Wayne Forrest[email protected]ConferenceExtremity PET/CT scans unnecessary for melanoma patientsVIENNA - To save time and spare melanoma patients from additional radiation exposure, researchers are recommending that clinicians bypass imaging upper and lower extremities in whole-body FDG-PET/CT scans. The findings were presented on Thursday at ECR 2018.March 1, 2018ConferencePediatric patients use app to prep for MRI scanVIENNA - The prospect of undergoing an MRI scan can trigger anxiety in any patient -- and arguably even more so in a child. To alleviate this and reduce anesthesia use, Danish radiologists helped develop an app that educates children about their pending experience, according to a study presented on Thursday at ECR 2018.March 1, 2018ConferenceNo gadolinium needed for follow-up MRI inner ear scansVIENNA - Once an initial MRI scan with gadolinium-based contrast has confirmed an intralabyrinthine schwannoma, the contrast agent shouldn't be needed for follow-up evaluations, according to a study presented on Wednesday at ECR 2018.February 27, 2018Clinical NewsBreast MRI technique helps cancer detection without contrastGerman researchers have developed a novel breast MRI technique that greatly reduces false-positive findings and increases the detection of breast cancer -- without the need for a gadolinium-based contrast agent, according to a study published online February 20 in Radiology.February 22, 2018Clinical NewsIndian man carrying oxygen tank dies in MRI suiteA visit to see his mother-in-law in a state-run hospital in India turned tragic for an Indian man who was killed when an oxygen cylinder he was carrying pulled him into the bore of an MRI scanner.January 28, 2018Medical, Legal, and PracticeAuntMinnieEurope.com Molecular Imaging InsiderJanuary 22, 2018Clinical NewsPET/MRI proves value in cardiac sarcoidosis detectionU.K. researchers are recommending the use of PET/MRI to assess suspected cases of cardiac sarcoidosis, with late gadolinium enhancement and FDG uptake as the key indicators of disease, according to a study published online on 8 January in the European Heart Journal.January 22, 2018Clinical NewsGlobal group reports progress on total-body PET/CTAn international research team has reported continued progress with its plan to develop a total-body PET/CT scanner designed to image patients in less than one minute in an article in the January issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.January 21, 2018Clinical NewsPET aids in new Alzheimer's discoveryWith the help of PET imaging, researchers at the University of Cambridge believe they have confirmed the process by which tau proteins spread in the brain to advance Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published on 5 January in the journal Brain.January 4, 2018Clinical NewsMRI links function of brain networks to IQA person's intelligence could soon be confirmed with an MRI scan to assess how well connected and functional his or her neurological networks are, according to a study published in the January issue of Neuron.January 4, 2018Previous PagePage 14 of 46Next PageTop StoriesCTIR study: Keep aware of hydrophilic polymer embolizationClinicians, vendors, and regulators must collaborate to prevent hydrophilic polymer embolization, an underdiagnosed complication of endovascular interventions, European interventional radiology (IR) experts have asserted.CTRadiology mourns death of Ireland’s Barry KellyArtificial IntelligenceAI improves MRI diagnosis of prostate cancerHomeHow can we minimize errors caused by human factors?Sponsor ContentJoin us 26 June at 6 p.m. CET for a FREE webinar!