Neuroradiology: Page 58

Elekta MEG system in new U.K. facility

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Elekta of Stockholm, Sweden, has installed its Elekta Neuromag system for the investigation of autism at the newly opened Oxford Neurodevelopmental Magnetoencephalography Centre.

October 11, 2007

Amateur boxing not linked to chronic traumatic brain injury

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 5 - The results from a systematic review of observational studies suggest that amateur boxing does not cause chronic traumatic brain injury. The definition of chronic traumatic injury included any abnormality on clinical neurologic examination, neuroimaging studies, electroencephalography, or psychometric testing.

October 4, 2007

GE warns of impending Ceretec shortage

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Bad weather and flooding have forced Chalfont St. Giles, U.K.-based GE Healthcare to close its manufacturing facility in Gloucester, U.K., temporarily interrupting supplies of an imaging radiopharmaceutical.

August 20, 2007

Presurgical fMRI for tumor resection: Are we there yet?

By Shalmali Pal

BERLIN - In theory, functional MRI offers the ultimate noninvasive, presurgical management tool for brain tumor resection. In practice, fMRI techniques have a way to go before they can be as accurate as intraoperative cortical stimulation (ICS), according to Dr. Stefan Sunaert, Ph.D., from the University Hospital of the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. Sunaert discussed some of the strengths and weaknesses of fMRI for brain tumor mapping in a talk Sunday at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) meeting.

May 20, 2007

Food for thought: Neuroimaging offers clues into eating-related psychopathology

By Shalmali Pal

In honor of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, AuntMinnie.com surveyed the latest research in eating-related imaging using functional MRI (fMRI). The European and U.S. studies examined appetite-related brain activity, the subjective quality of appetite, and cerebral processing of food-related stimuli by gender, as well as hunger and satiety in anorexia patients.

March 1, 2007

Bio-Imaging completes Theralys acquisition

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Bio-Imaging Technologies of Newtown, PA, has acquired Theralys of Lyon, France, a provider of customized imaging services in the field of central nervous system disorders (CNS) and neurovascular diseases.

February 6, 2007

BrainLab lands SingHealth deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Image-guided therapy firm BrainLab has received an order from Singapore Health Services (SingHealth).

October 30, 2006

Head growth in infancy seen to determine later intelligence

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 9 - Head growth in fetal life and infancy is associated with later intelligence, results of a study published in the October issue of Pediatrics suggest. Moreover, catch-up increases do not appear to compensate for poor early growth.

October 8, 2006

Clinical and MRI correlates of cerebral palsy identified

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 4 - In a population-based study, researchers at eight European centers shed light on the clinical and MRI findings that characterize children with cerebral palsy. The results suggest that obstetrical mishaps play a role in a small proportion of cases.

October 3, 2006

Woman in vegetative state plays tennis in her head

By Reuters Health

WASHINGTON (Reuters), Sep 11 - A woman in a vegetative state for five months appeared in brain scans to imagine playing tennis and to respond to commands, researchers reported on Thursday. Adrian Owen, a neuroscientist at Britain's Cambridge University and colleagues in Britain and Belgium used functional magnetic resonance imaging to look at the British woman's brain in action.

September 10, 2006

Antidepressant treatment improves cerebral blood flow in Parkinson's disease

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jun 21 - Investigators used brain SPECT to investigate the effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and fluoxetine on regional cerebral blood flow in 26 Parkinson's disease patients with depression and in 29 healthy age-matched control subjects without depression.

June 20, 2006

Clinical features differentiate parasomnias and nocturnal frontal lobe seizures

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 30 - Misdiagnosis of parasomnias and nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (NFLE) is common because characteristics of the two disorders are similar, including MRI findings and interictal EEG results. Therefore, specialists recommend video EEG or video EEG-polysomnography, but these services may be unavailable, or the events may not be captured during any given night.

May 29, 2006

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