News tagged with mri
Radiation Seeds Effective Against Single Metastatic Brain Tumors
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study led by specialists at the Brain Tumor Center at the University of Cincinnati (UC) Neuroscience Institute affirms the benefits and safety of aggressive, localized treatment for patients with a single ...
Jun 08, 2009 |
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UCF researcher developing computer program to detect, measure brain tumors
The same techniques used to detect suspicious activity in airports, stadiums and other public places are now being used by the UCF researcher who invented them to find and measure potentially life-threatening brain tumors.
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Automated analysis of MR images may identify early Alzheimer’s disease
Analyzing MRI studies of the brain with software developed at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) may allow diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and of mild cognitive impairment, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 21, 2009 |
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Side discrepancy errors in radiology reports rare but often clinically significant
Side discrepancy errors in radiology reports do occur and it is important that radiologists, referring physicians and patients communicate well to help prevent errors in clinical management, according to a study performed ...
May 20, 2009 |
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'Singing brains' offers epilepsy and schizophrenia clues
Studying the way a person's brain 'sings' could improve our understanding of conditions such as epilepsy and schizophrenia and help develop better treatments, scientists at Cardiff University have discovered.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 19, 2009 |
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Popular cancer drug linked to often fatal brain virus
The 57-year-old lawyer in New York had handily completed the New York Times' Saturday crossword puzzle - the hardest of the week - for years. But one Saturday morning, suddenly he couldn't retrieve the words to fill in the ...
May 18, 2009 |
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NMR on a microscale
(PhysOrg.com) -- The technique well known from its use in MRI scanning - actually based on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) - can now also be applied to extremely small samples thanks to an ingenious combination ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 12, 2009 |
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New imaging technique reveals structural changes in Tourette's
Magnetization Transfer Imaging, MTI, has been used to visualize previously unknown alterations in the cerebral architecture of patients with Tourette's syndrome. The researchers, writing in the open access journal BMC Ne ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 12, 2009 |
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3T MRI detects 'early' breast cancer not seen on mammography and sonography
3T MRI, a powerful tool for evaluating patients with a high risk of having breast cancer, can detect a significant number of lesions not found on mammography and sonography, according to a study performed at the University ...
May 05, 2009 |
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Conficker worm hits hospital devices
A computer worm that has alarmed security experts around the world has crawled into hundreds of medical devices at dozens of hospitals in the United States and other countries, according to technologists monitoring the threat.
Apr 30, 2009 |
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First noninvasive technique to accurately predict mutations in human brain tumors
Donald O'Rourke, MD, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and colleagues, were able to accurately predict the specific genetic mutation that caused brain cancer in a group ...
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Cobalt Nanoparticles Boost Imaging Sensitivity and Edge Detection
(PhysOrg.com) -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can serve as a very sensitive technique for detecting small tumors in the body, but it is not as good at identifying the edges of a tumor. Photoacoustic imaging tomography ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Gorilla gets MRI at Bronx Zoo
Talk about house calls! The Wildlife Conservation Society thanks The Brain Tumor Foundation and its "Road To Early Detection" campaign for their assistance in performing a brain scan on a gorilla at the Bronx Zoo.
Mar 26, 2009 |
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When it comes to intelligence, size matters
A collaborative study led by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI), McGill University has demonstrated a positive link between cognitive ability and cortical thickness in the brains of healthy ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 25, 2009 |
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The brain 'joins the dots' when drawing a cartoon face from memory
In a study by Miall, Gowen and Tchalenko published by Elsevier, in the March issue of Cortex, a brain scanner was used to record the brain's activity in each stage of the process of drawing faces. The researchers found that t ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 19, 2009 |
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