1. MRI Finds Tumors in Second Breast
(Communities/MRI)

... In this study, Mayo researchers retrospectively reviewed the records of 425 women who underwent bilateral breast MRI between 2003 and 2007. The goal was to determine the prevalence of "contralateral" cancer ...

2. PET Improves Diagnostic Accuracy in Parkinson's
(Communities/PET)

... Multiple system atrophy had bilateral reductions in putamen and cerebellar activity, and supranuclear palsy showed metabolic deficits in the upper brain stem, medial frontal cortex, and medial thalamus. ...

3. RSNA:Study Finds Adults May Respond Differently to Danger
(Radiology Conferences/RSNA 2009)

... extensive activation in the right superior temporal gyrus, which is involved in auditory processing and memory. Men exhibited stronger activation in the bilateral occipital lobes, which are associated ...

4. Time Breast MRI by Progesterone Level
(Communities/MRI)

... would have required a repeat scan. Repeat MRI scanning consumes time and resources, and can add considerably to the cost of care: Medicare reimbursement for bilateral breast MRI with contrast is $981.50, ...

5. Breast MRI best for Detecting Cancers Missed by Film Screen Mammogram
(Communities/MRI)

... film screen mammography and negative clinical screens. Imaging was bilateral except when breast cancer had recently been diagnosed in a contralateral breast. Risk factors were mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 ...

6. Mammogram is an Essential Tool in Fight Against Breast Cancer
(Modalities/Mammography)

... Stephens said. She and her doctors chose to move forward with a bilateral mastectomy. Her breasts were removed two days after her birthday in April 2007, and she underwent chemotherapy for six months. ...

7. Interventional Radiology Makes Childbirth Safer
(Communities/Abdominal Pelvic)

... guided balloon catheters into a woman's left and right uterine artery (preoperative prophylactic insertion of bilateral internal iliac artery occlusion balloons) before delivery -- to be ready to inflate ...

8. Pediatric Patient Treated Using RapidArc™ Radiotherapy Technology in Switzerland
(Company News/Varian Medical Systems)

... a disease that is highly responsive to radiation, even the lower doses that we use in pediatric cases," said Dr. Fogliata. "In this RapidArc treatment the bilateral lung and the lymphatic chains were treated ...

9. Ascending-abdominal aorta bypass grafts for Takayasu's arteries
(Radiology Education/Cases)

... descending aorta and proximal abdominal aorta lumen to be narrow. Bilateral brachiocephalic artery display good, bilateral subclavian artery show severe calcification, the proximal coeliac trunk artery ...

10. Rapid onset of a hemiparesis in a country girl
(Radiology Education/Cases)

...  Final Diagnosis ADEM - Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. Discussion This MRI demonstrates bilateral asymmetric lesions with open ring enhancement characteristic of demyelination. Note that restricted ...

11. Congenital defect of the frontal sinus complicated by multiple brain abscesses
(Radiology Education/Cases)

... are round hypodense areas in the frontal lobes bilaterally. Image 2 (CT 2): 2 days after initial CT scan. Bone window images (upper left) and 3-D reformations (lower right) demonstrate the frontal sinuses: ...

12. Hereditary multiple exostoses
(Radiology Education/Cases)

... cartilaginous exostoses (hereditary exostosis). Method Plain films and MRI of the knees. Description of Findings X-Ray: Frontal radiograph of the knees demonstrating bilateral pedunculated bony excrescence ...

13. Aurorabiopsy -- the first truly automated and truly integrated MR-guided biopsy technology on the Aurora Breast MRI System
(Communities/MRI)

... MRI. Just one year after commercializing the 3-D Bilateral SpiralRODEOTM image acquisition and fat suppression technique on the Aurora® 1.5 Tesla Dedicated Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) ...

14. MRI changes breast cancer treatment choice; increases time to treatment
(Communities/MRI)

... a decision to have bilateral mastectomy after a suspicious finding was seen on MRI but before additional cancer was confirmed by a biopsy; it turned out that none had cancer in the contralateral breast" ...

15. Exposure to trauma can affect brain function in healthy people several years after event
(Imported/Imported)

... Barbara Ganzel, PhD, and colleagues. In the experiment, 22 healthy adults viewed fearful and calm faces while undergoing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure their bilateral amygdala ...

16. IMS updated recommendations on postmenopausal hormone therapy
(Imported/Imported)

... be reserved for women with clinical signs and symptoms of androgen insufficiency. In women with bilateral oophorectomy or adrenal failure, androgen replacement has significant beneficial effects, in particular ...

17. Risk of microemboli lower after carotid endarterectomy than after stenting
(Imported/Imported)

... compared with none of 19 patients who underwent CEA. In the CAS group, nine microemboli were ipsilateral, seven were bilateral, and three were contralateral to the index carotid lesion. Periprocedural ...

18. Surgery may be best for exercise-induced scalenus syndrome
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

... thoracic outlet syndrome. Four patients had bilateral involvement. Symptoms of neurologic thoracic outlet syndrome included pain, paresthesia, loss of dexterity and muscle weakness. Symptoms of vascular ...

19. Laparoscopic dismembered pyeloplasty in children younger than two years
(Imported/Imported)

... Of these patients, 11 of them were younger than two years of age. One had bilateral ureteral pelvic junction obstructions. Two of these patients (17 per cent) required a redo laparoscopic pyeloplasty as ...

20. Risk-reducing surgery a consideration in women with Lynch syndrome
(Imported/Imported)

... screening (ultrasonography, endometrial biopsy, CA125); and hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy at age 30 years. In the surgical arm, 0.0056 per cent of women were diagnosed with ovarian ...