MRI: Page 8

Hyperfine plans to use Swoop MR system on astronauts

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Hyperfine has announced plans to work with the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) to assess the brains of astronauts before and after spaceflight.

September 13, 2024

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Near-miss MRI incident prompts oversight questions

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A "freak accident" at a California healthcare facility highlights the lack of standard reporting mechanisms and oversight in MRI safety incidents, reported Fox KTVU.

September 9, 2024

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MRI model predicts therapy response in breast cancer

By Amerigo Allegretto

Radiomics scoring derived from contrast-enhanced MRI can predict treatment response in women being treated for triple-negative breast cancer, French researchers have reported.

September 9, 2024

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'Field-cycling' MRI identifies subacute stroke at low field strengths

By Kate Madden Yee

A new whole-brain MRI technique called field-cycling imaging identifies subacute ischemic stroke at field strengths as low as 0.2 millitesla.

September 3, 2024

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Researchers unveil 10-year results of Scottish CT trial

By Frances Rylands-Monk

CT assessment of coronary artery disease can have a major impact on the management of patients with stable chest pain, according to new analysis from the SCOT-HEART trial presented on 1 September at ESC 2024.

September 2, 2024

A 3D reconstruction and curved planar reformation from a CT coronary angiogram from a patient in the SCOT-HEART trial who had severe obstructive coronary artery disease.

Brain MRI helps predict tumor recurrence after SRT

By Kate Madden Yee

Structural features tracked on brain MR imaging after patients undergo stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) for metastatic cancer can help clinicians predict whether tumors will recur.

August 23, 2024

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10 lessons radiology can learn from top Olympic coach

By Dr. Filippo Pesapane

Radiology can draw inspiration from the words of Julio Velasco, the coach who recently led the Italian women's volleyball team to Olympic gold, writes Dr. Filippo Pesapane, PhD.

August 22, 2024

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Laughter can boost morale and improve patient communication

By Frances Rylands-Monk

Laughter can promote well-being among professionals and patients, but you should never make a joke that might offend the patient, says cardiologist, YouTuber, and comedian Dr. Rohin Francis.

August 20, 2024

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MRI shows mild TBI can have major impact on brain health

By Kate Madden Yee

MRI reveals even mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) can have far-reaching effects, researchers say. The findings have implications for contact sports players and others.

August 19, 2024

Tribunal suspends physician who failed to order spinal MRI

A U.K. medical tribunal has issued a seven-month suspension order to an emergency medicine doctor who did not request a spinal MRI scan to rule out cauda equina syndrome in a patient.

August 13, 2024

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AI model shows promise for finding prostate cancer on MRI

By Kate Madden Yee

A deep-learning model performs comparably to an abdominal radiologist when it comes to finding clinically significant prostate cancer on MRI, researchers have reported.

August 7, 2024

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MRI accident causes serious damage at Turkish hospital

By Frances Rylands-Monk

A major MRI accident has occurred at Kocaeli University's radiology department in the city of Izmit, 100 km southeast of Istanbul, according to a report in the local media.

July 30, 2024

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