An adaptation of digital mammography could cut image acquisition times and provide a new screening method to patients unable to undergo breast MRI, but added time commitments could make the technique difficult to implement in clinical practice, a case study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology suggests.

High-risk patients with any amount of background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) beyond the minimum on screening MRI have an increased risk of developing breast cancer, according to a new study published by Academic Radiology.

Scientists at the University of Extremadura in Badajoz, Spain, have found another use for MR imaging—but it has nothing to do with medicine, the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology has announced.

In one of Western Europe’s most overweight areas, British officials are struggling to tackle a growing obesity epidemic that’s barring hundreds of patients from receiving MRI exams, the BBC reported this week.

A novel system that can calibrate medical imaging biomarkers could be paving the way for MRI to make precise, traceable measurements inside the human body, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced late this March.

A 32-year-old man died on Jan. 27 after being sucked into an MRI chamber at BYL Nair Hospital in Mumbai, India. That hospital has now decided to replace the MRI scanner, which had not been used since the incident.

British Columbia, Canada, will be receiving an additional $11 million this year to expand MRI usage across the province, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported this week.

A 7-Tesla-strong MRI machine could be changing the way brain tumors are diagnosed and treated, University of Southern California researchers reported this week.