1. MR-spectroscopy Helps Doctors Pinpoint Prostate Cancer
(Communities/MRI)

... are deadly. To address this, Cheng and colleagues turned to MR spectroscopy, which relies on different radio wave frequencies to measure the chemical composition of tissues. No contrast agent is needed. ...

2. Gamma Knife Treatment for Glioblastomas Shows Hopeful Results
(Modalities/Radiology )

... type of imaging called MR spectroscopy coupled with high dose radiation in the form of Gamma Knife radiosurgery. Patients' survival rates increased by almost four months (3.7 months) compared with patients ...

3. Hyper-Sage Increases MRI Sensitivity
(Communities/MRI)

... the Glenn T. Seaborg Professor of Chemistry. So Powerful and Yet so Weak The great contradiction about MRI/NMR spectroscopy is that for being two of the most powerful tools we have today for studying ...

4. Aurora Imaging Technology Receives the Frost & Sullivan 2009 North American Vertical Market Penetration Leadership Award
(Company News/Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc.)

... further subsegments (i.e. MR spectroscopy, MR-guided biopsy, etc.), the journal is anticipated to function as a technology and best practice advisor to readers looking to gain a better understanding of ...

5. MRI Gains Momentum in Diagnosing And Treating Movement Disorders
(Radiology Conferences/ECR 2009)

... MR-based techniques MR approaches include morphometric or structural imaging; diffusion-weighted and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); metabolic imaging, with MR spectroscopy for instance (MRS); and relaxometry, ...

6. New Techniques in MRI for detecting and Staging of Prostate Cancer
(Communities/MRI)

... availability of 3 Tesla MR devices increases the performance of T2-weighted sequences. Recent improvements in MR Techniques are MR Spectroscopy, Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging (DWI) and Dynamic Contrast ...

7. MR spectroscopy identifies breast cancer, reduces biopsies
(Communities/Breast Mammary Gland)

... journal Radiology. "All of the cancers present in this study were identified with MR spectroscopy," said the study's lead author, Lia Bartella, M.D., director of breast imaging at Eastside Diagnostic ...

8. A magnetic presence: Siemens new MRI systems pulling more patients toward the benefits of MR imaging
(Communities/MRI)

... Nonmass Lesions in the Breast: Evaluation with Proton (1H) MR Spectroscopy' Radiology 2007; 245: 80-87.  ...

9. New trends in MR imaging provide a premier window for neuroradiology
(Communities/Neurology Brain CNS)

... to see within our future imaging arsenal include MR perfusion weighted imaging, MR spectroscopy, and diffusion tractgraphy imaging. In the very advanced imaging arena, Mullins states, "by the time we meet ...

10. MRI/MRS combo can improve early detection of breast cancer
(Communities/MRI)

...  Thus far, the UNLV researchers have done MR spectroscopy on healthy patients without breast cancer as proof of principle. As expected, choline levels were low. The next step is to image patients with ...

11. Natural antibiotics yield secrets to atom-level imaging technique
(Imported/Imported)

Frog skin and human lungs hold secrets to developing new antibiotics, and a technique called solid-state NMR spectroscopy is a key to unlocking those secrets, according to University of Michigan researcher ...

12. MRI data useful in predicting insignificant prostate cancer
(Communities/MRI)

... and MR spectroscopy imaging (MRSI) before radical prostatectomy. They had clinical stage T1c or T2a prostate cancer, PSA levels < 20 ng/mL and Gleason scores of 6. Dr. Amita Shukla-Dave from Memorial ...

13. SNM's meeting speakers address state of powerful molecular imaging technologies, nuclear medicine
(Communities/Nuclear Molecular)

... technologies such as the development of functional brain MRI (fMRI) and the study of brain neurochemistry by MR spectroscopy and PET imaging, recent advances that promise to have a major impact on understanding ...

14. MRS shows promise as noninvasive means to determine fetal lung maturity
(Imported/Imported)

MR spectroscopy (MRS) of choline levels shows promise as a marker of fetal lung maturity, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at the University of California-San Francisco.MR spectroscopy ...

15. Dr Anton N. Hasso named as president of the American Roentgen Ray Society
(Imported/Imported)

... clinical applications of spiral CT and CT angiography as well as clinical applications of high-field magnets, MR angiography, MR spectroscopy, functional MR imaging, MR perfusion and MR diffusion imaging. ...

16. Molecular changes with bipolar disorder identified
(Communities/Nuclear Molecular)

In the first study to use 1H NMR spectroscopy to examine post-mortem brain tissue from patients with bipolar disorder, researchers have identified several molecular changes associated with the condition. ...

17. Spectacular program of science set for RSNA 2006
(Radiology Conferences/RSNA 2006)

... and breast MR, including MR spectroscopy. • Cost-effectiveness of digital versus film mammography. • Bilateral MRI for the presurgical evaluation of patients with known breast cancer. Cardiac Imaging ...

18. MRI procedure growth slowing to three per cent per year
(Communities/MRI)

... media utilization and budgets, power injectors, and site operations characteristics. The report also covers adoption trends of new procedures such as echo planar imaging, MR spectroscopy, cardiac-approved ...

19. MRI may reduce unnecessary prostate biopsies in men with persistently elevated PSA, study proposes
(Communities/MRI)

... they aimed to assess whether MRI or combined MRI-MR spectroscopy (MRS) could be used to accurately differentiate patients who would benefit from additional trans-rectal ultrasound-guided biopsies from ...

20. Cerebral proton MR spectroscopy used in children with diabetic ketoacidosis
(Imported/Imported)

Brain ratios of N-acetylaspartate to creatine, measured by proton MR spectroscopy, may be decreased in children in diabetic ketoacidosis, indicating subtle neuronal injury.Brain ratios of N-acetylaspartate ...