Magnetic Resonance Imaging

ORLANDO, Fla. — Patients with MS who developed paramagnetic rim lesions declined more rapidly, but implementing disease-modifying therapies earlier could reduce the burden of disease progression, data show.

In this video, Kevin M. Neal, MD, discussed the relationship between rates of neural axis abnormalities in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and the potential need for neurosurgical intervention.

CT detection of intra-articular mineralization in knee cartilage, resulting from calcium crystal deposition, may predict MRI detection of worsening cartilage in the same area, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

Portable bedside MRI showed promise in detecting infarcts revealed on high-field MRI in those with acute ischemic stroke, with better performance on larger sized infarcts, according to a poster from the International Stroke Conference.

Results published in The British Journal of Radiology showed use of a high-performance 0.55-Tesla MRI system may be feasible for imaging tissues of a moving wrist in real-time and may improve evaluation of dynamic dysfunction.

Yearly paranasal sinus MRI imaging allowed physicians to track chronic rhinosinusitis development in children with cystic fibrosis, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

A cardiopulmonary MRI conducted during unsedated sleep aided in early detection of pulmonary vascular disease in preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia, according to results published in European Respiratory Journal.

A fully automated, machine learning model that predicts bone marrow edema in sacroiliac joint MRI could improve screening for spondyloarthritis and decrease diagnostic delay, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

Biotronik announced the FDA approved its portfolio of pacemakers and cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers featuring automatic MRI detection designed to streamline MRI workflow.