In diabetic patients with early-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) can accurately assess early renal function changes, reported authors of a new Clinical Radiology study.

New Big Bore RT and Ingenia Ambition/Elition MR-RT imaging systems and Pinnacle Evolution treatment planning software support improved patient care, accelerated time to treatment and enhanced patient satisfaction.

Two Egyptian mummies pinned unidentifiable by archaeologists have recently been given three-dimensional (3D) faces with the help of CT imaging and computer animation thanks to researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, according to a report published Oct. 23 by The Baltimore Sun.

An upcoming study will test a new imaging agent which allows visualization of human synapses, according to a news release. Results will inform a future trial designed to aid Parkinson’s patients.

Engineers from MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts have developed a non-invasive MRI sensor no bigger than a penny that can detect and measure electrical activity or optical signals in the brain, according to a recent MIT news release. The research was published online Oct. 22 in Nature Biomedical Engineering.

Stereotactic radiation therapy is a safe and effective treatment for cancer patients with only one kidney, according to research presented at the 2018 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.

Contrary to recent data suggesting African-Americans face a higher mortality risk from prostate cancer than Caucasian men, a new study presented at the 2018 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting suggests African-American men may have higher cure rates when treated with radiation therapy than Caucasian men.

A new study analyzing thyroid ultrasound (US) reports found “widespread” underreporting of crucial elements, according to authors of an Oct. 20 American Journal of Roentgenology study. The failures could have led to missed cancer diagnoses.

When imaging brain tumors such as gliomas, machine learning may advance the use of imaging and augment clinical care for patients, according to a review published Oct. 17 in the American Journal of Roentgenology—specifically in tumor segmentation and MRI radiomics.

Nuclear medicine departments are not communicating proper pre-scan instructions to diabetes mellitus management patients for optimizing fluoride-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT imaging, according to new research published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.