Clinical Trials

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

ASTRO, stereotactic radiosurgery, brain metastases, 50 years old and younger

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Stereotactic Radiosurgery Alone Improves Survival for Brain Cancer Patients Under 50

March 2, 2015 — Cancer patients with limited brain metastases (one to four tumors) 50 years old and younger should ...

March 02, 2015

GenomeDx Biosciences, Decipher, prostate cancer, radiation therapy, test

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Decipher Prostate Cancer Test Found to Predict Benefits of Radiation Therapy Following Surgery

February 27, 2015 — GenomeDx Biosciences announced the publication of a positive validation study for the Decipher ...

February 27, 2015

nanoparticles, stroke, tPA, blood clot, magnetic, MRI, antiplatelet

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Magnetic Nanoparticles Could Stop Blood Clot Strokes

February 26, 2015 — By loading magnetic nanoparticles with drugs and dressing them in biochemical camouflage, Houston ...

February 26, 2015

Hielscher, Columbia, PAD, OCT, diabetes, optical tomographic imaging, peripheral

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Noninvasive Optical Coherence Tomography Could Track Vascular Disease in Diabetics

February 26, 2015 — Approximately 8 to 12 million people in the United States alone are suffering from peripheral ...

February 26, 2015

PET/CT, lung cancer, follow-up, tumor tracking, nuclear imaging, trial

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Additional PET/CT Scans Valuable in Follow-Up of Lung Cancer Patients

February 23, 2015 — New research from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine reveals a high value for scans which could lead ...

February 23, 2015

VasSol Inc., NOVA, VERiTAS trial, recurrent stroke, MRI, software

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VasSol’s NOVA Software Identifies Those at High Risk of Recurrent Stroke

February 20, 2015 — A recently completed National Institutes of Health-funded trial confirms the efficacy of blood flow ...

February 20, 2015

MEG, brain imaging, CHOP, neurological disorder, autism, children, study

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Brain Imaging Links Language Delay, Chromosome Deletion in Children with Neurological Disorder

February 18, 2015 — Children born with a DNA abnormality on chromosome 16 already linked to neurodevelopmental problems ...

February 18, 2015

CT systems, computed tomography, lung cancer, study, screening, Europe

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European Lung Cancer Screening Trial Results Can Infer Effects of Population-Based Screening

February 17, 2015 — Results of the NELSON lung cancer screening trial using low dose computed tomography (LDCT) can be ...

February 17, 2015

MR guided focused ultrasound, Alzheimer's, mice, contrast media

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MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Reverses Alzheimer’s Symptoms in Mice

February 13, 2015 — For the first time, researchers have reversed some of the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in mice ...

February 13, 2015

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Do Clothes Make the Doctor? U-M Researchers Report on Patient Perceptions of Physicians Based on Attire

February 12, 2015 — What should doctors wear? And how does something as simple as their choice of a suit, scrubs or ...

February 12, 2015

lung cancer, Lung-RADS, ACR, guidelines, study, CT, computed tomography

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ACR Lung Screening Guidelines Improve on Study Findings

February 11, 2015 — A set of guidelines developed to help standardized lung cancer screening would have generated ...

February 11, 2015

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Dartmouth Physician-Scientists Examine Efficacy of Radiation Therapy in 'Good-Risk' DCIS Patients

February 11, 2015 — In a surprising finding, a collaborative national clinical trials group (RTOG) including Dartmouth ...

February 11, 2015

Radiation therapy, ASTRO, clinical trial/study, prostate cancer

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Ten-year Analysis Indicates Patients With Detectable PSA After Radical Prostatectomy Should Receive Aggressive Radiation Therapy

February 11, 2015 — Prostate cancer patients with detectable prostate specific antigen (PSA) following radical ...

February 11, 2015

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Image-Guided Radiotherapy Reduces Long-Term Treatment Side Effects

February 11, 2015 — Patients with soft tissue sarcoma of an extremity treated with preoperative image-guided ...

February 11, 2015

UNC School of Medicine, depression, rs-fcMRI, talk therapy, connectivity

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Brain Scans Predict Effectiveness of Depression Talk Therapy

February 6, 2015 — University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine researchers have shown that brain scans can ...

February 06, 2015

Weizmann Institute, autism spectrum disorder, fMRI, study, connectivity

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fMRI Study Shows Different Patterns in Autistic Brains

February 5, 2015 — Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been studied for many years, but there are still more questions ...

February 05, 2015

glioblastoma multiforme, GBM, OSUCCC James, radiation therapy, study

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Glioblastoma Study Ties Three Genes to Radiation Resistance in Recurrent Tumors

February 5, 2015 — A new study identifies several genes that together enable a lethal form of brain cancer to recur and ...

February 05, 2015

Mayo Clinic, breast cancer, ultrasound, lymph nodes, women's health, study

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Ultrasound Helps Minimize Lymph Node Removal in Breast Cancer Patients

February 4, 2015 — A new Mayo Clinic study finds that not all women with lymph node-positive breast cancer treated with ...

February 04, 2015

FDA, pancreatic cancer, treatment, radiation therapy, oncology

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FDA Says Pancreatic Cancer Targeted Treatments Hold Promise

February 3, 2015 — Scientists are working to develop breakthrough therapies for pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest ...

February 03, 2015

UNC School of Medicine, fMRI, autism, emotional regulation, brain, impaired

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MRI Study Links Impaired Brain Activity, Emotional Difficulties of Autism

February 2, 2015 — Tantrums, irritability, self-injury, depression, anxiety are symptoms associated with autism, but ...

February 02, 2015