Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRI may reduce time to endometriosis diagnosis for adolescents
Performing an MRI for adolescents with severe dysmenorrhea may reduce time to diagnosis of endometriosis, data published in Fertility and Sterility show.
MRI may be used to determine shoulder instability, glenoid bone loss
KOLOA, Hawaii — MRI can be used to determine the chronicity, severity and location of traumatic shoulder instability, while glenoid measurements on either CT or MRI can evaluate bone loss and treatment, according to a presenter here.
2D, 3D MRI may accurately measure ACL foot plate anatomy before surgery
Despite small differences in anterior tibial and inter-meniscal ligament measurements, both 2D and 3D MRI may be used to delineate ACL foot plate anatomy for preoperative graft placement planning, according to published results.
Chagas-related myocardial injury identifiable on cardiac MRI
Researchers in Brazil used cardiac MRI and ECG to identify evidence of myocardial injury as a result of acute Chagas disease, an infection considered endemic across countries in South America.
Cardiac MRI identifies raised LV filling pressure; predictive of survival in suspected HF
Cardiac MRI demonstrated superiority to transthoracic echocardiography in identifying elevated left ventricular filling pressure among patients with suspected HF presenting with breathlessness, researchers reported.
FDA grants MR conditional labeling for implantable HF device
The FDA approved magnetic resonance conditional labeling for an implantable neurostimulator HF device, allowing patients with the device to safely undergo MRI, according to a press release from CVRx.
MRI may determine severity, location of abnormalities in shoulder instability
WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — MRI can be used to determine the chronicity, severity and location of abnormalities in patients with traumatic shoulder instability, according to a presenter at Orthopedics Today Hawaii.
Next-generation AI cardiac imaging platform launches with new, FDA-approved modules
Arterys announced it has added several new elements to its artificial intelligence-enhanced cardiac MRI platform and an additional FDA clearance for two quantification modules.
Sociodemographic, structural processes mostly explain racial disparity in prostate MRI use
Sociodemographic factors and products of structural racism, such as poverty and residential segregation, explained most of the racial disparity observed in use of prostate MRI among older Black men and white men with prostate cancer.
White matter hyperintensities 1 year after stroke linked to cognitive scores
White matter hyperintensity volumes at 1 year strongly correlated with contemporaneous cognitive scores after stroke, according to study results published in Neurology.