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MRI provides unique views of youth concussion

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

By combining structural and functional MRI (fMRI), Canadian and Dutch researchers have identified three unique patterns in the brain to better monitor concussions in young female athletes, according to a study published online December 3 in NeuroImage: Clinical.

December 18, 2018

Virtual reality may identify early risk of Alzheimer's

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Researchers from the U.K. have developed a virtual reality navigational skills test that may pinpoint individuals likely to be affected by Alzheimer's disease earlier than has been possible with standard detection techniques, according to a 16 December article in the U.K. newspaper the Observer.

December 18, 2018

False positives boost a woman's breast cancer risk

By Kate Madden Yee

Women who have a false-positive result on a screening mammography exam have twice the risk of being diagnosed with a screen-detected or interval breast cancer later compared with women with a negative result, according to a Spanish-led study published on 19 December in the British Journal of Cancer.

December 18, 2018

2D shear-wave elastography diagnoses cirrhosis

By Kate Madden Yee

2D shear-wave elastography is an effective tool for ruling out liver fibrosis or cirrhosis in people with chronic liver disease, German researchers wrote in a study published online on 11 December in the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

December 18, 2018

PET/CT facility in India loses isotope license

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A lack of expertise and absence of radiation safety has prompted the closure of a PET/CT imaging facility in northwest India, according to a December 18 article in the Kashmir Reader.

December 17, 2018

African nations ponder nuclear energy

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Several countries in Africa are considering an investment in nuclear energy, which could have a positive residual effect on the world's supply of medical isotopes.

December 17, 2018

Germany releases new protocol for small-joint MRI

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The German Radiological Society has developed a new set of recommendations for imaging small joints with MRI.

December 17, 2018

Adding CAD to DBT can cut reading time by 14%

By Kate Madden Yee

The addition of computer-aided detection (CAD) to digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) interpretation can reduce reading time by 14% -- for both beginner and experienced readers, according to a study published online on 13 December in European Radiology.

December 17, 2018

U.K. team to conduct personalized breast screening study

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Researchers from Loughborough University in Leicestershire, U.K., plan to conduct a study investigating whether personalized breast cancer screening is a better option for women between the ages of 40 and 70.

December 16, 2018

U.K. review finds only 5K women missed breast screening

By Brian Casey

An independent review of the recent U.K. breast screening debacle has found that only 5,000 women actually missed invitations to screening appointments, down sharply from the 450,000 originally estimated. The review panel also noted that U.K. public health authorities initially overstated the magnitude of the problem, causing unnecessary anxiety among women.

December 13, 2018

U.K. regulator recommends prostate MRI before biopsy

By Philip Ward

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in the U.K. has supported the use of multiparametric MRI as a frontline tool in English hospitals to scan for prostate cancer, but the Royal College of Radiologists has already expressed concerns over the shortage of equipment to cope with the additional examinations.

December 13, 2018

Imaging reveals subtle brain alterations in gaming addiction

By Erik L. Ridley

New research involving the use of functional MRI has shown that internet gaming disorder is associated with gender-specific changes in the brain. Men have alterations in brain regions that affect impulse control, while women do not, according to a presentation at the RSNA 2018 meeting in Chicago.

December 13, 2018

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