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Breast MRI surveillance reduces disease recurrence

AuntMinnie

Postoperative MRI surveillance appears to lower the odds of advanced second breast cancer in women with a personal history of the disease, researchers have reported. "In Images in a 40-year-old woman who underwent breast-conserving surgery for left breast cancer and a surveillance breast MRI examination 25 months after surgery. (A)

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CEM improves breast cancer detection rate over low-energy mammography

AuntMinnie

Additionally, recombined images from CEM are comparable to those of MRI, with the advantage of having lower cost, proponents say. Previous studies suggest that whole-breast ultrasound, a supplemental breast imaging technique, does not help increase cancer detection with screening MRI. Abnormal interpretation rate 10.3%

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Blue Earth Diagnostics, a Bracco Company, Appoints Marco Campione as Chief Executive Officer

Imaging Technology

Dr. David Gauden, a co-founder of Blue Earth Diagnostics and with the company since 2014, assumes the role of full-time CEO of Bracco subsidiary Blue Earth Therapeutics. Blue Earth Diagnostics, an indirect subsidiary of Bracco Imaging S.p.A., Bracco Imaging S.p.A., Bracco Imaging S.p.A., Board of Directors.

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Ultrasound detects more cancers in high-risk women with dense breasts

AuntMinnie

They included data collected between 2014 and 2020 from 24 radiology facilities within three Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC) registries. Sprague and co-authors sought to add to the literature, evaluating such outcomes for women with dense breasts and different estimated breast cancer risk levels. No contrast medium is required.”

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Journal Scan – This Month in Other Journals, April 2023

AJNR

Left MRgFUS thalamotomy was performed in all cases, and MR images, including resting-state functional MRI (rsfMRI), were taken before and after surgery. MR images of 15 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HCs) were also used for analysis. 2 tables, 4 figures with MRI 7. Autoimmune Encephalitis Misdiagnosis in Adults.

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Emergency Guide to Stroke Neuroimaging

Northwestern EM

3] To identify a causative vascular lesion, which may or may not be amenable or contraindicatory to thrombolysis Non-Contrast Head CT NCCT is usually the first imaging modality obtained in the acute evaluation for stroke. A 2014 pooled analysis of 21 studies from 1993 to 2013 showed CTA has a sensitivity of 83.2%