Quantifying liver surface nodularity (LSN) from CT scans can accurately and quickly identify clinically significant portal hypertension in cirrhosis patients, according to a Radiology study.

Researchers found that incorporating lung nodule features and patient-specific characteristics improved the positive predictive ability of a cancer screening model while maintaining low-dose CT scan sensitivity, according to research published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Functional MRI (fMRI) may be the key to identifying specific neurons in the brain that are central to distinguishing bipolar disorder from depression, reported researchers in a recent Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging study.

Patients with psychosis may benefit from therapeutic effects found to be derived from cannabidiol (CBD), a naturally occurring constituent of cannabis, according to research published Aug. 29 in JAMA Psychiatry.

Brain MRIs have revealed that the anti-inflammatory drug ibudilast may slow down atrophy in patients with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS), according to research published Aug. 30 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH) has granted two Pittsburgh-based researchers a five-year, $3.8 million grant to better identify and treat individuals with suicidal thoughts using functional MRI (fMRI).

A team of international researchers has developed a new imaging biomarker able to non-invasively predict a patient’s risk of coronary inflammation and heart attack, according to research published Aug. 28 in The Lancet.

MRI measurement of small bowel motility was found to be as effective as invasive techniques in measuring Crohn's disease activity, authors of a recent Radiology study reported. The method may reduce the need for endoscopy.