Neurology MRI

FDA approved GE Healthcare's radioactive diagnostic drug Vizamyl for use with PET scans in patients with Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

Insufficient evidence proving benefit of Alzheimer’s drug Amyvid behind Medicare’s ruling to limit or deny coverage.

Abnormalities in the brain among patients with back pain identified through MRI may help predict if pain will be chronic.

PET images show why education can help people cope with the effects of Alzheimer’s disease in its early stages.

A 35-year-old patient with history of unilateral nasal obstruction.

Brain changes from post-concussion syndrome are visible on MRI.

MR imaging demonstrates that mild traumatic brain injury affects working memory function, even if there is no obvious change in behavior.

Using fMRI, researchers have found a strong association between post-stroke depression and functional brain impairment.

Brain MRI could expand the number of stroke patients eligible for a potentially life-saving treatment, according to a new study, published online and in the December issue of Radiology.

The topic of electronic brain atlases was first discussed in Diagnostic Imaging Asia Pacific almost a decade ago (see “Electronic brain atlases show value in brain studies,” June 2001, page 35). The article featured four atlases and addressed the potential of this innovation.

Every so often you come across an idea that has so much merit you can’t imagine why somebody hadn’t come up with it before. Such is the case with hospital gowns matched to a patient’s skin color. Although sky blue and forest green might be stunning on the right patient, it is hard to imagine either one helping docs spot signs of diseases that can be found in skin color changes.

A growing body of data is linking sportsrelated concussions to brain damage associated with cognitive impairment.

The brains of 24 retired U.S. National Football League players with known cognitive impairment show signs of damaging atrophy, according to advanced MRI studies described at the 2009 RSNA annual meeting.

Researchers in Michigan are using magnetoencephalography of the brain to identify the source of tinnitus, a chronic ringing or buzzing in the ears or inside one's head.

Thanks to a near-perfect performance in a large cohort study in China, 64-slice CT angiography has shown it could replace digital subtraction angiography as the modality of choice for detecting suspected brain aneurysms at risk of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Thanks to a near-perfect performance in a large cohort study in China, 64-slice CT angiography has shown it could replace digital subtraction angiography as the modality of choice for detecting suspected brain aneurysms at risk of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Sometimes it’s just better not to know. One of those times may be when you feel perfectly fine, but your brain scan comes back with something that looks bad. The problem: how do you know it’s nothing to worry about?

Brain injuries invisible on CT and MRI, and apparent only in cognitive testing, can be revealed with diffusion tensor imaging, a study concludes.

Net-naïve and net-savvy subjects display similar brain activations patterns during reading

Do you google? Relying on the Internet's most popular search engine has become second nature for frequent users.

An incidental finding of multiple sclerosistypelesions during brain MRI is no fluke. Anew study has found that some patientsdevelop the physical symptoms of the diseasewithin five years of the abnormalities'discovery on MRI.

An incidental finding of multiple sclerosis-type lesions during brain MRI is no fluke. A new study has found that some patients develop the physical symptoms of the disease within five years of the abnormalities’ discovery on MRI.

University of California, San Diego scientists are developing a new imaging modality that will study the body/brain dynamics of humans engaged in normal activity.

For victims of psychological trauma, the challenge of suppressing painful memories may be rooted in the wiring of the brain, an ongoing study revealed at the RSNA conference Wednesday.

Women with a weakened brain "reward circuitry" are at increased risk of weight gain over time and potential obesity, according to two studies from researchers at the University of Oregon. The risk increases for women who also have a gene associated with compromised dopamine signaling in the brain.