Scans that are 64 million times clearer give a new look at the brain

Fifty years on from American chemist Pal Laterbur detailing the first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), scientists have marked this historic medical anniversary with the sharpest-ever scans of a mouse brain.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Duke U… Continue reading Scans that are 64 million times clearer give a new look at the brain

Scans that are 64 million times clearer give a new look at the brain

Fifty years on from American chemist Pal Laterbur detailing the first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), scientists have marked this historic medical anniversary with the sharpest-ever scans of a mouse brain.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Duke U… Continue reading Scans that are 64 million times clearer give a new look at the brain

MRI reveals never-seen-before spaces in brains of migraine sufferers

Though they are common and can have severely debilitating effects, the precise cause of migraines remains a mystery. A study has shed important new light on the topic by leveraging cutting-edge imaging technology to gain a new perspective on structures… Continue reading MRI reveals never-seen-before spaces in brains of migraine sufferers

Modified MRI spies the early signs of Parkinson’s disease

A modified MRI technique has shown promise in detecting the early signs of Parkinson's disease

It is thought that Parkinson’s disease takes hold in the brain long before obvious motor symptoms appear, and a big focus for researchers is the development of diagnostic tools that can detect it early on. Scientists in Israel have demonstrated a promising new technology in this space, using a variation of MRI to spot tiny, telltale structures forming deep in the brain as the disease progresses.

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Single MRI scan promises to diagnose early- and late-stage Alzheimer’s

Initial tests found an algorithm could identify Alzheimer's brain scans from healthy scans with 98 percent accuracy

Using machine learning, researchers have developed an algorithm that can accurately diagnose Alzheimer’s disease from a single MRI brain scan. The system is more accurate than any pre-existing diagnostic tool available to doctors and can also distinguish early-stage disease from more advanced stages.

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Portable MRI could perform onsite checks for tennis wrist injuries

Tennis players are susceptible to wrist cartilage injuries, which may not even present any symptoms at first. A van-based MRI system was designed with that fact in mind, as it can spot such injuries right at the tennis court, before they become serious… Continue reading Portable MRI could perform onsite checks for tennis wrist injuries

Portable MRI can accurately detect most common form of stroke

New research has found the world’s first portable MRI machine can accurately detect ischemic strokes. The machine was cleared for use by the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in 2020 and researchers are increasingly demonstrating it to be as effectiv… Continue reading Portable MRI can accurately detect most common form of stroke

World-first massive MRI study charts brain changes from birth to death

More than 100,000 MRI scans were used to develop the first chart measuring normal brain changes over a human lifetime

Hundreds of scientists around the globe have shared data to create the world’s first brain growth chart. The project incorporated MRI scans from subjects of all ages to offer a unique portrait of how our brains change over the course of a lifetime.

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