Dear MRI Insider,
Today's edition highlights research from Providence, RI, that contradicts previous studies on the value of musculoskeletal MRI scans obtained prior to evaluation by a hand surgeon for diagnosing an ailment.
The study from Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital prospectively analyzed approximately 400 patients over four months. Of the 11 patients who presented with only an MRI scan, 10 of those MRIs proved helpful in diagnosis. By comparison, all scans from patients who presented with both radiographs and an MRI were not considered useful.
Click here to read why the researchers say their analysis resulted in different conclusions from previous papers.
Also in this issue, see how researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, OH, are using MRI to better understand how concussion symptoms evolve in young patients, and which cases may have lingering aftereffects. Among the findings is that one of every four children who experienced a traumatic brain injury or concussion displayed significant postconcussive symptoms more than one year after the injury.
In addition, staff writer Kate Madden Yee reports on a Japanese study that identified MR characteristics useful for detecting triple-negative breast cancer -- click here to learn more. And be sure to read MRI architectural consultant Tobias Gilk's article on how the Joint Commission's Environment of Care has begun to address physical life-safety issues in MRI.
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