Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) could help differentiate between benign and malignant tumors and predict tumor recurrence in breast cancer patients, according to research published Oct. 4 in Academic Radiology. The authors noted that DWI may also serve as a beneficial supplement to contrast-enhanced breast MRI.

A new hybrid nanoplatform that simultaneously uses three types of imaging modalities—MRI, CT and fluorescence optical imaging—to locate tumors could give a new edge to molecular imaging and tumor diagnosis.  

Liana Apostolova, MD, a researcher at the Indiana University School of Medicine, has won a five-year, $44.7 million research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study early-onset Alzheimer's disease with MRI and PET imaging, according to an Oct. 4 report by the Indianapolis Business Journal.

Facebook may be a viable method for implementing a critical care ultrasound curriculum, according to research to be presented at CHEST 2018, the annual meeting for the American College of Chest Physicians.

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.

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and American College of Nuclear Medicine (ACNM) have submitted a letter to CMS in response to the 2019 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) proposed rule, sharing both recommendations and concerns with the agency.

A Carestream digital x-ray system has been installed at the Italian-French Concordia station in Antarctica, on a 10,500-foot mountain 620 miles from the coast.

Siemens Healthineers announced this week that Jane Kilkenny is the company’s new vice president of U.S. magnetic resonance (MR) business management.