Neuroradiology: Page 50

Philips eyes interventional x-ray dose reduction
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
At this week's U.K. Radiological Congress in Manchester, Philips Healthcare unveiled AlluraClarity, a new family of interventional x-ray systems that feature the company's ClarityIQ x-ray dose-reduction technology.
June 25, 2012
GE promotes DaTscan study results
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
GE Healthcare is touting the results of a randomized, controlled study that found its contrast agent DaTscan to be useful in SPECT imaging of adult patients with clinically uncertain Parkinsonian syndromes.
June 20, 2012
European study shows strokes among younger patients often missed
By Philip Ward
Strokes in younger people tend to be overlooked, or symptoms are being misinterpreted, Dr. Franz Fazekas, head of neurology at the Medical University of Graz in Austria, reported in a large-scale European study presented at this week's European Neurological Society meeting in Prague.
June 12, 2012
2012 06 13 09 34 39 344 Franz Fazekas 70
Smartphones useful for neurological patient education
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Neurologists can make use of their smartphone or tablet PC as a tool for patient education, according to a presentation at the recent European Neurological Society meeting in Prague.
June 12, 2012
7T MRI helps predict multiple sclerosis in uncertain cases
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers have achieved 100% positive and negative predictive values using 7-tesla MRI and a specialized scanning protocol to scan the brains of patients suspected of having multiple sclerosis (MS). The technique could possibly be applied to 3-tesla magnets, providing a means to diagnose MS patients without further invasive workup.
June 3, 2012
2012 06 01 11 51 18 403 7 T Mri Thumb
fMRI shows our emotions getting in sync
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Using functional MRI (fMRI), Finnish researchers have found that experiencing strong emotions may help synchronize brain activity among a group of individuals, according to a study published online May 23 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
May 24, 2012
EuroPCR keynote attracts attention at Paris event
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Interventional cardiologists and interventional vascular radiologists have the ideal background to support interventional neuroradiologists in providing 24-hour cover for stroke patients who need mechanical thrombectomy of cerebral arteries, according to a keynote presentation given at this week's EuroPCR meeting in Paris.
May 15, 2012
Germans develop mobile stroke ambulance
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Portable scanner developer NeuroLogica and German telemedicine vendor MEYTEC have developed a comprehensive mobile stroke ambulance.
May 7, 2012
2012 05 08 08 33 40 714 2012 05 08 Stroke
Psychopaths have distinct brain structure: study
By Reuters Health
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists who scanned the brains of men convicted of murder, rape, and violent assaults have found the strongest evidence yet that psychopaths have structural abnormalities in their brains.
May 7, 2012
Reuterslogo
MRI shows musicians' brains really are markedly different
By Philip Ward
Research carried out in the Beatles' home town has confirmed that musicianship has a significant impact on the right hippocampal shape and subfield volumes. MRI showed musicians have larger volumes in the presubiculum, subiculum and fimbria.
April 19, 2012
2012 04 19 12 43 21 204 John Lennon 70
MRI tops FDG-PET in older dementia patients
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Dutch researchers says invasive and expensive techniques, such as lumbar puncture and PET scans, are not useful to establish the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in most elderly patients, as MRI is preferable, according to a study published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
March 29, 2012
Susceptibility-weighted MRI proves viable in stroke cases
By Wayne Forrest
Susceptibility-weighted MR imaging is a viable alternative to perfusion-weighted MR imaging to assess reduced blood flow and predict stroke evolution, according to a study published online on 10 February in European Radiology.
February 22, 2012
2012 02 23 09 09 29 243 2012 02 23 Stroke
Previous Page
Page 50 of 60
Next Page