Medical Imaging

Physicians utilize medical imaging to see inside the body to diagnose and treat patients. This includes computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, angiography,  and the nuclear imaging modalities of PET and SPECT. 

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Prostate patients willing to pay more for high-sensitivity biopsy guidance

As long as they’ve got money in a health savings account (HSA), men are willing to pay considerably more to choose prostate biopsy guided by MRI plus transrectal ultrasound over prostate biopsy guided by transrectal ultrasound alone, according to a study published online in Urology Practice.

Bipolar individuals have abnormalities in frontal, temporal regions of brain

An international consortium spanning 76 centers published a large MRI study that found abnormalities in brain regions controlling inhibition and emotion in individuals with bipolar disorder.

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PET/CT bests contrast CT at monitoring metastatic breast cancers

PET/CT is superior to contrast-enhanced CT when it comes to predicting both progression-free and disease-specific survival in patients with metastatic breast cancer, according to a study published online May 1 in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.

Rad discusses risks, rewards of dosage and related safety protocols

With CT scans in the United States soaring from about three million in 1980 to more than 80 million in 2015, ColumbusCEO published a new piece examining the risks and rewards of radiology.

Nuke/CT recommended upon initial diagnosis of stage IIB breast cancer

Weill Cornell researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center are recommending the use of PET/CT with the radiotracer fludeoxyglucose (18F-FDG PET/CT) for many patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer.

In New Zealand, a young woman harmed by imaging missteps

Several Kiwi imaging professionals are under fire for a misdiagnosis that started with a trainee sonographer and led to life-changing unnecessary surgery. 

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Novel steerable needle better than the conventional kind in CT-guided biopsy

Using a lean flank steak embedded with simulated anatomic obstacles, researchers have demonstrated the superiority of a steerable needle over a straight one in percutaneous CT-guided needle biopsy, according to a study published online April 26 in the Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography.

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Can soft drinks, fruit juice affect your memory?

Drinking a can of pop or a cup of fruit juice every day may increase chances of negatively impacting memory and development of smaller overall brain volumes and smaller hippocampal volumes, according to data from the Framingham Heart Study (FHS).

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