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Brain MRI surprises with incidental findings

By Wayne Forrest

Nearly 10% of patients receiving a brain MRI have incidental findings, and a third of those require further evaluation for the unexpected abnormalities, according to a large Dutch study published online in Radiology.

July 3, 2016

Ultrasound eases drug delivery to the brain

By Tami Freeman, PhD

Brain diseases are notoriously difficult to treat due to the blood-brain barrier (BBB), a protective layer of cells limiting the delivery of most drugs into the brain. One promising approach for BBB disruption combines pulsed ultrasound with injected microbubbles.

June 29, 2016

PET shows tau may be Alzheimer's catalyst

By Wayne Forrest

In a comparison of PET images with three different radiotracers, German researchers found that tau deposits may be more influential in causing Alzheimer's disease than amyloid accumulation, according to results presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging meeting.

June 26, 2016

BIR launches online cardiac imaging course

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The British Institute of Radiology (BIR) is developing an online training source for cardiac imaging.

June 21, 2016

AuntMinnieEurope.com Cardiac Imaging Insider

By Eric Barnes

June 20, 2016

T1 maps can't pick healthy from diseased myocardium

By Eric Barnes

Native T1 mapping may be the year's hottest cardiac imaging technique, but it can't do something it's expected to do: distinguish healthy from diseased myocardium. That's the key finding by researchers from Essen University Hospital in Germany.

June 20, 2016

High iodine concentrations don't improve CCTA

By Eric Barnes

Using higher iodine concentrations when performing coronary CT angiography (CCTA) yields no significant improvement in contrast attenuation, concludes a new study led by cardiac imaging pioneer Dr. Stephen Achenbach.

June 19, 2016

German team wins prestigious Image of the Year award

By Wayne Forrest

SAN DIEGO - German researchers have received this year's Image of the Year award from the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) for the use of three different radiotracers with PET to measure amyloid plaques, tau tangles, and metabolic activity in the brains of living Alzheimer's patients.

June 16, 2016

Swedes add ABUS to improve cancer detection

By Rebekah Moan

Adding 3D automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) to digital mammography in a screening setting significantly improves the invasive breast cancer detection rate in women with dense breasts and results in an acceptable recall increase, Swedish researchers have found.

June 15, 2016

SNMMI: Optical-gamma imaging hybrid shows promise

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A work-in-progress hybrid optical-gamma imaging system can provide a visual representation of molecular data in the same frame as optical images of surface anatomy such as the skin and eyes, according to research presented at this week's Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) conference in San Diego.

June 14, 2016

Low-dose protocol slashes CT lung screening cancer risk

By Brian Casey

How low can low-dose CT (LDCT) lung cancer screening go? Swiss researchers have tested a new protocol for LDCT screening that reduces radiation dose to nearly the level of a chest x-ray -- a reduction that should lower the risk of a patient developing cancer from the scans in the future.

June 14, 2016

Toshiba secures U.K. cath lab contract

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Toshiba Medical Systems has secured a contract to install a new cardiac catheterization lab at the largest specialist heart and lung center in the U.K., the company said.

June 13, 2016

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