A team of Johns Hopkins University researchers—conducting the first in-human PET study of three novel tau radiopharmaceuticals in Alzheimer’s disease patients—found [18F]RO-948 was the most capable for characterizing tau pathology in the disease.

Researchers found how effective early nutritional support administered in the NICU is able to assist in increasing brain volume and advancing white matter development in preterm infants.

Researchers have found that younger women are more likely to receive a poor prognosis after being diagnosed with breast cancer following mammogram screening.

An expert consensus document published May 2 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology offers recommendations for limiting radiation exposure to both patients and medical personnel during cardiovascular imaging procedures.

MR angiography (MRA) is a relatively new alternative to CT angiography (CTA) for the evaluation of suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) and it even has one major advantage over CTA: it does not expose patients to ionizing radiation.

Researchers from McGill University in Canada, Washington University in St. Louis and Yale University used MRI data to show early HIV treatment is essential for patients to avoid neurological damage, according to a May 3 release from McGill University.

In the six-patient trial, focused ultrasound will be used to disrupt a crucial circuit in the brain associated with major depression.

Automated and clinical Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) density can similarly detect and predict breast cancer, according to a study published May 1 in Annals of Internal Medicine. The two methods also perform similarly in measuring breast density.