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Radiology - Nov 22, 2017 Edition

	November 22, 2017
	Radiology
	The latest radiology news from News Medical

	Aspect Imaging announces receipt of CE marking for neonatal-dedicated MRI system Aspect Imaging, a developer of compact high-performance MRI systems, announces today that it has received CE marking for the neonatal-dedicated MRI system, Embrace Neonatal MRI System, which enables preparation and scanning of newborns, without having to transport them from the NICU. Embrace® Neonatal MRI can now be used and sold in EU countries and in non-EU countries that rely on CE certification.

	German scientists develop new nuclear medicine test to identify kidney transplant infection German scientists have developed a novel nuclear medicine test that can determine whether a kidney transplant patient has developed infection in the transplanted tissue.

			MGH researchers develop potential alternative to gadolinium-based MRI contrast agents A team of Massachusetts General Hospital researchers has developed a potential alternative to gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) for magnetic resonance imaging.

			Indonesian study finds low rates of awareness about cervical and breast cancer screening Just one in five Indonesian women are aware of cervical cancer screening, according to a study presented at the ESMO Asia 2017 Congress. The research in nearly 5,400 women also found that only 5% knew about mammography for early detection of breast cancer.

			UNT professor develops alternative to anesthesia for pediatric cancer patients undergoing radiation While radiation therapy is the most common cancer treatment for children under age 10, preparation for it may cause great stress for a child and his or her family.

	Researchers focus on use of protective shielding against stray radiation during CT scans Radiation exposure during diagnostic imaging such as computed tomography (CT) contributes to a small, but potentially preventable percentage of cancers, yet a new study reports that 40% of hospitals surveyed do not routinely utilize CT shielding.

	Dedicated minispec TD-NMR Analyzers for Industrial Quality Control Applications The latest addition to the minispec mq series of Time-Domain Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (TD-NMR) analyzers. The new minispec TD-NMR has been further improved to provide unprecedented perfor-mance in an all-in-one design for exclusive industrial quality control applications. The award winning mq series covers a host of applications and provides expansion capabilities for both routine R&D and QC.

	Scientists show how diaper phantoms can improve tumor measurements Catching cancer early can make all the difference for successful treatment. A common screening practice measures tumor growth with X-ray computed tomography, which takes a series of cross-section images of the body.

	Study: Alectinib 600 mg more effective than standard therapy in Asian ALK positive NSCLC patients A subanalysis of the phase III ALEX study has shown that alectinib 600 mg twice daily is more effective than standard of care crizotinib in Asian patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) positive non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), researchers report at the ESMO Asia 2017 Congress.

	Podcast: ‘What the Health?’ Tax bill or health bill? Republican efforts to alter the health law, left for dead in September, came roaring back to life this week as the Senate Finance Committee added a repeal of the "individual mandate" fines for not maintaining health insurance to their tax bill.

	Sectra introduces vendor-neutral access to machine learning in its enterprise imaging platform International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra is launching vendor-neutral access to machine learning in its enterprise imaging platform.

	UVA scientists working to find end-around method to stop triple-negative breast cancer So-called "triple-negative" breast cancer is a particularly aggressive and difficult-to-treat form. It accounts for only about 10 percent of breast cancer cases, but is responsible for about 25 percent of breast cancer fatalities.

	ATS and JRS publish new guidelines for diagnosis and management of LAM The American Thoracic Society and the Japanese Respiratory Society have published additional clinical practice guidelines regarding four specific questions related to the diagnosis of lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) and management of pneumothoraces in patients with LAM.

	Scientists unveil pathology underlying optic nerve hypoplasia in children Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute (VTCRI) have revealed the pathology of cells and structures stricken by optic nerve hypoplasia, a leading cause of childhood blindness in developed nations.

	Aggressive testing unnecessary for patients who go to ER with chest pain, study suggests Patients who go to the emergency room (ER) with chest pain often receive unnecessary tests to evaluate whether they are having a heart attack, a practice that provides no clinical benefit and adds hundreds of dollars in health-care costs, according to a new study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

	Machine learning could detect therapeutic effects with greater sensitivity than conventional tests Machine learning could improve our ability to determine whether a new drug works in the brain, potentially enabling researchers to detect drug effects that would be missed entirely by conventional statistical tests, finds a new UCL study published in Brain.

	Certain brain regions interact more closely in intelligent people A study at Goethe University Frankfurt shows: In intelligent persons, some brain regions interact more closely, while others de-couple themselves.

	Childhood cancer survivors more likely to have high blood pressure as adults People who survived childhood cancer were more than twice as likely as the general population to have high blood pressure (hypertension) as adults.

	Asymmetry in human brains may hold key to how we developed language skills The pattern of asymmetry in human brains could be a unique feature of our species and may hold the key to explaining how we first developed language ability, experts say.

	Research suggests link between heart function and brain region critical for memory processing Research by a team of Vanderbilt University Medical Center scientists suggests that older people whose hearts pump less blood have blood flow reductions in the temporal lobe regions of the brain, where Alzheimer's pathology first begins.