MRI Emerges As Vital Resource In Treatment Of Back PainMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a growing technology providing an increasing number of clinical benefits when used in the evaluation of back pain according to an article in the January 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (http://www.jaaos.org).
Medicare Rebate For Breast MRI, AustraliaA Medicare rebate for an MRI breast scan will be available to women under 50 at high risk of breast cancer and with no symptoms from 1 February 2009. Being at high risk of breast cancer can cause significant anxiety. These scans can help reduce unnecessary concern, and help pick up breast cancer early.
People More Likely To Attend Cancer Screening Close To Christmas And BirthdaysCancer screening programmes could increase attendance by inviting people for screening close to birthdays or other annual milestones such as Christmas and the New Year, finds a study in the Christmas issue published on bmj.com. Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer) is the third most common cancer in the UK and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in Europe and the US. But despite the promotion of screening programmes in many western countries, attendance is generally low.
2009 Annual Convention In New York To Be Hosted By AIUM Registration is open for the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) 2009 Annual Convention and Preconvention Program to be held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City, New York, Thursday through Sunday, April 2-5, 2009. Initial registration numbers indicate that 2009 will prove to be better attended than the 2007 meeting at this same location, regarded as the AIUM's most successful convention in history.
American Institute Of Ultrasound In Medicine To Host 2009 Annual Convention In New YorkRegistration is open for the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) 2009 Annual Convention and Preconvention Program to be held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City, New York, Thursday through Sunday, April 2-5, 2009. Initial registration numbers indicate that 2009 will prove to be better attended than the 2007 meeting at this same location, regarded as the AIUM's most successful convention in history.
In Early Diagnosis Of Alzheimer's Disease, MRI Brain Scans AccurateMRI scans that detect shrinkage in specific regions of the mid-brain attacked by Alzheimer's disease accurately diagnose the neurodegenerative disease, even before symptoms interfere with daily function, a study by the Florida Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) in Miami and Tampa found.
Breakthrough In Cancer Therapy Using Radiation - Linac-MR System Operational With MR Imaging During 6 MV IrradiationFallone from the Cross Cancer Institute (CCI) , Alberta Cancer Board of the Alberta Health Services (Edmonton, AB) reports that CCI medical physicists have produced the first image from a linac-MR hybrid system on December 10, 2008. The MR images during 6 MV irradiation do not show significant distortions and are very similar to those obtained prior to irradiation. There is a small difference in signal-to-noise between images. MR image is obtained during the irradiation from a 6 MV linac.
MRI Scans Can Predict Effects Of MS Flare-Ups On Optic Nerve One of the most pernicious aspects of multiple sclerosis (MS) - its sheer unpredictability - may finally be starting to yield to advanced medical imaging techniques. Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report online in the journal Neurology that an approach known as magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) allowed them to estimate three months in advance the chronic effects of inflammation of the optic nerve.
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