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No shield from x-rays: How science is rethinking lead aprons
CHICAGO - Patients have come to expect a technician to drape their torsos with a heavy lead apron when they get an x-ray, but new thinking among radiologists and medical physicists is upending the decades-old practice of shielding patients from radiation.
January 15, 2020
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Electrical bone stimulation may improve bone health in women
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Electrical bone stimulation may improve bone health in women
By Will Morton
A portable electrical stimulation device increased bone mineral content and bone area over 10 weeks.
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By Kate Madden Yee
Precontrast low attenuation on CT shows up as a region darker than surrounding tissues because fewer x-rays are being blocked.
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MRgFUS opens blood-brain barrier for chemotherapy
By Amerigo Allegretto
MRgFUS successfully opened the blood-brain barrier in cancer patients for chemotherapy to be delivered to target regions.
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Graeme Woodworth, MD, works at his station. Woodworth led the study on MRgFUS for opening the blood-brain barrier to deliver chemotherapy for glioblastoma patients.
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By Will Morton
In participants with type 2 diabetes, MRI showed that men had muscle shrinkage, while women showed enlarged muscles.
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Imaging biomarker emerges as chronic stress measure
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Adrenal volume acts like a "biological barometer" of chronic stress, according to Johns Hopkins researchers.
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New SPECT/CT tracer visualizes distribution of ALS drug
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Tofersen has been approved for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), but its regional brain uptake is not fully understood.
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SPECT imaging of Tc-99m MAG3-tofersen in healthy human volunteers. (A) Maximum-intensity-projection images showing distribution of Tc-99m MAG3-tofersen in humans (n = 3) one, four, and 24 hours after intrathecal injection. Time–activity curves derived from SPECT data measuring activity in ROIs in CNS (lumbar, thoracic, and cervical spine ROIs include both cord and proximal CSF) (B), kidneys and liver (C), and brain atlas (D).
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Feature-length films often portray medical imaging in a negative light, including MRI, ultrasound, and mammography.
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Higher muscle mass, decreased belly fat equals a healthy brain
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The research suggests that "improving muscle mass and reducing visceral fat may improve brain aging," investigators wrote.
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Art and radiology: Seeing beauty and value in images
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In a Q&A interview, Harun Yildiz, MD, discusses the intersection of medical imaging and art.
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AI detects meningiomas on skull x-rays
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