Researchers are inching closer to the development of a wearable, helmet-like PET scanner capable of substantially increasing sensitivity and reducing patient exposure to radiation, according to results of a simulation study recently published online in the journal Physics in Medicine and Biology.

Lacking hospitals, rural villagers in India needed a mobile imaging clinic to screen women for cancers and osteoporosis. Absent a medical school, the islanders of Cape Verde off the coast of Africa needed trained radiologists and techs to show people how to take and read x-rays. 

A review of existing state laws on dense breast notifications has turned up an overall tin-eared response to patients’ needs, with many notifications deemed hard to read, difficult to understand and out of tune with individual states’ average literacy levels. 

Bayer announced this week that the FDA has approved its Gadavist (gadobutrol) injection for use with MR angiography for evaluating supra-aortic or renal artery disease. 

Researchers from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom have found that utilization of narrow band imaging can substantially reduce the risk recurrence from bladder cancer, according to results of a new study published in European Urology.

Kent Kiehl, MD, spends his days peering inside the brains of murderers, rapists, arsonists and other violent criminals using an fMRI scanner. He’s looking for clues about how physical, functional and genetic differences cause some people to be predisposed to violent acts.

The use of MR and/or ultrasound imaging to systematically surveil individuals at high risk of developing pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) due to their carrying of a mutation in the CDNK2A gene has proven worthwhile, as researchers in a European study were able to detect most PDACs at a resectable stage.

A recent feature story published by Yes! Magazine examined the rise in national interest in traumatic brain injury (TBI). As more people become aware of TBI, the story explained, some groups of individuals are getting more coverage than others.