People who have taken psilocybin, the compound primarily responsible for the psychedelic effects of certain mushrooms, display a similar pattern of brain activity as seen during dreams when imaged by functional MRI, according to a researchers from Imperial College London.

A simple diagnostic algorithm for pediatric acute appendicitis decreased the use of imaging, including CT, without reducing diagnostic accuracy, according to a study presented earlier this year at the 9th Annual Academic Surgical Congress and recently published online in Surgery.

And you thought 7T MRIs were powerful. Gizmodo recently ran a story about the INUMAC (Imaging of Neuro disease Using high-field MR And Contrastophores) project, a $270 million machine that clocks in at 11.75 Tesla.

Researchers from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto are turning their attention to helping soldiers from combat cope with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

While Medicare’s mammography costs increased nearly 50 percent in the early 2000s, the number of women screened and detection rates for early-stage disease remained stable.

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) today said that patients and healthcare providers will benefit from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) mandate that medical imaging and radiation therapy (RT) equipment in hospitals must be maintained according to the manufacturer’s recommended maintenance standard. 

Missouri governor Jay Nixon signed his state’s breast density notification bill this week, making Missouri the 19th state with a law requiring information on breast density is included with mammography reports given to patients.

Alzheimer’s therapeutics company Oligomerix announced June 30 that Oligomerix representatives will be presenting the company’s drug development program during poster and scientific sessions at the upcoming Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Forum of Neuroscience and the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC).