GW Hospital is proud to be the first adult-care hospital in the metropolitan Washington–Northern Virginia region to add MRI-guided focused ultrasound to its intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging ...

BOSTON — Having a preoperative MRI scan does not help surgeons to reduce the likelihood of positive surgical margins when they are performing lumpectomy for early-stage breast cancer, a new study ...

Mark Strand, 68, knew something was wrong when he went in for testing. “I was having daily fevers and low-level fevers,” Strand said. “And the PET scan revealed, in the end, a mass on top of my head.” ...

A new technique has enabled ultra-powerful magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners to identify tiny differences in patients' brains that cause treatment-resistant epilepsy. In the first study to use ...

Case Western Reserve team working toward combining elements to perform first-ever procedure to manage stroke risk for atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients A team of Case Western Reserve University ...

(Columbia) Jan. 20, 2003 - A room-sized magnet, the Magnetic Resonance Indicator machine takes pictures of the human body. Steve Nelson had an MRI after a car accident to check for bleeding on the ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can spare many patients with rectal cancer from invasive surgery that can carry lifelong side effects, new research indicates. The findings, from UVA Cancer Center's ...

Some rectal cancer patients might be spared surgery and the lifelong need for a colostomy bag if they undergo MRI screening, a new study finds. The scans might accurately predict which patients have a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . MRI can help determine which individuals with rectal cancer may not need surgery following neoadjuvant therapy.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . MRI appeared more likely to be used for younger patients and those with smaller tumors. Patient age and tumor ...