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An article published online March.1 in Lancet Neurology suggests 11C-PiB PET imaging is useful in assessing drugs for Alzheimer's disease and has shown that a new investigational drug, bapineuzumab (Elan Pharmaceuticals and Wyeth Research), reduces beta-amyloid deposits in the brain in patients who have mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease.
PET with 11C-labeled Pittsburgh Compound-B (PIB) is a powerful tool in examining the relationship between amyloid deposits, clinical symptoms and structural and functional brain changes in the normal aging and Alzheimer's disease, according to a survey in a special issue of Behavioral Neurology, released in December 2009.
A combined technique utilizing functional MRI and mental-imagery tasks have proven that a small proportion of patients diagnosed as being in a vegetative or minimally conscious state may have brain activity reflecting some awareness and cognition, according to the results of a study published online Feb. 3 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Scientists at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have received a $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a neuroimaging project to study frontotemporal dementia in patients using PET, MRI and diffusion tensor imaging.
A right-hemisphere latency delay of 1/100 of a second in the encoding of simple sensory information as demonstrated via magnetoencephalography, or the measuring of magnetic signals, may be considered an electrophysiological marker for autism spectrum disorders, according to research published Jan. 8 in Autism Research.
Research published in this month's Journal of Nuclear Medicine suggests that an increased brain uptake of 18F-fluorodopa (18F-FDOPA) following dopamine cell transplantation correlates with improved motor skills and brain function in Parkinson’s disease patients.
A recent communication published in the November issue of American Journal of Neuroradiology highlighted perspectives of the hybrid PET/MR imaging systems for brain neoplasms.
PACS developer Intelerad Medical Systems has signed an IntelePACS agreement with Progressive Radiology of Northern Virginia, which provides radiology services to imaging centers across the United States.
Analyzing MRI studies of the brain with new software may help diagnose Alzheimer's disease as well as mild cognitive impairment, a lesser form of dementia that precedes the development of Alzheimer's by several years, according to a study published online May 21 in Brain.
Telemedicine is as effective as a bedside evaluation for acute stroke, according to a guideline released last week by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Additionally, imaging data, preferably from MRI, should be the determining factor in defining transient ischemic attack, which should be treated as urgently as a full-blown stroke.
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Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands and the VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands have signed an agreement to jointly research new multimodality imaging solutions aimed at improving the early detection and treatment of cancer and neurological and cardiovascular diseases.
A new clinical decision rule identifying children at two levels of risk has been developed by researchers to facilitate a physicians’ decision for administering CT scans to children presenting with minor head injuries, according to a study published online Feb. 8 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Astemizole (Hismanal, Janssen Pharmaceutica) and lansoprazole (Prevacid, Novartis), with medical applications in the treatment of allergies and gastrointestinal disorders respectively, can be used as PET radiotracers for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
By measuring subtle changes in brain structure through sophisticated brain imaging techniques, the progression of Alzheimer’s disease can be predicted, according to a series of research studies conducted by Liana Apostolova, assistant clinical professor of neurology at the University of California, Los Angeles and colleagues.
Utilizing diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)--along with MRI--to calculate high mean diffusivity values of the hippocampus is a better predictor of memory decline and the brain changes associated with Alzheimer's disease than MRI alone, said a study published online yesterday in Neurology.
Early Alzheimer’s disease detected by a compound that binds to brain plaques appears likely to progress into symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease with dementia, according to a study in the December issue of Archives of Neurology.
Automated morphological analysis techniques (MRI, diffusion tensor imaging and neurocognitive assessments) have shown the association of apolipoprotein E (ApoE4) allele in the brain of healthy, non-demented older adults with decrease in cognition, according to a study published in this month’s Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
Toshiba America Medical Systems has installed its 800th Vantage 1.5T MRI system at Elkview General Hospital in Hobart, Okla.
PhotoDetection Systems (PDS) has received clearance from the FDA for its NeuroPET scanner, which was designed to serve the clinical and research needs of the molecular neuro-imaging community.
In a neuroimaging study designed to examine motor execution in children with autism, researchers uncovered a new insight into the neurological basis of autism.
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The use of health IT to reduce rehospitalizations will be welcome but also disruptive, said Stephen Jencks, an independent consultant in healthcare safety during a Feb. 24 webinar on the potential use of health IT to mitigate rehospitalizations, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
During the Health IT Standards Committee meeting on Feb. 24 in Washington, D.C., the Clinical Operations Workgroup sought to gather comments on proposed recommendations on implementation specifications for content exchange, vocabulary and code set standards for the Interim Final Rule of meaningful use.
In 2006, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), a branch of the FDA, began examining the number of medical device reports they received. Over the past two years, the number of submitted reports has increased, sparking a demand for the CDRH to make a move to electronic reporting.
A new hospital breaking ground usually isn’t breaking news. But the vision of patient care at one new facility, tentatively named Palomar Medical Center West (PMC West), is currently illegal under California state law.