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Special Imaging Study Shows Failing Hearts Are 'Energy Starved'

...fically, Bottomley and a team of cardiologists and radiologists at Hopkins used MRS to provide direct molecular-level measurements of the CK supply in normal, stressed and failing human hearts. Other team members include Robert G. Weiss, M.D., and Gary Gerstenblith, M.D., both in the Cardiology Division of the H...

Newer imaging techniques may lead to over-treatment

...ients with suspected pulmonary embolism. It allows radiologists to see more of the arteries throughout the lungs, and to detect small clots in those arteries, said J. David Prologo, MD, chief radiology resident at University Hospitals of Cleveland and lead author of the study. However, "our study found no signifi...

Minimally Invasive Cancer Treatments Highlighted

...ter cancer treatments is great, and interventional radiologists provide targeted cancer treatments directly to the...er treatment under investigation by interventional radiologists in collaboration with other specialists. Interventional radiologists are uniquely skilled in using i...

Young scientists turn to gel to ease side-effects of cancer treatment

...e gel alters when subjected to radiation beams, so radiologists can use it to take the guesswork out of the intens... By testing the radiation beam on the gel first, radiologists can judge more accurately the precise dose needed to treat the tumour, enabling them to calibrate th...

NYU researchers decorate virus particles, showing potential to enhance MRI capabilities

...ence that this effect works. Since the signal that radiologists observe in MRI scans is generated primarily from water molecules within the body, we potentially have the ability to get better contrast and clearer images that can distinguish between different tissue types." While Kirshenbaum cautioned that many o...

Second opinion yields treatment changes for half of patients

...ch to surgical management The researchers found radiologists re-interpreted imaging results in 45 percent of pa... Previous studies have documented variation in how radiologists interpret mammograms. Those who specialize in breast imaging tend to detect more abnormalities. I...

Elasticity imaging identifies cancers and reduces breast biopsies

A new ultrasound technique allows radiologists to accurately distinguish benign from malignant breast lesions. Using elasticity imaging, researchers correctly identified both cancerous and harmless lesions in nearly all of the cases studied. The findings were presented today at the annual meeting...

Radiologists attempt to solve mystery of Tut's demise

Egyptian radiologists who performed the first-ever computed tomography (CT) evaluation of King Tutankhamun’s mummy believe they have solved the mystery of how the ancient pharaoh died. The CT images and results of their study were presented today at the annual meeting of ...

Cryoablation -- A new treatment option for some kidney tumor patients

...urgery is not an option, and Mayo’s urologists and radiologists collaborated to find alternatives for these indivi...freezing cold through cryoablation. Mayo Clinic’s radiologists are among the most experienced in the world in performing ablation techniques, and have treated near...

Researchers wake up viruses inside tumors to image and then destroy cancers

...rch 1 issue of Clinical Cancer Research, a team of radiologists and oncologists from Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions describe how they used two agents already on the market ?one of which is the multiple myeloma drug Velcade ?to light up tumor viruses on a gamma camera. The technique is the first in the new fie...

Students invent protective pouch to enhance cell therapy

...tiful blood supply. To address this challenge, the radiologists last year asked undergraduates in the university’s BME Design Team course to devise a way to keep the microcapsules in one place where their cells could thrive and deliver effective therapy. During the past school year, the engineering students re...

Focused ultrasound relieves fibroid symptoms in women

...guided, focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) allows radiologists to precisely target fibroids without harming healthy surrounding tissue. "This treatment immediately stops blood flow in the treated fibroid tissue, which results in a significant, sustained decrease in symptoms for up to 12 months," said the study...

Researchers use MRI to predict recovery after spinal cord injury

Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), radiologists can better predict the likelihood of full or partial recovery of patients with acute spinal cord injuries (SCI), according to a study published in the June issue of the journal Radiology. "Our study demonstrates that the possibility and extent of n...

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