Clinical Trials

Clinical trials and studies about imaging technology can be found on this channel.

Alzheimer's, phase 3 study, MRI, LMTM, AAIC 2016

MRI Helps Assess Tau-Targeting Alzheimer's Drug in Phase 3 Study

August 24, 2016 — Important clinical trial results in Alzheimer's disease and dementia were recently reported at the ...

August 24, 2016

Valiance X12, SPECT/CT, CZT detectors, clinical trial

News | SPECT-CT

Molecular Dynamics' CZT-based Digital SPECT/CT Trial Shows Promising Results

August 24, 2016 — Molecular Dynamics has successfully completed the first phase of a clinical trial to evaluate the ...

August 24, 2016

MRI, prostate cancer, zinc, UT Southwestern Medical Center study

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Novel MRI Technique Distinguishes Healthy Prostate Tissue From Cancer Using Zinc

August 23, 2016 — A novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method that detects low levels of zinc ion can help ...

August 23, 2016

lung cancer, low-dose helical computed tomography, LDCT, Moffitt Cancer Center study, high-risk patients

News | Lung Imaging

Regular Lung Cancer Screening Important for High-Risk Patients

August 22, 2016 — A new study found patients who tested negative for lung cancer by low-dose helical computed tomography ...

August 22, 2016

News | Radiation Therapy

Shorter Radiation Course Recommended for Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients

August 19, 2016 — Early-stage breast cancer patients receiving a shorter course of whole breast radiation with higher ...

August 19, 2016

PET, depression, neurogenesis, brain imaging, RIKEN Center for Life Science Technology study

News | PET Imaging

New PET Imaging Technique Could Improve Understanding of Depression, Drug Treatments

August 19, 2016 — A new non-invasive positron emission tomography (PET) technique can obtain images of neuron ...

August 19, 2016

Parkinson's disease, altered brain activity, NIH-funded study, Radiology journal, fMRI

News | Neuro Imaging

Researchers Examine How Parkinson's Disease Alters Brain Activity Over Time

August 18, 2016 — Neuroscientists peered into the brains of patients with Parkinson’s disease and two similar conditions ...

August 18, 2016

high-risk prostate cancer, radical local treatment, Umea University Sweden study, mortality

News | Prostate Cancer

Radical Treatment and Examination Combined Can Halve Prostate Cancer Mortality

August 16, 2016 — High-risk prostate cancer patients treated at hospitals with a high proportion of administered radical ...

August 16, 2016

CT lung cancer screening, computed tomography, crowd-sourced study, image quality, Prevent Cancer Foundation workshop

News | Computed Tomography (CT)

Initial Results Reported for First Crowd-Sourced CT Image Quality Study

August 8, 2016 — An overview of the initial findings and results from the CT Lung Screening Protocol Challenge was ...

August 08, 2016

News | Clinical Trials

Ultrasound headset may be new way to recognize concussion on the sidelines

Mapping blood flow in the brain of athletes using an advanced form of ultrasound may make it easier to more accurately ...

August 05, 2016

News | Clinical Trials

New Imaging Method Could Catch Osteoarthritis Early

A promising imaging technology that measures bone health at the microscopic level could help doctors detect ...

August 05, 2016

PET, positron emission tomography, genetically linked lung cancer, AAPM, big data

News | PET Imaging

PET Imaging Could Provide Helpful Information for Genetically Linked Lung Cancer

August 2, 2016 — A cutting-edge method of extracting big data from positron emission tomography (PET) images can provide ...

August 02, 2016

Lumagem, MBI. nuclear breast imaging, molecular breast imaging

News | Breast Imaging

Clinical Study Confirms Molecular Breast Imaging’s High Cancer Detection Rate in Dense Breast Tissue

August 2, 2016 — A retrospective study in American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) August issue confirmed Gamma Medica’s ...

August 02, 2016

News | Neuro Imaging

Can a Brain Scan Early in Stress Predict Eventual Memory Loss?

Work pressures, money issues, exams, perhaps an illness in the family — these are common strains in every person's life ...

July 29, 2016

brain metastases, cognitive outcomes, stereotactic radiosurgery, SRS, whole brain radiotherapy, WBRT, Mayo Clinic study

News | Radiation Therapy

Study Compares Cognitive Outcomes for Treatments of Brain Lesions

July 27, 2016 — Among patients with up to three brain metastases, the use of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) alone ...

July 27, 2016

brain metastases, stereotactic radiosurgery, whole brain radiation therapy, JAMA study

News | Radiation Therapy

International Study Finds Effective, Less Toxic Way to Treat Brain Metastases

July 26, 2016 — A new study shows that patients with brain metastases can be treated in an effective and substantially ...

July 26, 2016

metastatic prostate cancer incidence, Northwestern Medicine study, Edward Schaeffer, Adam Weiner

Feature | Prostate Cancer

Metastatic Prostate Cancer Cases Skyrocket

July 25, 2016 — The number of new cases of metastatic prostate cancer climbed 72 percent in the past decade from 2004 to ...

July 25, 2016

radiologists, radiation-related mortality risk, study, Amy Berrington de Gonzalez

News | Radiation Dose Management

Radiologists Do Not Face Elevated Risk of Radiation-related Mortality

July 22, 2016 — Radiologists who graduated from medical school after 1940 do not face an increased risk of dying from ...

July 22, 2016

fMRI, brain circuits, stress response, Yale study, PNAS

News | Neuro Imaging

Researchers Identify Brain Circuits that Help People Cope with Stress

July 22, 2016 — Research supported by the National Institutes of Health has identified brain patterns in humans that ...

July 22, 2016

mitral valve surgery outcomes, twisting of the heart, echocardiography, NICSMR, JACC Basic to Translational Science

News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Pre-operative Echo May Predict Mitral Valve Surgery Outcomes

July 20, 2016 — A novel study has found a simple pre-operative echocardiographic measurement of the amount of torsion of ...

July 20, 2016