Neuroradiology: Page 45

MRI and PET of dementia grab attention at WCN in Vienna
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Research on the imaging of beta-amyloid in the brain is among the featured topics at the World Congress of Neurology (WCN) 2013, being held this week in Vienna.
September 24, 2013
Study shows slow diagnosis of neurological diseases
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Most patients with Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and multiple sclerosis are facing delays in diagnosis of more than a year.
September 19, 2013
InSightec launches ExAblate trial
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Focused-ultrasound developer InSightec has treated the first patient for essential tremor in a phase III clinical trial of its ExAblate Neuro system.
September 9, 2013
Implanted ultrasound device opens up blood-brain barrier
By Tami Freeman, PhD
The blood-brain barrier prevents most drugs from entering the brain and is a major obstacle in the use of chemotherapy to treat brain tumors. Applying focused ultrasound pulses, combined with microbubble-based ultrasound contrast agents, can temporarily open the barrier and enable drug penetration, according to researchers from France.
September 8, 2013
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PET predicts cervical spinal cord compression outcome
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
FDG-PET imaging could act as a marker for a potentially reversible phase of degenerative cervical myelopathy, according to research published in the September issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
September 4, 2013
MRI shows migraines may alter brain structure
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
MRI scans can show how migraine headaches may have long-lasting effects on brain structure, according to a study published online August 28 in Neurology.
August 28, 2013
U.K.'s NICE updates head injury guideline
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
CT brain scans should be given within one hour for children and adults who have suffered a head injury and also begin to show particular signs that the injury may be serious or potentially life-threatening, according to a proposed new guideline from the U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
August 18, 2013
Medtronic ships neurostimulator for use with MRI
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Medtronic has begun shipments of a neurostimulation implant that can be used in MRI scans of patients who meet certain conditions.
August 13, 2013
Radiologists urged to play more prominent role in dementia
By Philip Ward
Radiologists must contribute more actively to an early diagnosis of cognitive decline that will help with the selection of at-risk patients for clinical trials and improve patient outcomes, top Swiss experts have stressed.
July 30, 2013
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France lends support to postmortem CT
By Philip Ward
The seemingly irresistible proliferation of postmortem CT is continuing apace. The technique is already thriving in Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K., the U.S., and Australia, and now a major study from France -- thought to be the nation's first on postmortem CT -- has produced a positive outcome.
June 10, 2013
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Philips' MRI unit to be used in mapping fetal and babies' brains
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare's Achieva TX MRI system and its Avalon fetal monitor will be used at sites in the U.K. to map fetal brains and babies' brains after birth.
June 9, 2013
Artery choice affects perfusion CT accuracy in stroke patients
By Eric Barnes
The internal carotid artery is the intracranial artery to pick for arterial input function calculations following CT perfusion imaging of stroke patients, Dutch researchers report in a new study published in European Radiology.
May 8, 2013
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