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MRI 101

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What you need to know

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Advances in Imaging

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special mri imaging called dti detects concussion early

How Special MRI Connects Concussion Symptoms with Brain Maps Almost two million people in the U.S. suffer a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI or concussion) annually. In some cases, these are isolated accidental injuries. However, athletes in high risk contact sports like football and hockey may have repeat concussions over months or years. While the […] CONTINUE

CATEGORY:: Neurological MRI
Tags:: DTI, mild traumatic brain injury concussions, MRI, white matter

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special mri sequence finds football-related brain damage

Special MRI Technique Reveals Football-related Brain Injuries Florida researchers report that over 40% of the retired NFL football players they studied had signs of brain damage1. This sad and shocking statistic was the result of using diffusion-tensor MRI sequences, a specific “tuning” of magnetic resonance imaging that enhances diagnosis of brain problems. Typical MRI brain […] CONTINUE

CATEGORY:: Neurological MRI
Tags:: brain injury, diffusion weighted imaging, diffusion-tensor imaging, MRI

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mpMRI accurately detects significant prostate cancer

Overdetection of Insignificant Prostate Cancer One of the problems with the conventional 12-core TRUS biopsy (transrectal guided ultrasound) has to do with the array of needle placement. It tends to miss cancers in two instances: a) cancers located in the anterior (front) zone of the prostate are easily missed, and b) tumors that have developed […] CONTINUE

CATEGORY:: Prostate imaging
Tags:: MRI-guided biopsy, multiparametric MRI, Prostate cancer, significant cancer, TRUS biopsy

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Focal laser ablation solves the problem of overtreating prostate cancer

“Stop Overtreating Prostate Cancer!” If the name of Dr. Otis Brawley is not as familiar as Dr. Salk or Dr. Spock, it doesn’t surprise me. It’s not exactly a household word. However, Dr. Brawley holds an important position as the chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society. As a practicing oncologist (specialist in treating […] CONTINUE

CATEGORY:: Prostate imaging
Tags:: focal laser ablation, low risk disease, overtreatment, Prostate cancer

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mpmri can rule prostate biopsy in or out

Can Imaging Rule Out The Need For Biopsy? It’s exciting to be involved in medicine at this time in history when the pace of breakthroughs has accelerated. To put it in perspective, surgery has been around since ancient times, but it took thousands of years to overcome the problems of pain, bleeding and infection. It […] CONTINUE

CATEGORY:: Prostate imaging
Tags:: insignificant cancer, MRI-guided biopsy, multiparametric MRI, Prostate cancer, TRUS biopsy

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multiparametric mri outperforms other prostate cancer detection methods

It is always gratifying for a doctor when something he or she wholeheartedly believes in gets affirmed by published research. For me, this is the case with a new Italian study, “The Roles of Multiparametric MRI, PCA3, and PHI: Which Is The Best Predictor of Prostate Cancer After a Negative Biopsy?”1 The authors recognize the […] CONTINUE

CATEGORY:: Prostate imaging
Tags:: mpMRI, MRI, Prostate cancer

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multiparametric mri of the prostate

The world of prostate cancer detection and diagnosis has been revolutionized by special imaging called Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (mpMRI). Unlike conventional MRI, mpMRI uses two or more different imaging sequences or parameters to gain detailed information about normal and abnormal conditions in and around the prostate gland. The more powerful the magnet, the clearer […] CONTINUE

CATEGORY:: Prostate imaging
Tags:: mpMRI, MRI, Prostate cancer

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mri-guided prostate biopsy more efficient, accurate, easier on patients.

I recently posted a summary of an Italian study showing that mulitparametric MRI (mpMRI) was superior to other prostate cancer tests in terms of predicting the need for a repeat biopsy after a previously negative result. mpMRI is able to show if there is a need for another biopsy. This is happy news for patients, […] CONTINUE

CATEGORY:: Prostate imaging
Tags:: biopsy, mpMRI, MRI, PI-RADS, Prostate cancer

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new 4-minute breast mri is just as accurate as longer scans

For nearly a decade, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the breast has been acknowledged by experts as more thorough and accurate than conventional mammograms. More importantly, breast MRI can identify women at risk of breast cancer (BCa) because it has 98% sensitivity for detecting cancers that are likely to progress to highly lethal forms of […] CONTINUE

CATEGORY:: Breast imaging
Tags:: Breast cancer, mammograms, MRI

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