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New PET and MRI Research Suggests that Visceral Fat Reduction May Prevent or Delay Alzheimer’s Disease

Diagnostic Imaging

Higher visceral adipose tissue reportedly accounted for 77 percent of the association between Alzheimer’s disease and high body mass index (BMI), according to new research presented at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference.

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Mammography Study Shows Link Between Enlarged Axillary Lymph Nodes and Higher Risks for Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease

Diagnostic Imaging

fold higher risk for cardiovascular disease, according to new research presented at the ARRS Annual Meeting. The presence of fat-enlarged axillary lymph nodes on mammography screening exams is associated with a fourfold higher risk of type 2 diabetes and a 2.6-fold

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Research Showing Genomics- and Image-Guided Subtyping Refines Characterization of Alzheimer’s Disease Presented at SNMMI 2023

Imaging Technology

Based on a novel clustering framework using sparse canonical correlation analysis (SCCA), the integrated approach was successful in identifying four subtypes of Alzheimer’s disease and the top genes associated with each, according to the authors of the study, “An SCCA-clustering framework for Alzheimer’s disease subtyping using tau PET and genomics.”

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Routine chest CT often reveals patients at risk for cardiovascular disease, presenting radiology with ‘untapped’ potential

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Radiologists only reported this finding across in about 31% to 44% of cases, experts detailed recently in JACR.

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Brain Connectivity on MRI Predicts Parkinson’s Disease Progression

Imaging Technology

milla1cf Tue, 06/25/2024 - 19:03 June 25, 2024 — The structural and functional organization of the brain as shown on MRI can predict the progression of brain atrophy in patients with early-stage, mild Parkinson’s disease, according to a study published today in Radiology , a journal of the Radiological Society of North America ( RSNA ).

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CEUS adds to locoregional therapy for liver disease

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Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) can improve locoregional therapy for treating metastatic disease of the liver, according to early study results presented April 10 at UltraCon. Furthermore, metastatic disease to the liver is common in this area due to hepatic dual blood supply.

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Study on Value of 68Ga-FAPI PET/CT Imaging for Evaluation of Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis presented during SNMMI 2023

Imaging Technology

christine.book Mon, 06/26/2023 - 12:46 June 26, 2023 — PET imaging with 68Ga-FAPI offers a feasible, reliable, and reproducible method for evaluating disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis, according to new research presented at the 2023 Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Annual Meeting.

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