Older patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) marked mainly by memory loss are most accurately evaluated with intensive neuropsychological test batteries. However, if such mental decline progresses to full-on Alzheimer’s disease, the patients are better monitored with the quicker, less costly Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).

Transabdominal ultrasound is an excellent tool for follow-up imaging of larger cysts on or in the pancreas, although its performance falls off as surveilled known lesions decline in size, according to a study published online Aug. 1 in Abdominal Radiology.

A new radiologist gets a nice writeup in a contributor section at the Huffington Post. Kimberly Isakov, MD, recently graduated Yale Medical School and is headed for residency at an undisclosed provider organization in New York City.

The source and cause of gastrointestinal bleeding can be notoriously difficult to pinpoint, but French researchers have found 64-slice multiphasic, multidetector CT up to the job. Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging published the team’s findings online June 25.

The New York Times has posted a vivid photo essay on a new JAMA study detailing a grim pathology finding for football fans: Of 111 deceased NFL players whose brains were checked for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, all but one came back positive.

The FDA has cleared an MRI system for head and brain imaging in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).

South American radiology and pathology researchers have reduced unsatisfactory biopsy samples of thyroid nodules by almost a third using the rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE) technique guided by ultrasound, according to a study published online July 19 in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.

European researchers have developed a low-cost ultrasound scanner they hope will lead to reduced maternal mortality in developing parts of the world.