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Road to RSNA 2024: MRI Preview

AuntMinnie

MRI has come a long way since one of its earliest iterations was used to image humans in the 1970s. Since then, the modality has helped reveal the brain's structural and functional activity and the effects of life-threatening events such as stroke. 12:15 p.m. | 2:00 p.m. |

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MRI most cost-effective way to evaluate ED patients with dizziness

AuntMinnie

MRI is the most cost-effective imaging modality for evaluating patients presenting to the emergency department with dizziness when downstream costs are considered, suggests research published November 8 in the American Journal of Radiology. But does MRI's benefits outweigh its extra cost?

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): A Leading Imaging Modality Because of its Diagnostic Versatility

Associates in Medical Imaging

Hospitals and medical practices of all sizes, no matter their target demographic or geographical location, often struggle to ensure their patients have access to all of the essential imaging modalities necessary to diagnose a wide variety of medical conditions. The answer to many of these questions could be just one—MRI.

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Road to RSNA 2024: Women's Imaging Preview

AuntMinnie

Research efforts toward supplemental breast imaging have ramped up in recent years and in Chicago, attendees can see results from these imaging modalities being put to the test. Modalities ranging from ultrasound and MRI to molecular breast imaging and contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) will have their time in the spotlight.

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Dual-tracer PET/CT shows promise in liver cancer patients

AuntMinnie

A group led by researchers at the University of Hong Kong in China found the approach detected 12% more disease in patients undergoing staging than CT or MRI and resulted in a change in treatment in a significant number of cases. Patients underwent conventional imaging for a median of 26 days prior to dual-tracer PET/CT.

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Is CEM or breast MRI better for breast cancer diagnosis?

AuntMinnie

Which modality is better for breast cancer diagnosis, contrast-enhanced mammography or dynamic contrast-enhanced breast MRI? Dynamic contrast-enhanced breast MRI has been available since 1984, while CEM was introduced in 2011. Breast MR imaging is considered standard practice for assessing chemotherapy response.

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Standardized reporting categorizes breast cancer detection methods

AuntMinnie

healthcare system currently does not have a registry requirement to report the method of detection for newly diagnosed breast cancers, which limits efforts to determine how breast cancers are discovered. These included the following: symptomatic presentations, imaging modalities, and other. Together, these accounted for 85.3%