1. Brain Aneurysms Detection: Mayo, IBM Score
(Company News/IBM)

... of the study and co-director of the medical imaging Informatics Innovation Center at Mayo Clinic. One out of 50 people in the United States has an unruptured brain aneurysm -- an abnormal outward bulging ...

2. OP Disc Treatment for Back Pain: RSNA
(Radiology Conferences/RSNA 2009)

... ruptured or too compressed. Co-authors are Dimitrios Filippiadis, M.D., Dimitrios Erginousakis, Elias Brountzos, M.D., Nikolaos Ptohis, and Nikolaos Kelekis, M.D. Source: RSNA You can discuss more about ...

3. Overweight Children Develop Back Pain, Spinal Abnormalities: RSNA
(Radiology Conferences/RSNA 2009)

... the spine. Disc disease occurs when a bulging or ruptured disc presses on nerves, causing pain or weakness. "In children, back pain is usually attributed to muscle spasm or sprain," Dr. Burns said. "It ...

4. Smart Phones Allow Radiologists Diagnose Acute Appendicitis
(Radiology Conferences/RSNA 2009)

... has great potential for improving emergency room care. "We hope that this will result in improved patient outcomes, as evidenced by decreased rates of ruptured appendicitis, shorter hospital stays and ...

5. Did a Pre-existing Condition Cause the Death of Natasha Richardson?
(Newsflash/Views)

... bleeding after a head injury," he says. Or she may have had an unusual tangle of blood vessels near her brainstem, the vital area that controls breathing and heart rate; if that tangle ruptured from ...

6. Less Invasive Interventional Treatment for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
(Communities/Abdominal Pelvic)

... is a danger that it will burst. The goal is to prevent aneurysms from rupturing. Once an AAA has ruptured, the chances of survival are low, with 80 to 90 percent of all ruptured aneurysms resulting in ...

7. TeraRecon empowers clinicians to reach for new heights in diagnosis and management of vascular and cardiovascular disease with Aquarius iNtuition at the VEITH symposium 2008
(Company News/TeraRecon)

... on November 19-23, 2008 in New York City, NY. Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is the 13th-leading cause of death in the US, causing an estimated 15,000 deaths per years according to eMedicine ...

8. Quadrigeminal cistern brightness
(Radiology Education/Cases)

... dermoid - if ruptured will often have multiple droplets. * intracranial teratoma. * lipomatous transformation of neoplasm - PNETs, ependymomas, gliomas, rare to be entirely fat. References 1. L.A. ...

9. Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms saves men's lives
(Imported/Imported)

Regular ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms can sharply reduce the likelihood of dying from a ruptured aneurysm among men age 65 and older, according to a new review of recent studies. ...

10. Endoluminal grafting to treat thoracic aortic aneurysms and related pathologies
(Communities/Pulmonary Thoracic)

... making it the 13th leading cause of death in the US. Furthermore, studies report that emergent, open surgical repair of a ruptured thoracic aneurysm carries a 25 to 50 per cent risk of death. ELGs, which ...

11. Fetal surgeon shows for first time that laser procedure may treat vasa previa
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

... for ruptured membranes, which may have been prompted by the breech position of the fetus. After a stay in the neonatal intensive care unit, the infant was discharged and is thriving today at nine months ...

12. Early detection of artery weakening can be a life-saver
(Imported/Imported)

...  Approximately 15,000 Americans die each year of ruptured aortic aneurysms, and it is the 10th most common cause of death in the United States. An aortic aneurysm occurs when the walls of the aorta weaken ...

13. Nonsurgical treatment for thoracic aorta repair should be first line of care
(Communities/Pulmonary Thoracic)

... the patients notice symptoms which include jaw, neck and upper back pain; chest or back pain; or difficulty breathing Of the patients who get to the hospital with a ruptured TAA, only about 20-30 ...

14. Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening may reduce mortality in men
(Imported/Imported)

... the only one that included women) provided data on the rate of aneurysm rupture. Nine of the 3,205 men who underwent screening developed a ruptured AAA compared with 20 of the 3,228 who were not screened ...

15. Screening men over 65 for abdominal aortic aneurysms could save lives
(Imported/Imported)

... ruptured aortic aneurysm is much lower than the risk in men) to ascertain effectiveness in women. Understanding the nature of this benefit is complex. Screening detects aneurysms before they burst, and ...

16. Imaging technique accurate in aneurysm detection and therapy planning
(Imported/Imported)

... may easily be added to the standard head CT with little extra exam time and can provide a wide variety of three-dimensional viewing angles. Timely diagnosis is critical when dealing with a ruptured aneurysm. ...

17. Does this child have appendicitis? Watch out for key signs
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

... the condition is surgery, and each year, appendicitis sends 77,000 American children to the hospital. An estimated one-third of them suffer a ruptured appendix, a life-threatening complication, before ...

18. Case report shows auditory hallucinations may result from brain injury
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

... occurred in August, 2006. As reported in the August 11th issue of The Lancet, MRI showed a "subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by a ruptured aneurysm of the left middle cerebral artery, and damage to a ...

19. Gender differences seen in coronary plaque ruptures
(Imported/Imported)

The morphology and associated clinical presentation of ruptured coronary plaques differs between men and women, new research shows. In particular, the ruptures seen in women are more often linked to ...

20. Unruptured intracranial aneurysms successfully treated in most patients
(Imported/Imported)

In most cases, unruptured intracranial aneurysms can be obliterated with a surgical or endovascular approach ""with a low percentage of unfavourable outcomes,"" according to a new report. The optimal ...