Radiology providers may soon be able to educate patients in the waiting room with the recent launch of Radiology TV, a subscription-based video content service for medical imaging centers.
A new study led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found the longer patients with positive cancer screening results wait for diagnostic testing, the worse their outcome.
Whole-body computed tomography (WBCT) doesn't impact a child's chances of survival compared to a selective CT approach, according to study findings published online April 9 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
A new option for training interventional radiologists in noninvasive procedures allows physicians to replicate patients’ blood vessels in a 3D-printed model, researchers announced at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s annual meeting in Los Angeles.
Contrast-enhanced subharmonic imaging (SHI)—a new technique for imaging of microbubble ultrasound contrast agents—detected prostate cancers not identified by traditional MRI, according to a recent study presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) 2018 Annual Meeting.
Benjamin Shapero, PhD, and Gaëlle Desbordes, PhD, from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, are studying the cognitive benefits of mindfulness mediation in patients with clinical depression, according to an April 9 article in the Harvard Gazette.
A comparison of blood vessels imaged with short-wave fluorescent imaging (right), and near-infrared fluorescent imaging (right). Courtesy of MIT News.
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Researchers at MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital found indocyanine green, an FDA-approved and commercially available fluorescent dye, ideal in short-wave infrared (SWIR) imaging—a discovery that may allow clinicians to create clearer biological images, MIT News reports.
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Researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering are making radiofrequency ablation safer and faster with real-time thermal imaging and an associated probe device, according to a recent USC news release.
