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Study advises MRI screening for high-risk pancreatic cancer patients
By Wayne Forrest
Swedish researchers believe that MRI could be the best imaging modality to screen people at high risk of pancreatic cancer, according to an April 8 study in JAMA Surgery. In a small study, they showed how using MRI to screen high-risk individuals found pancreatic lesions in 40% of patients.
April 7, 2015
MRI provides answers on fetal facial clefts
By Philip Ward
When a facial abnormality is suspected on routine prenatal ultrasound, fetal MRI can provide valuable clinical information, particularly about the secondary palate, and help evaluate other fetal abnormalities, award-winning research has shown.
April 7, 2015
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The functional charlatans
By Dr. Peter Rinck, PhD
Functional brain imaging celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2015. To mark the occasion, the Maverinck reflects on the good, the bad, and the ugly, and finds that much research in the field is dubious, worrying, and malign.
April 7, 2015
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ECR 2015: 5 free radiology apps for your smartphone
By Philip Ward
A researcher from France has developed five mobile applications that are available for free on Google Play and are designed for use in daily practice to provide efficiency gains for radiologists and improve the accuracy of reports. Details were presented at ECR 2015 and the apps have already been downloaded over 8,000 times.
March 31, 2015
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MRI links head injuries to brain aging
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
British researchers have found that the brains of people with serious head injuries show signs similar to those of increased aging.
March 26, 2015
Portuguese scoop top ECR prize for fibroid work
By Philip Ward
Groundbreaking research about MRI's expanding role in the planning, safety, evaluation, and success of uterine artery embolization won a Portuguese group a prestigious Magna Cum Laude award at this month's ECR 2015 in Vienna.
March 24, 2015
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Study to examine memory during cardiac arrest
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
With the support of the Austrian Science Fund, medical experts from Vienna are studying what happens to the memory processes of people who are on the brink of death due to cardiac arrest and have memories of the time when their heart had stopped after resuscitation.
March 22, 2015
Famous Dutch researcher makes switch to U.K.
By Tami Freeman, PhD
This month the well-known researcher and medical physicist, Marcel van Herk, PhD, is moving from the Netherlands Cancer Institute to the Christie Hospital in the U.K. He reflects on the relocation, as well as the host of changes he has witnessed in the world of imaging.
March 19, 2015
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MRI sees brain differences in schizophrenics
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Researchers interpreting MR images have discovered major differences in brain networks between people with a severe form of schizophrenia and healthy individuals and those with less severe forms of the disease.
March 18, 2015
Green tea compounds improve MRI scans in animal study
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
By attaching compounds extracted from green tea to contrast nanoparticles, researchers from Germany say they have enhanced MRI scans of malignant tumors in mice.
March 18, 2015
MRI market slated to reach $6.8B by 2020
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The global MRI market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 5% to reach $6.8 billion in revenue by 2020, according to a new report by MarketsandMarkets.
March 16, 2015
Ultrahigh-field MR symposium releases agenda
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Ultrahigh Field Magnetic Resonance symposium has released the agenda for its sixth meeting to be held on 26 June in Berlin.
March 12, 2015
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