High tech scans could spare cancer patients from intensive chemotherapy supriya kashyap kashyap26 Jun 2016 4:15 PM ISTLondon : Researchers have found that high-tech scans can spare patients suffering from cancer of the lymphatic system of the serious side effects of...
New imaging tool to help treat common brain disorders savita thakur thakur22 July 2016 1:40 PM ISTScientists have developed a new tool to scan the human brain for changes in synapses that are associated with common brain disorders.A synapse is a...
More amyloid in the brain, more cognitive decline: JAMA Neurology Anjali Nimesh Nimesh19 Jun 2017 1:05 PM ISTA new study from the Center for Vital Longevity at The University of Texas at Dallas has found that the amount of amyloid plaques in a person's brain...
MRI without contrast agents? Yes, with sugar! Anjali Nimesh Nimesh26 Jun 2017 10:47 AM ISTIn magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), contrast agents are used to enhance the imaging of tissue structures. While they enhance signals in blood vessels...
New PET-CT scan offers more accurate detection of rare heart condition Anjali Nimesh Nimesh24 July 2017 12:52 PM ISTWashington D.C. [USA] : A team of researchers has come up with a new imaging technique that can diagnose cardiac sarcoidosis much more accurately than...
Novel PET tracer identifies most bacterial infections Anjali Nimesh Nimesh9 Oct 2017 10:15 AM ISTStanford University medical scientists have developed a novel imaging agent that could be used to identify most bacterial infections. The study is the...
New nuclear medicine test can identify kidney transplant infection Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 Nov 2017 7:15 PM ISTGerman scientists have developed a novel nuclear medicine test that can determine whether a kidney transplant patient has developed an infection in...
Everything about musculoskeletal ultrasound Anjali Nimesh Nimesh23 Nov 2017 7:02 PM ISTWe as Radiologists and Physicians are particularly well clued to the concept of ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) in terms of Radiation hazards...
Presurgical imaging to predict in which patients epilepsy surgery shall work Anjali Nimesh Nimesh16 Dec 2017 7:00 PM ISTSurgery to remove a part of the brain to give relief to patients with epilepsy doesn't always result in complete seizure relief, but statisticians at...
A hope ahead for bone marrow transplant patients Medical Dialogues Bureau2 March 2018 7:20 PM ISTLeukemia can be a terrifying diagnosis as the only chance they have for a cure is to receive a massive dose of radiation and chemotherapy .These...
New PET imaging agent to guide therapy in neurological diseases Anjali Nimesh Nimesh4 April 2018 7:20 PM ISTSwiss and German researchers have developed a new imaging agent that helps and assesses treatments for people with various neurological diseases like...
New blood test to detect risk of Alzheimer's disease Anjali Nimesh Nimesh8 April 2018 7:15 PM ISTThere is no cure for Alzheimer's disease and it is usually diagnosed when it is too late for an effective intervention. It begins long before patients...
