The French Society of Neuroradiology examined 37 consecutive patients’ neurological imaging findings from 16 different centers for their study published earlier this month.

Diffusion tractography can help target the specific brain structures neuroradiologists are looking for, with fewer adverse effects.

Doctors involved in the study, who presented during the Society of Interventional Radiology's virtual meeting, say the augmented-reality platform can help physicians and patients better understand their treatment.

Clinicians use the device to image blood flow dynamics during retinal exams, helping them spot age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and retinal vein occlusions.

The technique—known as 3D cartilage surface mapping—detects subtle changes in a person’s knee joint that cannot be picked up via conventional x-ray or MRI.

Among more than 6,500 older adults, those with smaller pathways relative to lung size had the poorest lung function and were eight times more likely to develop the disease, researchers reported in JAMA.