Real-time image-guided radiotherapy with MRI could reduce healthy tissue damage and provide radiation oncologists with the capability to instantly modify treatment dose as tumors change in size and shift, according to a study published online May 19 in Physics in Medicine & Biology.

Malalignment of the knee joint was found to be an independent risk factor for the progression of knee osteoarthritis, according to a study in the May issue of Arthritis and Rheumatism.

Imris has received CE Mark approval for its integrated MRI and x-ray angiography suite that enables physicians to diagnose, intervene, resolve and confirm the effectiveness of treatment with one integrated system.

The global economic crisis will limit growth in the diagnostic imaging markets in Brazil, India and Russia in 2009, particularly for advanced CT and MRI modalities, shrinking combined revenues by 15 percent, according to market research firm Millennium Research Group.

Researchers may have found a way to combine imaging with chemotherapy in a single agent for the treatment of prostate cancer, according to data presented this week at the 100th annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in Denver.

Computer engineers at Washington University in St. Louis have coupled a USB-based ultrasound probe with a smartphone, creating a mobile, compact computational and medical imaging platform.

The typical hospital radiology department is often chaotic as staff struggle to manage patient studies and reschedule appointment changes and emergency cases in the face of constant disruptions.

For pregnant patients clinically suspected of having acute appendicitis, use of MRI yields favorable combinations of negative laparotomy rate and perforation rate compared with previously reported values, according to a study in the March issue of Radiology.