Stroke

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for stroke. This includes both diagosis and treatment of stroke, stroke imaging, pharmaceuticals and interventional stroke technologies.

Technology | Computed Tomography (CT)

Infervision Launches AI Platform to Help Radiologists Diagnose Stroke Faster

November 28, 2017 — Infervision is introducing what it calls the first and only artificial intelligence (AI) platform to ...

November 28, 2017

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

German Workshop Highlights Possibilities of Perfusion MRI

July 3, 2017 — When diagnosing strokes and heart diseases or looking at tumors, perfusion magnetic resonance imaging ...

July 03, 2017

News | Medical 3-D Printing

3-D-printed Model of Stenotic Intracranial Artery Enables Vessel-Wall MRI Standardization

April 18, 2017 — A collaboration between stroke neurologists at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and ...

April 18, 2017

MD Buyline, James Laskaris, five medical technology innovations, very near future

Feature | Radiology Imaging

Five Medical Technology Innovations We Might See in the Very Near Future

January 17, 2017 — James Laskaris, emerging technology analyst at MD Buyline, recently offered his perspective on five ...

January 17, 2017

DEFUSE-2 studym, MRI, brain bleeding risk, post-stroke treatment, NIH

News | Advanced Visualization

MRI May Predict Brain Bleeding Risk Post-Stroke Treatment

June 29, 2016 — In a study of stroke patients, investigators confirmed through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain ...

June 29, 2016

stroke, neuroimaging study, Achala Vagal, ASNR, race, age, sex

News | Neuro Imaging

New Study Investigates Neuroimaging Use for Stroke Victims

June 1, 2016 — A person is admitted to the hospital with a stroke, but not much is known about whether or not that ...

June 01, 2016

stroke, language recovery, right brain, MRI, Neurology study

News | Stroke

Right Brain May Help Predict Language Recovery After Stroke

March 31, 2016 — New research suggests that looking at structures in the right side of the brain may help predict who ...

March 31, 2016

University of Tennessee, Mobile Stroke Unit, CT angiography, Siemens Somatom Scope

News | Stroke

University of Tennessee College of Medicine Launches Mobile Stroke Unit

March 23, 2016 — The University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis introduced a new, comprehensive Mobile ...

March 23, 2016

stroke damage, MRI, contrast agent, gelatinase, University of Missouri study

News | Neuro Imaging

New MRI Technique May Offer Clearer Picture of Stroke Damage

March 16, 2016 ― A team of researchers led by the University of Missouri School of Medicine has developed a new, real ...

March 16, 2016

endovascular therapy, stroke clot removal, CT perfusion, brain imaging, International Stroke Conference study

News | Neuro Imaging

Imaging, not Time, May Determine Eligibility for Stroke Clot Removal

March 4, 2016 — Brain imaging may accurately identify patients likely to benefit from stroke clot removal instead of ...

March 04, 2016

Mercy St. Vincent, northwest Ohio, mobile stroke unit, Ceretom CT scanner

News | Computed Tomography (CT)

Ohio’s Mercy St. Vincent Debuts Mobile Stroke Unit

February 22, 2016 — Samsung NeuroLogica and Mercy Life Flight Network announce the debut of the mobile stroke unit (MSU) ...

February 22, 2016

Jan medical, BrainLab, BrainPulse diagnostic tool, concussion, stroke, financing

News | Neuro Imaging

Jan Medical Secures $7.5 Million From Brainlab for Neuro Diagnostic Tech

January 25, 2016 — Jan Medical announced today that it has secured $7.5 million in Series C funding from Brainlab Inc ...

January 25, 2016

ASE, guidelines, echocardiography, cardiac sources of stroke, embolism

News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

ASE Releases Imaging Guidelines for Determining Cardiac Stroke Sources

January 7, 2016 — Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the Western industrialized world, and according to the ...

January 07, 2016

recurrent stroke risk, low blood flow, vertebrobasilar region, NOVA, UIC

News | Advanced Visualization

Low Blood Flow in Back of Brain Increases Recurrent Stroke Risk

December 23, 2015 — Patients who have had a stroke in the back of the brain are at greater risk of having another within ...

December 23, 2015

IPH, intraplaque hemorrhage, diabetic patients, stroke risk, 3-D MRI

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

3-D MRI Shows Early Signs of Stroke Risk in Diabetic Patients

November 24, 2015 — People with diabetes may be harboring advanced vascular disease that could increase their risk of ...

November 24, 2015

intracranial aneurysm, endovascular treatment, EVT, MRA, Naggara

News

Aneurysms May Recur Years after Endovascular Treatment

June 12, 2015 - Endovascular treatment (EVT) of intracranial aneurysm is effective in preventing long-term bleeding, but ...

June 12, 2015

NIH, stroke, MRI, CT, screening, door-to-treatment time, SMART study

News

MRI Screening Procedure Changes Reduce Time to Stroke Treatment

May 22, 2015 — According to a new study, small changes in quality improvement procedures enabled clinicians to use ...

May 22, 2015

Johns Hopkins, motion-tracking MRI, stroke risk, atrial fibrillation

News

"Motion-Tracking" MRI Tests Reveal Novel Harbingers of Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation Patients

April 28, 2015 — Researchers from Johns Hopkins performing sophisticated motion studies of heart magnetic resonance ...

April 28, 2015

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

News

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

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

News

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