Clinical Trials

Clinical trials and studies about imaging technology can be found on this channel.

Lumagem, MBI. nuclear breast imaging, molecular breast imaging

Clinical Study Confirms Molecular Breast Imaging’s High Cancer Detection Rate in Dense Breast Tissue

August 2, 2016 — A retrospective study in American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) August issue confirmed Gamma Medica’s ...

August 02, 2016

News | Neuro Imaging

Can a Brain Scan Early in Stress Predict Eventual Memory Loss?

Work pressures, money issues, exams, perhaps an illness in the family — these are common strains in every person's life ...

July 29, 2016

brain metastases, cognitive outcomes, stereotactic radiosurgery, SRS, whole brain radiotherapy, WBRT, Mayo Clinic study

News | Radiation Therapy

Study Compares Cognitive Outcomes for Treatments of Brain Lesions

July 27, 2016 — Among patients with up to three brain metastases, the use of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) alone ...

July 27, 2016

brain metastases, stereotactic radiosurgery, whole brain radiation therapy, JAMA study

News | Radiation Therapy

International Study Finds Effective, Less Toxic Way to Treat Brain Metastases

July 26, 2016 — A new study shows that patients with brain metastases can be treated in an effective and substantially ...

July 26, 2016

metastatic prostate cancer incidence, Northwestern Medicine study, Edward Schaeffer, Adam Weiner

Feature | Prostate Cancer

Metastatic Prostate Cancer Cases Skyrocket

July 25, 2016 — The number of new cases of metastatic prostate cancer climbed 72 percent in the past decade from 2004 to ...

July 25, 2016

radiologists, radiation-related mortality risk, study, Amy Berrington de Gonzalez

News | Radiation Dose Management

Radiologists Do Not Face Elevated Risk of Radiation-related Mortality

July 22, 2016 — Radiologists who graduated from medical school after 1940 do not face an increased risk of dying from ...

July 22, 2016

fMRI, brain circuits, stress response, Yale study, PNAS

News | Neuro Imaging

Researchers Identify Brain Circuits that Help People Cope with Stress

July 22, 2016 — Research supported by the National Institutes of Health has identified brain patterns in humans that ...

July 22, 2016

mitral valve surgery outcomes, twisting of the heart, echocardiography, NICSMR, JACC Basic to Translational Science

News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Pre-operative Echo May Predict Mitral Valve Surgery Outcomes

July 20, 2016 — A novel study has found a simple pre-operative echocardiographic measurement of the amount of torsion of ...

July 20, 2016

MRI, arterial spin labeling, ASL, Alzheimer's disease, Alle Meije Wink

News | Neuro Imaging

Artificial Intelligence May Aid in Alzheimer's Diagnosis

July 12, 2016 — Researchers in the Netherlands have coupled machine learning methods with a special magnetic resonance ...

July 20, 2016

intermittent explosive disorder, IED, MRI, diffusion tensor imaging, University of Chicago study

News | Neuro Imaging

MRI Reveals Decreased Brain Connectivity in People with Anger Disorder

July 19, 2016 — People with intermittent explosive disorder (IED), or impulsive aggression, have a weakened connection ...

July 19, 2016

lung cancer, nonsolid nodules, NSNs, CT scan follow-up, computed tomography, Claudia Henschke

News | Lung Imaging

CT Follow-up Sufficient for Some Lung Nodules

July 18, 2016 — Annual low-dose computed-tomography (CT) screening can eliminate the need for biopsy or surgery in ...

July 18, 2016

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

What Free Will Looks Like in the Brain

Unlike most brain studies where scientists watch as people respond to cues or commands, Johns Hopkins researchers found ...

July 15, 2016

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Just add water? New MRI Technique Shows Its Benefits

Stomach MRI images combined with functional fMRI of the brain activity have provided scientists new insight into how the ...

July 15, 2016

News | Prostate Cancer

Photoacoustic Imaging Is Promising Option for Noninvasive Monitoring of Prostate Cancer

While active surveillance is often recommended for patients with nonaggressive prostate cancer to reduce unnecessary ...

July 15, 2016

PET, mpMRI, prostate cancer detection, targeted biopsies, University of Michigan study, Morand Piert

News | Prostate Cancer

Study Suggests PET-MR One-Stop Imaging Test to Detect Prostate Cancer

July 14, 2016 — Adding F-18-choline positron emission tomography (PET) to multi-parametric prostate magnetic resonance ...

July 14, 2016

News | Radiation Therapy

Combination Chemoradiation Therapy May Preserve Larynx for Laryngeal Cancer Patients

July 11, 2016 — A new study assed the rates of laryngeal preservation and laryngectomy-free survival in patients ...

July 11, 2016

Navidea, Lymphoseek injection, breast cancer detction, scintigraphy, SNMMI 2016

News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers

Navidea Presents Lymphoseek Breast Cancer Data at SNMMI 2016

July 6, 2016 — Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Inc. announced results from three investigator-initiated studies of the ...

July 06, 2016

MRI, gadolinium contrast, Parkinsonism, nervous system disorder, Blayne Welk, Western University

News | Contrast Media

Study Finds No Association Between Gadolinium Contrast and Nervous System Disorder

July 5, 2016 — A study appearing in the July 5 issue of JAMA assessed the association between gadolinium exposure and ...

July 05, 2016

methylene blue, short-term memory, MRI study, University of Texas Health Science Center, Timothy Q. Duong

News | Neuro Imaging

Methylene Blue Shows Promise for Improving Short-Term Memory

June 30, 2016 — A single oral dose of methylene blue results in an increased magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based ...

June 30, 2016

University of Southampton, Hodgkin lymphoma, chemotherapy response, bleomycin

News | PET Imaging

PET Scans Can Spare Lymphoma Patients Intensive Chemo

June 29, 2016 — Hodgkin lymphoma patients can be spared the serious side effects of chemotherapy thanks to high-tech ...

June 29, 2016