Dear MRI Insider,
Newsflash -- MR does more HARM than good for stroke imaging! Researchers at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the National Institutes of Health are keen on a phenomenon they call hyperintense acute reperfusion marker (HARM) in acute ischemic stroke. They theorize that HARM serves as a signpost for, among other things, early blood-brain barrier disruption and that it could be used to broaden the therapeutic window. Click here to learn more.
While we're on the topic of stroke, be sure to check back with the MRI Digital Community on Thursday for the latest word from the Diffusion and Perfusion Imaging Evaluation for Understanding Stroke Evolution (DEFUSE) trial. In the meantime, read about the role of molecular MR for identifying cerebral sinus vein thrombosis.
Of course, we don't want to give short shrift to other topics in MR. Check out an article by the folks at MRI Planning on emergency room procedures. Does your facility have a plan to manage pell-mell situations? Find out more by clicking here. Also, learn about how newly mandated safety standards have implications outside the MR suite.
In other MRI news, we offer the following:
- Why MRI spots ductal carcinoma in situ more often than mammography
- How MRI-guided focused ultrasound improves symptoms of uterine leiomyomas
- A protocol to improve MR exams for meniscal tears
- MR results indicate that preterm infants treated for bronchopulmonary dysplasia don't suffer from neurodevelopmental disorders
Finally, in a nod to the series finale of TV's "The Sopranos," we urge you to fugedaboutit! No, really, a new study shows that by forgetting stuff, memory retrieval is enhanced for more important matters.
