Diagnostic Imaging

JULY 17, 2024

The deep learning SubtleSynth software creates synthetic STIR images that are reportedly interchangeable with conventional sequences obtained from T1 and T2-weighted MRI.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 19, 2024

GE HealthCare (GEHC) plans to partner with the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine on developing new women's imaging MRI protocols and educational materials regarding the use of MR to image the pelvis. The MR imaging protocols will help better visualize endometriosis and ovarian cancer, GEHC said.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 6, 2024

A group in Prague, the Czech Republic, has developed a new contrast agent that works with both PET and MRI, according to a recent study published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Current PET/MRI imaging of healthy and damaged mouse kidneys using the dual contrast agent F-18 [Gd (FL1)].

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Diagnostic Imaging

MAY 4, 2023

In a review of the literature, this author discusses the viability of artificial intelligence (AI), parallel imaging, compressed sensing and simultaneous multi-slice excitation for improving the scan times and use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to facilitate CyberKnife treatment.

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Diagnostic Imaging

AUGUST 21, 2024

A new MRI contrast agent may provide a viable non-invasive alternative for the detection of interstitial cystitis, according to preliminary research presented at the 5th International Consultation on Interstitial Cystitis Japan (ICICJ) in Kyoto, Japan.

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Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Since the advent of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam on human patients in the late 1970s, this innovation offered a multi-layered and noninvasive approach to the imaging of bodily organs, functions and the ability to diagnose disease.

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Open Medscience

MARCH 23, 2024

Magnetic Resonance Imaging is advancing with AI, targeted contrast agents, and molecular imaging, enhancing diagnostics. The post Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): Innovations and Advances in Contrast Agents appeared first on Open Medscience.

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AuntMinnie

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

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 26, 2024

Using digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) and supplemental MRI yields more benefits but also confers more risks, according to simulation data published August 26 in JAMA Internal Medicine. The use of DBT continues to rise in popularity among breast imaging facilities worldwide. These assumptions do not reflect realities of the U.S.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Allegheny Health Network's (AHN) Allegheny Valley Hospital (AVH) in Natrona Heights, PA has completed a $12 million expansion and renovation of its imaging and radiology department. A new mobile imaging pad outside the hospital also now supports rotating MRI and PET/CT capabilities.

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Diagnostic Imaging

JULY 18, 2024

While PET/MRI and PET/CT had comparable sensitivity for patient-level regional nodal metastases and lesion-level recurrence, the authors of a systematic review noted that PET/MRI had significantly higher accuracy in breast cancer and colorectal cancer staging.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 12, 2024

Women travel nearly three times as far for supplemental breast MRI or ultrasound screening than for mammography, according to research published August 12 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Patients seeking supplemental MRI would have to travel an average distance of 23.2 miles for MRI, 11.5 miles for mammography.

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Health Imaging

APRIL 22, 2024

The course’s release follows a slew of reported MRI accidents that have occurred in recent years, many that resulted in severe injury and some that were even fatal.

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AuntMinnie

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. External 0.86 External 0.86

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AuntMinnie

MAY 22, 2024

Abbreviated MRI may be suitable for screening women with dense breasts, a study published May 22 in the American Journal of Roentgenology found. Radiologists and ordering clinicians, alike, may use these results as evidence of the value of abbreviated MRI beyond the first round of screening in this population," Edmonds told AuntMinnie.com.

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The Radiology Clinic

JUNE 27, 2024

Understanding Prostate MRI Prostate MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) is an advanced imaging technique used to visualize the prostate gland in high detail. Why Prostate MRI Matters Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men worldwide ! as MRI uses strong magnetic fields.

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MedImaging MRI

JULY 18, 2024

New software that employs deep learning to create synthetic STIR images from already-acquired T1 and T2 weighted contrasts further redefines the speed and quality of accelerated MRI.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 27, 2023

milla1cf Thu, 07/27/2023 - 23:20 July 27, 2023 — Scientists have found a new use for copper in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent design, that could help to create better images which help doctors diagnose patients’ conditions more easily and safely.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 10, 2024

GE HealthCare (GEHC) subsidiary MIM Software has launched new software to support the use of MRI for planning high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy. Corrects differences between MRI supine and ultrasound lithotomy orientations with ReSlicer, a tool in the program. Typically, clinicians use CT or ultrasound for planning HDR procedures.

