Neuroradiology: Page 53

Advance in MRI allows faster brain scans

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Researchers from several institutions believe they have achieved a breakthrough in MRI that would enable brain scans to be performed more than seven times faster than currently possible.

January 5, 2011

PET may help find cause for epileptic brain disease in kids

By Wayne Forrest

With the help of FDG-PET, French researchers have discovered a common brain dysfunction among school-age children afflicted with fever-induced refractory epileptic encephalopathy, according to a study published in the January edition of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

January 2, 2011

C-11 PiB PET shows first progression of Alzheimer's disease

By Wayne Forrest

For the first time, Swedish researchers have observed the progression of Alzheimer's disease with the use of PET and carbon-11-labeled Pittsburgh Compound B (C-11 PiB), according to a study published online December 13 in the neurology journal Brain.

December 15, 2010

Adjuvant WBRT for metastases improves neither survival nor independence

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) following surgery or radiosurgery of some brain metastases reduces intracranial relapses and neurologic deaths, but it doesn't improve overall survival or the duration of functional independence.

November 11, 2010

MRI detects white-matter brain damage in MS patients

By Wayne Forrest

Through the use of 1.5-tesla MRI, Italian researchers have discovered early white-matter brain damage in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). But the damage did not worsen significantly one year after clinical onset of the disease, according to results published in the November issue of Radiology.

November 1, 2010

GE's DaTscan gets European nod

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

GE Healthcare's SPECT radiopharmaceutical agent DaTscan has been recommended in updated European Federation of Neurological Societies guidelines for the diagnosis and management of Alzheimer's disease.

October 14, 2010

MRI helps identify mild cognitive impairment

By Wayne Forrest

Using advanced MRI and an artificial intelligence technique, researchers in Geneva, Switzerland, have identified a method that may help identify which individuals with mild cognitive impairment will continue to decline, according to a study published online and in the December issue of Radiology.

October 4, 2010

CAD algorithm spots acute intracranial hemorrhage

By Eric Barnes

In stroke treatment, time is brain, as they say, but the timely detection of acute intracranial hemorrhage can be difficult when dealing with subcentimeter lesions or inexperienced readers. A new computer-aided detection (CAD) system designed to detect blood clots in the brain could be a welcome addition.

September 19, 2010

Quick brain scan could screen for autism

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters), Aug 11 - A 15-minute brain scan could someday be used to test for autism, helping doctors diagnose the complex condition more cheaply and accurately. British scientists said their rapid test had proved more than 90% accurate in adults and there was no reason why it should not work equally well in children.

August 10, 2010

Surgery before radiation not helpful for metastatic spinal cord compression

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 20 - The results of decompressive surgery followed by radiotherapy for metastatic spinal cord compression are similar to those obtained with radiotherapy alone, according to a new matched-pair analysis.

July 19, 2010

Transcranial Doppler IDs stroke risk in asymptomatic carotid stenosis

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cerebral emboli on transcranial Doppler ultrasonography are markers of an increased risk for stroke in patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis, investigators reported in the Lancet Neurology. They also announced their findings at the European Stroke Conference in Barcelona.

May 30, 2010

Diffusion-weighted MRI in acute stroke: Stronger is not always better

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 24 - Diffusion-weighted imaging with the newer 3.0-tesla MRI equipment may be less accurate than with the older 1.5-tesla scanners for detecting stroke lesions within the first six hours after onset, a new French study suggests.

May 23, 2010

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