Dear MRI Insider,
We launch the first MRI Insider of 2006 with an Insider Exclusive article on the value of 3D contrast-enhanced MR angiography at 3 tesla. A group from the University of California, Los Angeles, said that the modality, when used for abdominal imaging, offers a spatial resolution pristine enough to rival multislice CT. To read more, click here.
Moving on to breast imaging, Dr. Christiane Kuhl and colleagues in Germany continue to champion MRI for detecting breast cancer in women with a family history.
In genitourinary imaging news, radiologists in Berlin found that 3-tesla MRI in the prostate was not nearly as good as 1.5-tesla MRI with an endorectal coil in terms of image quality and tumor delineation.
You can also read about the rapidly expanding use of MRI in oncology for diagnosis, treatment planning, and monitoring. According to the experts at Junk Architects, facilities that plan to incorporate oncologic MRI into their practices need to be prepared.
Finally, stop by the MRI Digital Community on Tuesday for a report on how MR spectrosocopy data can predict if antidepressants will prevail in geriatric depression.
