Which MRI contrast agent does the best job of enhancing brain and spinal images? A group of U.S. researchers sought to answer this question in a head-to-head study.
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Which MRI contrast agent does the best job of enhancing brain and spinal images? A group of U.S. researchers sought to answer this question in a head-to-head study.
The researchers took two commercially available MRI contrast agents and administered them to a group of 157 patients with known brain or spinal lesions, according to an article by staff writer Shalmali Pal that we're featuring this week in our MRI Digital Community.
The patients were imaged first with one agent and then with the other, and then three independent neuroradiologists evaluated the images and noted their preferences. Which product came out ahead? Find out for yourself by clicking here.
In the same story, learn about the performance of a new, investigational contrast agent with a long intravenous half-life. The researchers tested it in an animal study for blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) functional MRI.
Also in the MRI Digital Community, you'll find an article that offers tips and tricks for performing MRI of the knee. How reliable is the standard grading system for MCL tears? Does MRI have a role in post-total knee arthroplasty? Click here for the answers.
Once you've mastered knee MR, try your hand at solving the Case of the Day: A man with a twisted knee who can't bear weight on it.
Get all these stories by visiting our MRI Digital Community at mri.auntminnie.com.
