A novel brain MRI based method can track myelin—responsible for insulating nerve fibers—and may enable clinicians to identify myelin content changes in MS patients and patients whose myelin has been damaged by stroke or traumatic brain injury.

Minimally invasive autopsy using CT and MRI exams performed as well as conventional autopsy, though better determined unexpected causes of death and diagnostic information, according to a study published online Sept. 25 in Radiology.

Researchers from the Mayo Clinic found that visual aids designed for parents of children with minor head trauma may improve communication with physicians, specifically to discuss the risks and benefits associated with CT imaging compared to active monitoring of symptoms, according to research published online Sept. 21 in JAMA Network Open.

Both resident and faculty respondents to a survey in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology agreed that procedural training should be standardized during radiology residency and competence should be ensured at completion.

Researchers compared image quality; visibility of anatomic landmarks; tubes and lines and other significant findings on portable chest radiographs acquired with wireless direct radiography (DRw) and computed radiography (CR).

Functional MRI (fMRI) may be the key to identifying specific neurons in the brain that are central to distinguishing bipolar disorder from depression, reported researchers in a recent Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging study.

MRI measurement of small bowel motility was found to be as effective as invasive techniques in measuring Crohn's disease activity, authors of a recent Radiology study reported. The method may reduce the need for endoscopy.

Researchers from Stanford University may expand current treatment options for osteoarthritis patients by using dual MRI-PET technology to detect increased bone remodeling as an early marker of bone degeneration.