New study shows ropinirole slows the loss of dopamine function in Parkinsons disease
... for some 30 years. Participants underwent a PET scan at the beginning the trial to determine the loss o...r two years. At the end of the trial, another PET scan was taken and compared to the previous scan two years earlier. Investigators found clear evidence, ...Spiral scan sees stroke blockage more clearly
...nation of stroke patients, including a standard CT scan of the head. They also ask them or their families... location and nature of the stroke. A standard CT scan can quickly determine whether the stroke is ischemic or hemorrhagic. However, high-speed helical C...Biopsies of the internal mammary sentinel nodes may improve patients chances of survival
...mary sentinel node (IM-SN) can be identified via a scan once a radioactive tracer has been injected into the patient. Dr van der Ent said: While performing routine axillary SN scans, which we have been doing since 1997, we frequently detected IM-SNs as well, which represented lymph drainage from the breas...3D ultrasound telehealth system first commercial test at Indian reservations
... A nurse with limited training can use a probe to scan a womans lower abdomen, then transmit the images to a specialist by telephone line. A specialist can make a diagnosis using these 3D images even if the patient is hundreds of miles away. Pine Ridge and Rosebud are 350 and 240 miles respectively fro...Alcohol researchers find genetic locus of human brain wave
...m-related gene on chromosome 4 from a whole-genome scan of families with high alcoholism prevalence. At th...oratory of Neurogenetics reported from independent scan evidence on chromosome 4 for both alcoholism-risk and alcoholism-protective gene loci. Subsequent re...First-of-its-kind study of vascular dementia patients taking ARICEPT presented at AAGP meeting
...lar disease obtained by a computed tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This 24-week, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study, included 616 men and women with VaD, with an average age of 75 years. The majority of participants had a history of stroke. Virtually all (99.7 p...Imaging tool helps locate recurrent prostate cancer
...versity Medical Center indicates that a diagnostic scan may help localize recurrent prostate disease in me..., trade name ProstaScint, is a monoclonal antibody scan that can detect recurrent disease if it is localized to the area of prior prostate surgery or has sp...New medical system for colon cancer screening
...second single-breath-hold computed tomography (CT) scan of the patients abdomen is taken. Volume visualization is then used to virtually navigate within an automatically segmented and reconstructed 3D model of the colon, searching for polyps. Research has led to the development of patented electronic clea...Stroke news tips for Friday, Feb. 8, 2002
...e their ability to read a computer tomography (CT) scan and correctly diagnose different types of strokes. A CT scan, which uses X-rays to generate an image of the brain, can determine whether a stroke has occurred and identifies the type of stroke: ischemic (result of blockage) or hemorrhagic (result of......lar disease obtained by a computed tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This 24-week, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study, included 616 men and women with VaD, with an average age of 75 years. The majority of participants had a history of stroke. Virtually all (99.7 p...SNM and ACNP CMS PET reimbursement statement
...lurodeoxyglocose (FDG) injected as part of the PET scan process. CMS originally proposed an FDG PET reimbursement of $841.50, when the published average wholesale price (AWP) for FDG is $750. Facilities would lose money with each scan. This process demonstrated that the medical profession and the govern...Lack of trained staff and technical support exposes patients to increased risk of cancer progression
...o precisely define the intracranial target, an MRI scan is made with the same stereotactic frame and fused with the CT-scan. The treatment plan is worked out with computers to determine the direction of the beam and time of radiation exposure. Teleconferencing has been introduced to speed up the process...PET scan results change patient management for sixty percent of breast cancer patients
Reston, VA.A PET scan changed the clinical management of 60% of women wi... of chemotherapy to another. The impact of the PET scan results was also significant on disease staging. More than a quarter (28%; n = 14) were upstaged and...Providing a bigger view: New imaging device offers better conditions for cancer treatment planning
...aging device that allows patients to have their CT scan taken in the actual treatment position. Before n... bore diameter allows patients to receive their CT scan in treatment position, which in many cases includes special immobilization casts that keep the body ...University of Pittsburgh researcher provides first-ever definition of HIV-associated lipodystrophy
...recommends dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan for quantifying muscle, bone and fat in arms, legs and abdomen, and computed tomography (CT) or MRI to quantify and discriminate between visceral and subcutaneous fat. In addition, Dr. Kingsley recommends the following fasting blood tests for metabol...... object through the collection of a single optical scan of the image. He reports that the European Molecular Biology Laboratory is interested in developing the technology for the imaging of biological embryos at various stages. Anbo Wang, professor and director of Virginia Tech's Photonics Laboratory...High-tech scan for blocked arteries matches conventional tests in finding root of symptoms
...ies are the cause by lying still for a quick heart scan or by running on a treadmill for a stress test, ac...ss tests. But the equipment usually used to do the scan is expensive, and some studies have called the test's accuracy into question. The U-M study's result...Georgetown researchers to present evidence of biological cause of dyslexia
...co-director of the Center, used fMRI technology to scan the brains of 37 participants-20 with dyslexia and 17 without the disorder-and found that each participant used similar brain areas for reading as he or she did for processing visual motion (identifying the direction of moving dots on a screen). The...Fine-tuning naltrexone treatment for alcoholics
...aid, "we are using positron emission tomography to scan brain opioid receptors to determine the extent of opioid receptor blockade by naltrexone. This may vary among individual patients as a function of possible genetic differences, effects of chronic alcohol consumption, and differences in naltrexone bl...Using PET scan technology to study alcohol's effects on the brain
...ohol) research. The study used PET technology to scan and compare the effects of a moderately high dose of alcohol (equivalent to three glasses of wine) with the effects of the benzodiazepine drug Ativan, which had been investigated in an earlier study. In both studies, the subjects were healthy, 'norm...