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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NIH funds development of 3 national cryo-electron microscopy centers

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced efforts to widen the scientific community's access to cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) through its Transformative High Resolution Cryo-Electron Microscopy program.  

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Fujifilm bringing pediatric imaging solutions to SPR Annual Meeting in Nashville

Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. announced Tuesday, May 15, its plan to highlight the company’s full portfolio of pediatric solutions at the Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) Annual Meeting May 16-18 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Why do some women with dense breasts skip supplemental MRI after a negative mammogram?

Most women with extremely dense breasts who decline the invitation to receive supplemental MRI after a negative mammogram do so because of “MRI-related inconveniences” or anxiety, according to a new study published by Clinical Radiology.

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For richer or poorer: Socioeconomic status may change brain's structure, function

Socioeconomic status will undoubtedly affect an adult mentally and emotionally. However, researchers have discovered that it may change an adult's brain structure and function, according to research published May 14 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.  

Researchers in Canada announce Tc-99m breakthrough

Researchers at the University of Alberta in Canada have shown they can successfully produce technetium-99m (Tc-99m) with a cyclotron.

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Why would 41% of women with dense breasts avoid supplemental breast MRIs?

More than 41 percent of women with dense breasts will choose to forgo supplemental breast MRI after receiving a negative mammography screening, according to a study recently published in Clinical Radiology.

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Cardiac MRI effective in diagnosing rare 'broken heart syndrome'

Australian researchers found cardiac MRI an accurate method of diagnosing mid-cavity variant Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM)—a rare acute coronary syndrome also known as "broken heart syndrome"—in a case study published in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.

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Research finds talking with radiographer calms patients before MRI

Nerves before an MRI are normal—up to 37 percent of patients report either moderate or high levels of anxiety leading up to an exam—and this apprehension can have physical consequences that render an entire scanning experience useless, first author J.R. Tugwell and colleagues wrote in Radiography this month.