Sponsored • Patient positioning
Relief for radiographers: The Get Up holding system for back-friendly repositioning
Discover in only one minute, how the Get Up holding system sustainably assists both patients and medical staff.
MRI
News • Prensented at RSNA 2024
MRI platform expands on patient comfort and sustainability
Siemens Healthineers expands its 1.5 Tesla Magnetom Flow. Platform to include a model with a 70-centimeter bore with the introduction of a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner at RSNA 2024.
News • Lung-brain relationship
Long Covid: researchers track down cause of 'brain fog'
After a Covid-19 infection, patients may suffer from a variety of symptoms, including difficulty concentrating (“brain fog”). New research now linked the condition to impaired lung function.
Sponsored • System installation
Bringing cutting-edge MRI technology to Malaga
As a direct result of the collaboration of United Imaging with APR Salud in Spain, HM Málaga Hospital will join the ranks of medical facilities leveraging the leading-edge imaging technology of the company. This comprehensive treatment center has made the decision to expand its diagnostic capabilities by installing the groundbreaking uMR 680.
News • Know thy patients' symptoms
Questionnaire + spine MRI = better diagnosis
Not every spine abnormality shown in an MRI scan causes pain for a patient. To diagnose correctly, researchers advocate the use of questionnaires to match the images with reported symptoms.
News • New frontiers in imaging
First MRI in Antarctica to study brains in space
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has made the jump to the Antarctic continent. A new mobile scanner at the Concordia research station is used to study effects on the brain even further away: in space.
News • New machine learning method
Seeing the beating heart with better MRI videos
Using smartly trained neural networks, researchers at TU Graz have succeeded in generating precise real-time images of the beating heart from just a few MRI measurement data.
Article • Appeal for greener imaging at radiology congress
MRI: AI enables faster, more sustainable scans
“Is ecological also economical” was the theme of a webinar organised as part of the German Radiology Congress (RÖKO). Four experts discussed how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to reduce energy consumption and discussed whether the trend towards ever faster and better magnetic resonance imaging scanners is justified.
Article • Interdisciplinary senology
Mammography, ultrasound, MRI: which imaging modality at which time?
Interdisciplinary collaboration between gynaecologists, radiologists, pathologists and breast care nurses following a palpation finding makes a decisive contribution to the success of further breast cancer treatment. This was the consensus among the speakers at the Annual Congress of the German Society of Senology in Dresden. The experts provided clear explanations of which imaging is best for…
News • Towards personalised risk assessment
Training an AI to early detect dementia with big data
With enough medical training data, AI can predict health conditions with astounding accuracy. Now, researchers want to use brain scans of the entire Scottish population to have an algorithm early detect dementia.
News • Cardiovascular magnetic resonance
Non-invasive MRI technique to predict heart failure risk
New resesarch suggests a new way of assessing the risk of heart failure without invasive diagnostic tests. The method involves MRI to measure heart pressure as a predictive factor.
News • DTI for concussion patients
Advanced brain MRI to reveal ‘hidden disease’
Just a concussion? Head injury can lead to persistent symptoms, yet CT scans often fail to identify these cases. Researchers explore the potential of diffusion tensor imaging for better diagnostics.
News • Non-invasive risk assessment
Prostate cancer: avoiding unnecessary biopsies with AI
Combining risk markers, systematic evaluation of MRI images and AI, researchers aim to predict the risk of prostate cancer more accurately than before. This could save many patients from a biopsy.
News • Image analysis
Deep learning model detects prostate cancer on MRI scans
The interpretation of prostate MRI is notoriously difficult. Annotating AI shows promise to help improve diagnostic performance through increased cancer detection rates with fewer false positives.
News • Familiarity assessment
Prosopagnosia: Understanding face blindness with "Game of Thrones"
Isn't that the guy from House Stark? For people with prosopagnosia, this is not easy to answer. Using characters from Game of Thrones, UK psychologists shed new light on the condition.
News • Finding fibrosis
Hyperpolarized MRI improves early detection of kidney diseases
Using an advanced scanner, researchers have developed a technology that can detect the earliest changes in the kidney when scar tissue begins to form.
News • Cardiac imaging analysis
AI greatly speeds up heart chamber segmentation from MRI scans
From 45 minutes to just a few seconds: A new computer model utilises AI to examine cardiac MRI scans in the four-chamber plane, potentially offering speedy and dependable heart health evaluation.
News • Imaging system in the 6G and AI era
Moving MRI to the cloud
The huge amount of data generated by modern MRI scanners presents challenges in storage, accessibility, and security. To that end, Chinese researchers have developed a cloud MRI system.
News • Low field imaging
0.05 Tesla MRI: When less is more
A whole-body MRI scanner with a compact 0.05 Tesla permanent magnet has been developed that operates on a standard wall power outlet without radiofrequency or magnetic shielding cages.
News • Opening new doors for brain study
A new approach to neuroimaging analysis
A new technique uses brain MRI data to find associations to various behaviors, and then applying predictions from those associations to an independent unseen sample.
News • Pediatric imaging support
Eye tracking VR takes the scare out of MRI scans for children
Undergoing an MRI scan can be a scary prospect for children. Now, a novel eye tracking controlled VR system has been tested on 23 patients aged 2 to 13, allowing them to play games and watch films.
News • Imaging analysis
Vestibular schwannoma: predicting hearing loss with radiomics
Using specific radiomics features from 70 characteristics in MRI images, researchers develop an objective method to predict the hearing status of patients with vestibular schwannoma.
News • Motion artifact monitoring
Movement-detecting sensor could make MRI scans more efficient
A new prototype self-powered sensor could improve the process of medical imaging for patients and technicians by detecting movement and shutting down an MRI scan in real time.
Sponsored • Magnetic resonance imaging
Installation of advanced MRI scanner in Prizren
Through the joint efforts of United Imaging and NeuralMed, Prizren Regional Hospital has become the first facility in Kosovo to benefit from United Imaging's cutting-edge diagnostic technology.
Video • Intra-operative assistance
MRI-guided robotic positioner to enhance neurosurgery precision
New robotic technology could pave the way for more precise MRI-guided stereotactic surgery, for example by assisting with cannula/needle targeting during deep brain stimulation (DBS) interventions.
