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Predicting Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer: Can a Prostate MRI Point-Based Model Have an Impact?

Diagnostic Imaging

A point-based model that incorporates prostate MRI findings offered a sensitivity rate of 89.5 percent for detecting clinically significant prostate cancer and could prevent over 20 percent of biopsies, according to new research.

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PET/MRI superior to PET/CT in cancer patients

AuntMinnie

FDG-PET/MRI is comparable or superior in diagnostic performance to FDG-PET/CT across a range of cancers and endpoints, according to a review of head-to-head studies published July 17 in the American Journal of Roentgenology. PET/MRI showed a staging accuracy in breast cancer of 98% versus 74.5% versus 69.2%. versus 69.2%. versus 66.2%

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Prostate MRI: A Vital Tool for Men’s Health

The Radiology Clinic

Understanding Prostate MRI Prostate MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) is an advanced imaging technique used to visualize the prostate gland in high detail. Why Prostate MRI Matters Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men worldwide ! as MRI uses strong magnetic fields. as MRI uses strong magnetic fields.

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Clinical value of some knee and hip MRIs questioned

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While MRI-detected biomarkers may serve a beneficial role for people with hip and knee pain, the modality's clinical utility may be limited in patients over the age of 45 in patients with advanced osteoarthritis, according to an article published in the American Journal of Roentgenology ( AJR ). Erin Alaia, MD.

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4D MRI Could Improve Clinical Assessment of Heart Blood Flow Abnormalities

MedImaging MRI

A new study has discovered that combining whole-heart 4D flow with short-axis cine MRI can identify characteristics linked to poor blood flow in the heart’s left atrial chamber.

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AI Fuses CT and MRI Scans for Improved Clinical Diagnosis

MedImaging General Imaging

New research has demonstrated how artificial intelligence (AI) can be utilized to combine images from clinical X-ray CT and MRI scans for achieving a more holistic view of a patient's anatomy.

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New MRI Method Detects Alzheimer’s Earlier in People without Clinical Signs

MedImaging MRI

New research has uncovered a connection between unusual blood levels of amyloid — a protein linked with Alzheimer’s — and subtle changes in brain microstructures observable on a specific type of MRI.

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