Science news articles about 'imaging modalities'

... components connected through cellular phone technology. The concept could be developed with various medical imaging modalities. This new technique is described in the latest online issue of the ...

... in ischemic heart disease through SPECT imaging. The issue today does not seem to be anymore ... optimal choice for their clinical question. Each imaging modality has the tendency to put itself forward ...

... between vulnerable plaque and the risk of heart attack." To assess the ability of each imaging modality to detect the specific characteristics of vulnerable plaque, investigators performed IVUS, VH- ...

... in CT perfusion parameters in viable tumors are correlated with different response of HCC to TACE. Therefore, CT perfusion imaging is a feasible technique for monitoring response of HCC to TACE.

... white matter tracts were displaced. Evaluation of white matter anatomy is usually not possible with any other imaging method. Tumor (21 patients), hemorrhage (15 patients) and infarction (27 patients) ...

... intervention of education to ordering physicians of the risks, benefits and alternatives of various imaging modalities, according to a study performed at Staten Island University Hospital in Staten ...

... events beyond other more standard imaging techniques. "These results mean that using a combination of imaging modalities, including IVUS to identify lesions with a large plaque burden and/or small ...

... with consistent timing of post-treatment scans are necessary to more clearly elucidate the role of this imaging modality in the management of advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck."

... . The study included a survey of 386 respondents which assessed the utilization of advanced imaging modalities for target delineation. "We found that 95 percent of physicians surveyed were using ...

... ". An "appropriateness" score is presented to the requesting physician, along with scores for other imaging modalities that might be selected for the same indications. For examinations receiving very ...

... the preoperative management of patients with breast cancer,” says Dr. Goetz. “In addition to new imaging modalities such as MRI, more women are familiar with the role of genetics as a risk factor for ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two imaging modalities used in combination -- dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI)-MRI -- ...

... imaging in the same way to monitor the effects of brain tumor treatment. They are also developing imaging modalities that will show how brain tumors change their shape and metabolism with treatment.

... patients were finally diagnosed to have a malignant lesion. Despite using recent, state-of-the-art imaging modalities, 15% patients with presumed malignancy underwent an extensive operation but were ...

... considered in each patient," the authors write. "Historically, high-resolution CT has been the imaging modality of choice in the initial workup of these patients. However, the soft tissue structures ...