MR-guided ultrasound relieves bone metastasis pain

The multimodality remote scanning modality uOmniscan and the recently FDA-cleared 3T uMR Ultra MRI system were unveiled at the Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA) conference in Las Vegas.

In the last of a three-part podcast episode, Stamatia Destounis, MD, Emily Conant, MD and Habib Rahbar, MD, share additional insights on practical considerations and potential challenges in integrating abbreviated breast MRI into clinical practice, and offer their thoughts on future research directions.

An analysis of over 749,000 Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with prostate cancer over a five-year period found that Black men were 13 percent less likely to receive PET imaging and 16 percent less likely to receive MRI in comparison to White men.

In the third of a three-part podcast episode, Emanuel Kanal, M.D. and Tobias Gilk, MRSO, MRSE, discuss strategies for maintaining the integrity of time-out procedures and communication with remote MRI scanning.

Offering a minimum scan depth of 4 mm, the UHF46-20 Transducer reportedly provides high-quality resolution for visualizing superficial nerves and vessels.

Beyond the hype, whole-body MRI offers limited clinical benefit in the general population with extraneous use potentially triggering a cycle of overdiagnosis, unnecessary treatment and financial strain.