Patients wanting an MRI scan done at Nair Hospital in Mumbai, India, may have to wait until the year 2020 due to the hospital having only one MRI machine in combination with an already long waiting list, according to an article published Dec. 14 by the Hindustan Times.
The former University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) radiologist convicted of writing prescriptions for non-medical reasons has been sentenced to two years in federal prison, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (DTI-MRI) of a mouse kidney at 10-micron isotropic resolution with high spatial and angular resolution. The color stands for different orientation of the tubules. Courtesy of BMC.
The winning image, entitled “Kidney Rainbow”, was selected from 373 entries and acquired by Nian Wang, PhD, assistant professor of radiology at the Center for In Vivo Microcopy at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
The desire to deliver patient-centered care drives many caring and high-achieving individuals to pursue a career in medicine, and AI can unburden today's physicians so they can stay focused on that primary goal.
The new platform—which can automatically detect motile parasites in bodily fluids and analyze more than three milliliters of a bodily fluid sample in 20 minutes—provides images clearer than those from traditional optical microscopy, according to research published online Dec. 12 in the journal Light: Science & Applications.
Primary care clinicians are not adhering to ACR Appropriateness Criteria when referring nontraumatic knee patients for MRI, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
Brain imaging, using MRI, CT and ultrasound, may predict neurodevelopmental health in infants who have been exposed to the virus in utero, according to research published Dec. 12 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Consistent bullying can take a great mental toll on teenagers. A new study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry found those who are regularly victimized may be sustaining physical changes to the brain.
Courtesy of Rosalind M. Given-Wilson, MBBS, et al.
Compared to screen film mammography, researchers found digital mammography could more clearly depict calcifications, see through denser breast tissue and allowed the reader to adjust the actual image, according to a new study published Dec. 11 in Radiology.
In patients with prostate cancer, accurate primary staging is important for developing a treatment strategy. A study published in the December issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine found whole-body PET/MRI may offer a “one-stop-shop” to do so.