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Whitney J. Palmer has been with Diagnostic Imaging since 2011, serving as the Senior Editor since November 2019. She has 20 years experience in healthcare and academic medicine reporting.

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Diagnostic Imaging's Weekly Scan: June 12 to 17, 2021

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Patients with mild cognitive impairment who take lipophilic statins have a more than doubled risk of progressing to dementia.

PET Imaging Shows Increased Dementia Risk with Lipophilic Statins

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Diagnostic Imaging's A Look Ahead: June 14 to June 18, 2021

Using an external tracking device can lead to super-resolution that can potentially improve neurological disorder detection.

PET Technique Harnesses Head Movement to Improve Resolution

Diagnostic Imaging's Weekly Scan: June 7, 2021, to June 11, 2021

Patients who have their disease detected with low-dose CT have a half-fold risk of brain metastasis than patients screened with other methods.



Lung Cancer Detection with LDCT Linked to Lower Brain Metastasis Risk

Homeless patients suffering from seizures undergo more CT scans, largely due to lack of access to chronic care, leading to a higher radiation dose and cancer risk.



Higher CT Use Among Homeless Patients

CT scans show patients infected with the virus who are intubated or who experience fever have lower gray matter volume in the frontal-temporal lobe.

Mechanical Oxygen, Fever Linked to Gray Matter Volume Reductions in COVID-19 Patients

BU99008 traces reactive astrogliosis, a marker that provides early, rapid Alzheimer’s detection.

New PET Tracer Offers Possible Early Alzheimer’s Detection

What is this seen post bypass surgery along the aorta?

Neurology CT