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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

MRI offers excellent soft tissue contrast, making it well-suited for visualizing and quantifying different body compartments and tissues regarding their quality and quantity," the group noted. "T2-weighted The results were published February 19 in Investigative Radiology.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Middlebrooks, MD, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL Erik H. Middlebrooks, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. He earned his medical degree at the University of Alabama School of Medicine and completed a residency in diagnostic radiology at the University of Florida. Middlebrooks, MD.

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MARCH 4, 2025

Thus, the researchers aimed to determine prospectively whether 18F-FES PET improves staging for patients with clinical stage II/III or local-regional recurrent, grade 1 or 2, ER-positive breast cancer compared with standard F-18 FDG-PET. All lesions had also been identified at mammography and MRI. The full study is available here.

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JANUARY 22, 2025

The Choi team compared the diagnostic performance of LI-RADS v2024 with that of LI-RADS v2017 for detecting HCC in at-risk patients. This observation was classified on MRI as LR-5, thus meeting the present studys reference standard for diagnosis of HCC. It used positive biopsy or LR-5 observations on MRI as reference standards.

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MAY 9, 2024

SINGAPORE -- PET/MRI is emerging as a viable tool for pinpointing locations of pain in people with chronic low back pain and persistent hip pain after total hip replacements, according to research by a group from Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. MRI shows minimal fluid, but no edema.

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AUGUST 6, 2024

A deep-learning model performs comparably to an abdominal radiologist when it comes to finding clinically significant prostate cancer on MRI, researchers have reported. It's not that] we can use this model as a standalone diagnostic tool," he said, "[but] the model's prediction can be used as an adjunct in our decision-making process."

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NOVEMBER 25, 2024

So as to report more CT and MRI, radiologists stopped doing hands-on ultrasound and fluoroscopy. Many diagnostic radiologists became pure CT and MRI specialists. But the pressure kept building, and the number of CT and MRI scans grew by 20% annually in my hospital. So radiologists started dropping duties.

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MARCH 10, 2025

Polarean Imaging 's Xenon MRI will be used in a clinical trial that will test an investigational lung therapy. The company's participation in the trial is partly the result of a collaboration with Vida Diagnostics. The trial will begin in the fourth quarter of this year at sites in the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The latest generation scanner features a 70 cm wide-bore design and integrates AI-enabled MR Smart Workflow solutions, designed to enhance access and diagnostic confidence to improve outcomes for more patients. The eco-friendly design of the BlueSeal MRI with helium-free operations, makes it the lightest 1.5T

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

Combining ultrasound with MRI could help better differentiate between benign and malignant breast nonmass-like lesions initially detected on ultrasound, a study published October 12 in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology found. Ultrasound and MRI have their tradeoffs in supplemental breast imaging. 0.849 0.901 Specificity 52.3%

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The RSNA meeting always showcases the particular benefits MRI brings to the healthcare enterprise, and this year will be no exception. tesla) is as clinically useful as conventional 1-tesla and 3-tesla systems for applications ranging from point-of-care MRI for critically ill patients to lumbar spine visualization. 11:10 a.m. |

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JULY 25, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its MICSI-RMT AI image enhancement software for brain MRI. As part of its announcement, MICSI noted clinical study findings from a randomized, blinded rater study, in which expert neuroradiologists assessed MR images processed by MICSI-RMT and also per the standard of care.

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MAY 14, 2024

CT perfusion and portable MRI are clinically viable and cost-effective alternatives to typical CT or CT angiography (CTA) imaging for evaluating dizziness in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED), according to research presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) annual meeting. Portable MRI $15,389 1.19

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JANUARY 8, 2024

PET/MRI imaging shows promise in diagnosing fevers or inflammation of unknown origin and may have advantages over PET/CT, according to a study published January 3 in the European Journal of Radiology. They evaluated the sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of the PET/MRI findings in relation to the final diagnosis.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

I am excited that icobrain aria has received FDA approval, clearing the way for wider use in clinical practice,” said Stephen Salloway Butler Hospital and Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Example of how ARIA can present itself on a brain MRI scan.

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MAY 22, 2024

Which modality is better for breast cancer diagnosis, contrast-enhanced mammography or dynamic contrast-enhanced breast MRI? It depends on a variety of factors, according to a review published May 20 in Radiology Clinics. Dynamic contrast-enhanced breast MRI has been available since 1984, while CEM was introduced in 2011.

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OCTOBER 25, 2024

Most Influential Radiology Researcher Erik Middlebrooks, MD, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL Erik Middlebrooks, MD. One of this year's nominations for Most Influential Radiology Researcher is Erik Middlebrooks, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. But we're still just scratching the surface." He served in the U.S.

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DECEMBER 18, 2024

A novel machine-learning algorithm used with MRI can harmonize brain volumetric data of patients undergoing Alzheimer's disease assessment gathered from different scanners, researchers have reported. But differences in MRI acquisition protocols and scanners can affect the consistency of brain volumetry assessment.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 3, 2025

MRI and ultrasound have tradeoffs in diagnosing peripheral neuropathies of the upper extremity, a study published March 4 in Radiology found. However, the researchers noted that the diagnostic role of such imaging remains unclear due to limited clinical evidence.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

A team led by study senior author William Palmer, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston found that radiologists who had access to information on patients' symptoms when they interpreted MRI spine exams achieved "a near statistically perfect agreement with spine specialists." The results were published October 29 in Radiology.

