article thumbnail

Could cranial ultrasound sub for brain MRI in imaging infants?

AuntMinnie

Cranial ultrasound could have utility in imaging infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), suggest findings published November 6 in Pediatric Neurology. Access to brain MRI is increasing in high-income countries, putting cranial ultrasound on the back burner for neuroimaging.

article thumbnail

Dedicated ultrasound, MRI protocols improve endometriosis diagnosis

AuntMinnie

Dedicated ultrasound and MRI protocols -- in contrast to routine ones -- are more effective in diagnosing endometriosis, researchers have reported. Correct workup [of endometriosis] is imperative for timely diagnosis and can involve both ultrasound and MRI," it explained. The bottom line?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

MRI/ultrasound combination effective for treating prostate cancer

AuntMinnie

A new, minimally invasive procedure that combines MRI and transurethral ultrasound is effective for treating prostate cancer, according to research presented March 20 at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting in Salt Lake City. ng/ml to 0.63 ng/ml at five years.

article thumbnail

Can Multimodal AI Enhance Prediction of Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis Beyond MRI or Ultrasound-Based Models?

Diagnostic Imaging

External validation testing revealed a deep learning combination of breast MRI, ultrasound and clinical factors had a 10 percent higher AUC for predicting axillary lymph node metastasis than sole use of MRI- or ultrasound-based deep learning models in patients with breast cancer.

article thumbnail

Women travel greater distances for breast MRI, ultrasound

AuntMinnie

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 to a breast ultrasound site. “[The]

article thumbnail

Combined ultrasound, MRI characterizes nonmass-like breast lesions

AuntMinnie

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.

article thumbnail

A combined MRI/ultrasound model improves breast disease detection

AuntMinnie

S3A-SPBR-7 | Learning Center Compared with ultrasound or MRI used alone to diagnose breast diseases, a combined model of both modalities based on radiomics more accurately identifies breast conditions, according to a poster to be displayed Sunday morning. Sunday, December 1 | 11:45 a.m.-12:15 12:15 p.m. |