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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fMRI could ID kids vulnerable to schizophrenia before symptom onset

Children with family members who have schizophrenia, and are thus at risk of developing it themselves, have brains that function differently than those who are not at risk, according to a study published in the April issue of Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging.

Fujifilm releases CR reader

Fujifilm Medical Systems' latest CR reader, the FCR Prima-T2, is available.

PET/CT fleshes out extent of inflammatory bowel disease

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are conventionally evaluated with endoscopy and histology, but imaging with 18F-FDG PET/CT could provide a more thorough picture of intestinal inflammation, according to a study published in the March edition of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Mass. hospital taps Agfa for DR

Signature Brockton Hospital has ordered a second Agfa HealthCare DX-D 600 to support its digital x-ray needs.

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Lymph node-targeting tracer pinpoints more metastatic breast cancer

The newly approved imaging agent, Lymphoseek, sought out 94 percent of found breast cancer metastases to the sentinel lymph nodes, according to a study published in the March edition of the Annals of Surgical Oncology.

MRI may show migraine biomarker

MRI scans of migraine sufferers have revealed that the intense, throbbing headaches they suffer are related to brain abnormalities, some of which are present at birth and others that develop over time, according to a study published online March 26 in Radiology.

Informed decision making & lung cancer screening: A work in progress

The conclusion of the National Lung Screening Trial in November 2011 has created a new patient population—high-risk current and former smokers potentially eligible for CT screening. A clinical crossroads published March 20 in Journal of the American Medical Association addressed key points to consider in the informed decision-making process, remaining questions and the potential benefit of software, such as computer-aided detection and volumetric measurement tools, in CT screening.

Jury still out on chest x-ray CAD

Chest x-rays coupled with computer-aided detection (CAD) technology may have a higher identification rate for actionable lung nodules in a lung cancer screening population than unaided x-rays, though the ultimate role of CAD chest radiography remains unclear, according to a study published March 20 in PLoS ONE.

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