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MARCH 4, 2024

Abbreviated breast MRI is not only effective for screening among high-risk women but also useful for evaluating "pure" ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), according to two presentations delivered March 2 at ECR 2024. Abbreviated breast MRI offers a cost-effective way to use the modality without compromising diagnostic accuracy, Suaris explained.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

TrueLearn has expanded its digital learning and analytics offerings with the acquisition of Medality (formerly MRI Online), a provider of education and practice development for radiologists. Under the agreement, TrueLearns platform will integrate Medalitys offerings, TrueLearn said.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The new horizons of advanced imaging, especially in oncology, must increasingly consider not only diagnostic efficacy but also sustainability for patients, prize-winning researchers told ECR 2025 delegates. Whole-body MRI is emerging as a superior tool for assessing bone marrow and monitoring therapy response in advanced breast cancer.

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JULY 25, 2024

A PET/MRI study has provided insights into the neurobiology of late-life depression, with researchers reporting that tau protein – a key protein involved in Alzheimer’s disease – does not appear to be involved in the condition. All patients were of similar ages and all were white. The full study is available here.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved new MRI standards introduced by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC), focusing on remote scanning and portable imaging technologies. These updates, effective immediately, aim to enhance patient safety and adapt to advancements in MRI practices.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 30, 2024

Efforts to bring quantitative MRI analysis into clinical practice received a boost with the availability of two new Category III Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for brain MRI. Health Catalyst explains that 0866T is an add-on code that is used in conjunction with 70551-70553.

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JUNE 3, 2024

MRI isn't yet ready to replace prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing as a first-line screening exam for prostate cancer, researchers have reported. First-line prostate cancer screening is currently performed with PSA testing, and in men with elevated PSA levels, may be followed by multiparametric MRI (mpMRI).

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Using AI software with brain MR imaging improves the diagnostic accuracy for the monitoring of amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA) in patients undergoing beta amyloid-directed antibody therapies for Alzheimer's disease, researchers have found. Patients also underwent a predosing baseline and a postdosing follow-up MRI.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

tesla MRI AI body composition analysis Cardiac PET Cryo/thermoablation CT colonography Genicular artery embolization Hyperpolarized xenon-129 MRI PET/MRI Photon-counting CT Radiomics Theranostics Whole-body MRI screening Image of the Year 3D PET/MR image. tesla brain MRI scans. AI detects cancer on breast MRI.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

A new PET/CT radiotracer that detects insulinomas could eliminate the need for other diagnostic procedures in a vast majority of patients, according to a study published October 17 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Images of exendin PET/CT, DOTA-SSA-PET/CT, and CE-DWI-MRI (T1-weighted precontrast) of a study participant.

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MAY 6, 2024

Low-field MRI can now detect many pathologies in the lungs that previous generations of MRI scanners failed to do, but there is still significant room for improvement once radiologists become more proficient at interpreting pulmonary 0.55-tesla 0.55T lung MRI protocol.

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MARCH 4, 2024

Research presented at ECR 2024 suggests that diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI) has value in ovarian cancer treatment planning. Max Lahaye, MD, of the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam presents findings on the clinical impact of dedicated MR staging of ovarian cancer patients during ECR 2024.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

Integrating radiology report features into a deep-learning (DL) algorithm improves the model's ability to identify brain lesions on MRI exams, researchers have reported. In addition, 2,655 brain MRI scans taken between January and December 2022 were used for external testing. Microaveraged AUC 0.89 Microaveraged AUC 0.76

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

The MRI PDFF measure could improve patient care by giving clinicians a more accurate picture of liver disease, a team led by Tianyi Xia, MD, of Zhongda Hospital School of Medicine, Southeast University, in Nanjing, China. There are a variety of ways to assess liver fat content, but MRI PDFF has shown high diagnostic precision.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Applying point-of-care apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) cutoffs from diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) could reduce MRI-prompted breast biopsies, a study published February 13 in Radiology found. DWI is an MRI technique that uses no contrast, with previous research suggesting it can improve diagnostic accuracy in breast cancer detection.

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OCTOBER 17, 2023

milla1cf Tue, 10/17/2023 - 12:49 October 17, 2023 — Halo Precision Diagnostics , a leader in early disease detection using precision diagnostics, today announced a collaboration with Bayer , a global leader in radiology, to join QUANTI, Bayer’s Phase III clinical development program for gadoquatrane.

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JUNE 18, 2024

SimonMed Imaging has inked a research collaboration with Oxford Brain Diagnostics to explore using cortical disarray measurement (CDM) to better diagnose neurodegenerative diseases. The companies aim to demonstrate the accuracy and efficacy of CDM compared with other diagnostic methods including standard MRI and PET.

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