Stroke

Revised guidelines for the nonsurgical, image-guided interventional treatment of acute ischemic stroke will ensure patients receive the right treatment at the right time. The updated guidelines, endorsed by the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) and 11 other medical societies, were...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced marketing clearance for Viz.AI’s Contact application, the first artificial intelligence (AI)-based clinical decision support (CDS) solution cleared for sale in the U.S. Viz.AI Contact is designed to analyze computed tomography (CT) results...

January 17, 2017 — James Laskaris, emerging technology analyst at MD Buyline, recently offered his perspective on five medical technology innovations that might be just months or a few years away.

In a study of stroke patients, investigators confirmed through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans an association between the extent of disruption to the brain’s protective blood-brain barrier and the severity of bleeding following invasive stroke therapy. The results of the National...

Brain imaging may accurately identify patients likely to benefit from stroke clot removal instead of relying on the time since symptoms began as an indicator of treatment eligibility. The hypothesis was derived from research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke...