Body Imaging: Page 45

Whole-body MRI helps evaluate spondylarthritis

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 24 - Whole-body MRI appears useful in assessing acute inflammatory lesions in the sacroiliac joints in patients with established and active spondylarthritis, European and U.S. researchers report in the July 15 issue of Arthritis and Rheumatism.

July 23, 2009

Study: Rotator cuff treatment provides tendonitis relief

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Italian researchers have developed a minimally invasive procedure to treat tendonitis in the rotator cuff of the shoulder that provides immediate symptom relief.

June 29, 2009

Ultrasound tops clinical exam for ankle assessment in childhood arthritis

By Reuters Health

COPENHAGEN (Reuters Health), Jun 16 - Ultrasound is much more accurate than clinical examination for identifying the affected ankle structures in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, according to results released at the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Congress 2009.

June 15, 2009

Ultrasound provides valid measure of finger joint cartilage

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 20 - Results of a study published in the April 15 issue of Arthritis and Rheumatism suggest that measuring finger joint cartilage by ultrasound is an effective alternative to conventional radiograph imaging.

May 19, 2009

Contrast ultrasound beats CT, PET in Hodgkin's lymphoma staging

By Erik L. Ridley

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of the spleen proved better than both CT and PET for staging nodules in patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to a study published by Italian researchers in the May edition of Radiology.

May 5, 2009

Siemens wins U.K. Artis zee install

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare has installed its Artis zee ceiling-mounted angiography system in the largest independent hospital in the U.K.

April 29, 2009

Study: MRI detects cause of writer's cramp

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A French study has found that abnormalities in the fibers connecting different brain areas may contribute to muscle disorders, such as writer's cramp.

April 12, 2009

MDCT holds promise for advanced osteoporosis scan

By Eric Barnes

CT could become an important player in the emerging field of structural bone assessment, according to researchers from Berlin and San Francisco. They believe the modality is capable of evaluating trabecular structures from the extremities to the vertebrae, outperforming even high-resolution peripheral quantitative CT (HR-pQCT) in some conditions.

April 5, 2009

Whole-body CT improves survival in patients with multiple major injuries

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Mar 24 - Surgeons and radiologists in Germany report that early use of whole-body CT in patients with major blunt trauma significantly increases their odds of survival.

March 23, 2009

Ziehm debuts new C-arm at ECR

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

C-arm developer Ziehm Imaging introduced its Ziehm Solo C-arm at the European Congress of Radiology in Vienna.

March 17, 2009

Palliative osteoplasty provides immediate relief from painful bone metastases

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Mar 11 - Percutaneous osteoplasty provides immediate and substantial pain relief in patients with extraspinal lytic lesions due to benign and metastatic diseases who do not respond to conventional analgesic treatment, according to research reported at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting in San Diego.

March 10, 2009

MRI finds hip injuries in karate fighters

By Erik L. Ridley

VIENNA - MRI evaluation of a group of karate fighters has found a high rate of femoroacetabular impingement, according to research from the University of Bern presented Saturday at the 2009 European Congress of Radiology.

March 6, 2009

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