Breast MRI moderately useful for detecting breast cancer, but does not eliminate need for biopsy
...opsy based on suspicious mammographic, clinical or ultrasound findings. Patients had MRI examinations performed prior to breast biopsy; MRI results were interpreted at each site, with MRI investigators blinded to pathological results. The researchers found that MRI correctly detected cancer in 356 of 404 cance...NHLBI stops sickle cell anemia transfusion study
...ed to high risk of stroke as measured by a special ultrasound technique and 2 patients had suffered a stroke. T...ined with transcranial doppler (TCD) screening, an ultrasound technique that measures the velocity of blood flow in the brain. A high blood flow velocity in one ...No long-term harm from repeated prenatal ultrasound examination
...NCET provide reassurance to the safety of repeated ultrasound examination during pregnancy. 10 years ago a randomised trial highlighted how repeated ultrasound exposure at 5 different times during pregnancy was associated with growth restrictions among new-bor...International trial finds benefits of breast MRI in women at high risk
...ential benefits and risks of screening with MRI or ultrasound as a supplement to mammography. Dr. Lehman noted that there is no evidence that MRI is an effective complement to mammography in average risk women. "Although MR is a very powerful tool for detecting cancer, it is not perfect," she said. "There...Outpatient lung cancer procedure promising for inoperable disease
...ic imaging at Brown Medical School and director of ultrasound in the Office of Minimally Invasive Therapy at Rho...e, or "cook," tumors. Computed tomography (CT) or ultrasound is used to guide the needle to the tumor site for ablation. "Although the patients we treated w...Obesity hinders imaging quality, diagnosis
...ing exam most often filed as limited was abdominal ultrasound (1.5%), followed by chest x-ray (0.08%) and abdominal computed tomography (CT) (0.04%). Because ultrasound waves must penetrate through body tissue to produce a quality diagnostic image, quality could be com...MRI-guided ultrasound therapy relieves symptoms in patients with uterine fibroids
MRI-guided ultrasound therapy is an effective way to treat women with ut...study of 109 patients found that combining MRI and ultrasound can be a viable alternative to a hysterectomy or myomectomy." Patients in the study answered a qual...New biopsy technique helps assess breast cancer's spread
...p to the operating room. The technique, which uses ultrasound along with a fine needle biopsy, is a reliable way...without surgery. "The goal of the study was to use ultrasound to pre-operatively assess the axillary lymph nodes. If we can use ultrasound to stage the axilla and...Ovarian cancer does have early warning signs, Mayo Clinic and Olmsted Medical Center find
... the symptoms require a pelvic examination with an ultrasound and a blood test for ovarian cancer if they do not resolve or do not have another very clear diagnosis within weeks -- not months, agree Drs. Yawn and Barrette. Another barrier to catching ovarian cancer early is that the cancer'...Researchers find ultrasound helps drug dissolve stroke-causing blood clots
... three other centers used a hand-held extracranial ultrasound device to target stroke-causing blood clots during...ology at the UT Medical School, initially used the ultrasound device to track the efficacy of tPA, the only approved drug for treating blood clots in stroke victi...Ultrasound-aided therapy better than stroke drug alone, trial finds
Using ultrasound in combination with the drug t-PA can improve resp...nd human trial compared the safety and efficacy of ultrasound and t-PA versus use of t-PA alone. The trial was funded in part by the National Institute of Neurol...Determining which pancreatic cancers are treatable
...ed would be better -- the more invasive endoscopic ultrasound procedure which requires the use of sedation and t...hat appears to be completely removable, endoscopic ultrasound does not appear to be necessary to confirm that a tumor is removable."> While CT scans were ...Rare heart problem decreases in clot-busting era
... risk for tamponade should undergo routine cardiac ultrasound to detect any signs of fluid accumulation in the pericardium. To help physicians, Patel is developing a "nomogram," or health care flow chart, in which physicians taking care of heart attack patients can enter different patient characteristics into a...Calcium channel blocker reduces adverse cardiovascular events in certain patients
...set of 274 patients underwent serial intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) examinations to determine if either or both medications reduced the progression of atherosclerosis. The primary end point was the time to first occurrence of an adverse cardiovascular event such as cardiovascular death, nonfatal heart atta...Pioglitazone shown to reverse thickening of carotid artery wall
... Study Design and Results In the study, B-mode ultrasound was used to measure the intima media thickness (IMT) of the carotid artery before and 12 and 24 weeks after 173 patients received oral therapy with either pioglitazone (45 mg/day) or glimepiride (1-6 mg/day). Baseline carotid IMT was 0.949 0.149mm ...Doctors transplant ovary to woman's arm to preserve fertility
...maintain cyclical follicular growth as verified by ultrasound and clinical examination. Moreover, the surgery did not result in additional operating time. The authors conclude, "it seems likely that ovarian autotransplantation will be a realistic goal to achieve for women facing cancer, treated by high dose pel...Astronauts submit first medical research paper from space
... journal Radiology. The report documents the first ultrasound examination of the shoulder performed under the mi...nt is being conducted to determine the accuracy of ultrasound in novel clinical conditions, to assess feasibility of ultrasound for monitoring in-flight musculosk...Perfect pitch, portable bone-health monitor
...ic.org ). Jonathan Kaufman will present a portable ultrasound device for noninvasive assessment of bone for such...0 women ranging in age from 25-88, the device used ultrasound to measure bone mass in the women's heels. The researchers hope the low-cost, handheld device could ...Air pollution may cause and speed up artery disease
...ima-media thickness or CIMT). CIMT is measured by ultrasound and used to determine the level of subclinical atherosclerosis. Researchers then assigned a PM2.5 particle level to the study subjects' home ZIP codes. PM2.5 particles are pollutants with a diameter of 2.5 micrometers or less. They are commonly pro...Exercise for special populations, sensory research, factors impacting rehabilitation top issues
...nical use in rehabilitation clinics. Laser and ultrasound effective treatments in wound healing, pg 721 This study investigates the effects of ultrasound and laser therapies on wound healing in rats. Investigators found that ultrasound and laser therapie...