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Ultrasonography followed by CT is often viewed as the industry standard for diagnosing pediatric appendicitis, but could unenhanced MR imaging, used in place of CT, produce similar results?

Hitachi’s latest update to its MR workflow solutions is available at RSNA17 

With the ubiquity of electronic medical records combined with online patient portals, patients have easier access to physicians’ reports than ever before. But understanding those documents is another matter altogether.

Numerous barriers in MRI, including the bulkiness of coils, can prevent radiologists from obtaining accurate and high-quality images of children during scans or obtaining images at all.

A recent story in the New York Times describes how Adam Weinstein, MD, received a call from a neuroradiologist reviewing the patient’s MRI. The man was suffering from a rare condition known as "sagging brain syndrome."

Using MRI to measure brain activity, researchers have shown patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have larger brain responses in the locus coerulus, a region that controls arousal and reactivity.

In December 2016, Marques Davis, a 27-year-old inmate in a prison outside of Witchita, Kansas, claimed that he wasn't feeling right. "It feels like something is eating my brain," he said.