Biological engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a method to adapt MRI to visualize gene activity in an effort to better understand the processes behind the formation of memories.

18F-FDG PET/CT performs better than CT/MRI in depicting occult cervical metastatic nodes in patients with negative neck palpitation findings (stage cN0), according to a study published in the April issue of Radiology. 

Researchers at the British Museum and Durham University in the U.K. have located a skeleton more than 3,000 years old that they say represents the oldest complete example of a human being with metastatic cancer.

The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) has brought in Terri Wilson as the organization’s director of PET industry policy.

A major backer of the Alzheimer’s Association is pushing to change the way we categorize Alzheimer’s disease based on a brain study published in Neurology. The research places Alzheimer’s firmly in third place as a leading cause of death in America, instead of its current position of sixth.

The global breast imaging market is expected to rise at a compound annual growth rate of 15.37 percent until 2017 reaching a total worth of $5 billion, announced research firm RnRMarketResearch.com today.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore have proposed that the strong pull of an MRI’s magnetic field could potentially be used to diagnose, treat and study inner ear disorders that lead to balance disorders or dizziness.

Nonenhanced MRI has demonstrated high diagnostic performance that is similar to that of ultrasound for suspected pediatric appendicitis, according to a study published online March 17 by Radiology.