imaging of the prostate with a body coil can approximate the level of detail and sensitivity available at 1.5T with an endorectal coil. Researchers hope that with a 3T-oriented endorectal coil they will finally be able to take advantage of 3T's higher resolution in a challenging portion of the anatomy.
U.K. study strengthens case for breast MR screening
May 31st 2005A U.K. multicenter study has shown that a combination of MRI and mammography offers the best way of detecting breast cancer in women with a high genetic risk of the disease. The results add more weight to arguments for routine breast MRI for women carrying BRCA mutations and possibly for omitting mammography altogether
Brain candy for the molecular age
May 16th 2005Stealthy magnetophages and bacterial contrast agents were among the brain candies enjoyed last week by a community starved for something new. These treats were rich in potential, creamy smooth in creativity, and a welcome change from the meat and potatoes diet that has been fed to the MR community for the past 20 years.
MRI technique zeroes in on Sjögren’s syndrome
May 13th 2005Diffusion-weighted MR imaging can conclusively describe abnormalities of the lacrimal glands in patients with Sjögren’s syndrome, according to a study from Japan in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. Although the disease is uncommon and often benign, it can lead to pulmonary and kidney infections, and even lymphoma.
Report from ISMRM: MRA outperforms DSA for calf and foot arterial imaging
May 13th 2005Despite shortcomings, contrast-enhanced MR angiography prevailed over digital subtraction angiography often enough in a head-to-head trial to become the modality of choice for investigations of suspected infrapopliteal occlusive disease at New York-Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Wall Street Journal investigates self-referred medical imaging
May 3rd 2005What goes around has come around in The Wall Street Journal’s coverage of diagnostic imaging self-referral practices. Its article Monday (May 2) on how some companies and doctors cash in on outpatient CT and MRI sounded the same chord as its November 1991 investigative report on physician joint venturing of outpatient imaging services.
MRI documents potential precursor to cocaine addiction
April 22nd 2005The amygdala, a brain structure critical in making judgments, is markedly smaller in cocaine addicts, according to a study conducted at Harvard Medical School. While the results are preliminary, they may indicate that reduced amygdala volumes predispose people to cocaine addiction.
Digital imaging guides neurosurgery into the future
April 8th 2005Diagnosis, imaging, and management of brain tumors have all improved in the century since the first successful brain tumor resection. Technological advances are largely responsible, and not the least of these is digital imaging.
Expert offers rules for best breast MR practice
April 1st 2005Fueled by refinements in practice, advances in research, and explorations of new techniques such as 3T MR spectroscopy, the utility of breast MR is on the rise. Diagnostic Imaging spoke with Dr. Elizabeth Morris, director of breast MRI at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City to obtain an overview of the status and potential of this modality.
fMRI documents risk anticipation center in the brain
March 15th 2005You’re doing 50 mph in a 35 mph zone. Suddenly, out of the corner of your eye, you notice what look like the black-and-white markings of a police car. Your heart rate speeds up, and you automatically take your foot off the gas pedal. The anterior cingulate cortex region in the brain may have prompted that speedy reaction, according to researchers at Washington University in St. Louis.
Prostate imagers await 3T endorectal coils
March 6th 2005Under the best of circumstances, 3T imaging of the prostate with a body coil can approximate the level of detail and sensitivity available at 1.5T with an endorectal coil. Researchers hope that with a 3T-oriented endorectal coil they will finally be able to take advantage of 3T's higher resolution in a challenging portion of the anatomy.