Magnetic Resonance

SAN DIEGO — Quantitative magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography may help assess changes in the biliary tree and aid monitoring of patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis, according to research presented at The Liver Meeting.

WAILEA, Hawaii — Meniscus root repair with a posterior horn socket, transtibial fixation and centralization may reduce subchondral bone edema and extrusion while repairing meniscal root tears, according to data presented here.

WAILEA, Hawaii — At Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Hollis G. Potter, MD, spoke about the use of MRI in assessment of meniscus, articular cartilage and ligament repair.

The FDA has cleared the use of a magnetic resonance spectroscopy platform to provide non-invasive measurement of brain chemistry and support diagnostic processes for a range of brain-related illnesses.

MRI-determined placental volume, perfusion and visceral adiposity in early pregnancy were significantly associated with gestational diabetes, according to a prospective study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

WASHINGTON — Magnetic resonance elastography was among the most accurate screening test to identify patients with at-risk nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, according to study results presented at The Liver Meeting.

LONDON — Ozempic improved cardiometabolic parameters and markers of liver injury yet failed to improve liver fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and compensated cirrhosis, according to late-breaker data presented here.

LONDON — Magnetic resonance elastography in combination with the fibrosis-4 index was a better predictor of significant fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease vs. other noninvasive techniques, noted a presenter here.

SAN DIEGO — Baseline magnetic resonance index of activity score independently predicted the longer-term need for surgery, rescue corticosteroids or hospitalizations among patients with Crohn’s disease.

A score derived from machine learning that included information from stress cardiac magnetic resonance effectively predicted 10-year all-cause death in patients with known or suspected CAD, researchers reported at EuroEcho 2021.