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Diagnostic Imaging

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In an analysis of repeat prostate cancer screening, researchers noted no suspicious MRI findings for over 86 percent of men who had PSA levels of 3 ng/mL or greater at a second prostate cancer screening.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 5, 2024

MRI safety oversight is spotty at best, with gaps "big enough to drive a truck through," according to Tobias Gilk, founder of Gilk Radiology Consultants in Overland Park, KS, and senior vice president of Radiology-Planning in Mission, KS. MRI bed gurney accident, Kaiser Permanente Redwood City, CA. Image courtesy of Tobias Gilk.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 8, 2024

SINGAPORE -- Auntminnie.com spoke with ultrahigh-field MRI expert Nicolas Boulant, PhD, of the NeuroSpin research center near Paris, at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) annual meeting. tesla MRI – to date, the highest magnetic field MRI used in humans, he said. The ‘good’ is simple.

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AuntMinnie

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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Diagnostic Imaging

MAY 2, 2024

In addition to enhanced resolution, the uMR Jupiter 5T device reportedly addresses image uniformity and radiofrequency safety that have been previous challenges with ultra-high-field MRI.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 25, 2024

MRI illuminates the structural and functional organization of the brain -- thus helping clinicians predict the progression of Parkinson's disease in patients in its early stages, researchers have found. The results were published June 25 in Radiology. "[Our The complete study can be found here.

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Diagnostic Imaging

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In a recently published literature review, researchers examined the potential impact of advanced sequences, scanners, patient preparation and AI on image quality for prostate MRI exams.

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Imaging Technology

MARCH 29, 2024

milla1cf Fri, 03/29/2024 - 08:01 March 29, 2024 — Magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI ) is a cornerstone in the landscape of medical diagnostics, celebrated for its non-ionizing and non-invasive nature. Since its clinical introduction in 2009, Ferumoxytol-enhanced MRI (FE-MRI) has significantly reshaped CE-MRI practices.

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MedImaging MRI

JUNE 6, 2023

In a breakthrough research finding, investigators have used novel technology to obtain the first real-time, diagnostic-quality MRI images of fetal heart disease.

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

AUGUST 5, 2024

A research team from IOCB Prague, working in collaboration with the University of Tübingen, Germany, and the Faculty of Science, Charles University, has developed a new type of contrast agent that can be used in both magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET).

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Diagnostic Imaging

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In a study involving 396 confirmed neuroendocrine tumor liver metastases, researchers found that Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI offered 19 percent higher sensitivity than polyenergetic CT.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 18, 2024

FDG-PET/MRI is comparable or superior in diagnostic performance to FDG-PET/CT across a range of cancers and endpoints, according to a review of head-to-head studies published July 17 in the American Journal of Roentgenology. PET/MRI showed a staging accuracy in breast cancer of 98% versus 74.5% versus 69.2%. versus 69.2%. versus 66.2%

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Diagnostic Imaging

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

For patients with suspected acute stroke, researchers noted higher image quality for deep learning-accelerated MRI, which can be completed over 11 minutes sooner than similar sequences for conventional MRI.

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

JULY 17, 2023

A team of scientists from the University Medical Center Freiburg, the German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), and other locations has achieved a significant breakthrough in live observation of metabolic processes in the body using metabolic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

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Health Imaging

AUGUST 11, 2024

Follow-up MRI in patients with mild traumatic brain injuries could help predict if they will experience lingering symptoms months later, even if their initial imaging was normal.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 12, 2023

milla1cf Wed, 07/12/2023 - 10:25 July 12, 2023 — Eyas Medical Imaging announced the first installation of the groundbreaking neonatal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system, the Ascent 3T , within the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Cincinnati Children’s. While the Ascent 3T is not yet cleared by the U.S.

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MedImaging MRI

JULY 12, 2023

In groundbreaking research, scientists have uncovered a novel application of copper in designing MRI contrast agents that holds promise for generating superior, safer images to facilitate easier and safer patient diagnosis.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Deep learning-accelerated brain MRI improves the detection of acute ischemic lesions compared to conventional MRI because it offers better image quality and significantly decreased exam times, researchers have reported in a study published in Radiology. Note the equal image quality. Arrows indicate the acute infarction.

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