Dear AuntMinnie Member,
Studies have suggested that poor sleep quality can lead to poor brain health as people age, but most of these have been conducted among older adults. In our highlighted story for this MRI Insider, we're covering research that shows that this effect can start sooner, in middle age. Click here for the full details.
Once you've read that article, check out our reporting on how time-dependent diffusion MRI shows promise for predicting breast cancer treatment response, as well as a story on new details French researchers are offering regarding the methods used to obtain brain images using an 11.7-tesla MRI device.
In September, we posted an article on an unfortunate incident that involved the Los Angeles police and an MRI suite. Take a look at a column written by Emanuel Kanal, MD, of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pennsylvania that questions whether an episode like this can truly be considered the result of a lack of MRI safety.
Be sure to read our story regarding a study that found that clinically significant extracardiac findings are common on MR imaging and are especially associated with exam indication and patient age -- results that could have implications for patient care -- and an article on research that suggests that adding radiology report information to a deep-learning model can help MRI detect brain lesions.
We also have coverage of the following:
- What 7-tesla MRI shows about the effects of severe COVID-19
- What the modality can reveal about how the brain's waste-clearing pathways function
- How MRI can serve as an "early warning system" for brain tumor growth
- A study that suggests that men with negative prostate MRI exam results can skip systematic biopsy
Our MRI content area keeps you up-to-date on the modality's many applications. We invite you to check it out regularly, and as always, if you have MRI topics you'd like us to consider, please contact me.
Kate Madden Yee
Senior Editor
AuntMinnie.com
