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Finding dramatically less invasive treatment for a condition is one of the most impressive aspects of medicine. As a health care journalist, I’ve covered dramatic advances in cataract surgery and endovascular treatment and have read about numerous others. Whether the MR-guided focused ultrasound treatment described in this month’s E-News Exclusive evolves to that point remains to be seen, but incisionless brain surgery is a pretty impressive idea.

— Jim Knaub, editor

HIFU Trial for Treating Essential Tremor Under Way

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is one of six locations nationally studying the safety and effectiveness of using high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to treat patients suffering from essential tremor as part of a multicenter FDA clinical trial.

Nationwide, 50 patients whose tremors cannot be controlled with medication will be treated with the Exablate Neuro by InSightec, which uses MR-guided focused ultrasound to treat tissue deep in the brain without incisions or radiation. The clinical trial is scheduled to conclude in December 2016. Other centers involved in the research are Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston; Stanford Medical Center in Stanford, California; Swedish Medical Center in Seattle; University of Maryland Medical System in Baltimore; and University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. This minimally invasive treatment is already approved for use in Europe.

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Imaging in the NFL
Medical imaging is playing an increasingly larger role in diagnosing National Football League players' injuries—often without having to leave the stadium. Read more »

Gamma Imaging and Dense Breasts
Selecting the best adjunct imaging to complement mammography for women with dense breasts can be challenging. Some view nuclear gamma imaging as the most logical adjunct option. Read more »

Buy or Lease?
Take a look at the factors institutions use to decide whether to lease or purchase equipment. Read more »

Quantitation and Automation
Clinicians are searching for new methods to both better detect smaller lesions and quickly ascertain whether a patient is responding to current treatments. Scanner manufacturers are working to expand PET/CT tools and equipment to achieve that objective. Read more »

Combining MRI, NIRST Increases Specificity in Breast Imaging
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center is reporting that combining MRI and near infrared spectral tomography is more accurate that just MRI in breast imaging.

MR Study Finds Typically Disregarded Brain Lesions
May Warn of Heightened Stroke Risk
Researchers from the University of Mississippi Medical Center studied nearly 1,900 brain images from MRI and found that very small brain lesions that are often disregarded could actually be predicative of future stroke risk, according to the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Newly Discovered Brain Network
Recognizes What’s New, What’s Familiar
Washington University in St. Louis researchers have located a novel brain network that seems to identify and differentiate new and familiar information, according to a release from the university.

Annual Low-Dose CT Screening Safe and Reliable
for Identifying Precancers
An annual exam using a key imaging technology could spare patients with lung nodules from unnecessary tests and surgery, while identifying the cases where the nodules are likely to become cancerous, according to a new study by researchers at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

E-News Exclusive

Imaging in the NFL

Gamma Imaging and Dense Breasts

Buy or Lease?

Quantitation and Automation

Combining MRI, NIRST Increases Specificity
in Breast Imaging

MR Study Finds Typically Disregarded Brain Lesions May Warn of Heightened Stroke Risk

Newly Discovered Brain Network
Recognizes What's New, What's Familiar

Annual Low-Dose CT Screening Safe and Reliable for Identifying Precancers

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