A new survey of UK radiologists finds that 100% of NHS trusts have now used pre-biopsy MRI, although variations persist in ...

Doctors often use MRI scans as an important step in determining the stage of cervical cancer. Knowing the stage can help them identify whether someone is a good candidate for surgery or if a different ...

MRI -- with or without FDG PET coregistration --c an improve the staging of patients with small cell lung cancer. According to an article in ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), MRI -- with ...

MRI of the prostate, combined with a blood test, can help determine if a prostate lesion is clinically significant cancer, new research suggests. A new meta-analysis by investigators from Brigham and ...

Doctors may use an MRI scan to detect a brain aneurysm in specific cases. MRI scans and other imaging techniques can help detect a brain aneurysm and reveal its shape and precise location. A brain ...

Chest pain may still be angina even when the main heart arteries look clear. Using cardiac stress MRI (a heart scan that measures blood flow with magnetic resonance imaging), testing uncovered small ...

If you’ve ever gotten an MRI, it was probably ordered by your doc based on symptoms or a potential injury that warranted a deeper look, right? Now imagine going in for one for, well, no specific ...

One of the most vexing dilemmas for patients with pacemakers is that an MRI scan may prevent the device from pacing the heart. But on Monday, Fridley-based Medtronic Inc. announced that it has ...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the term for a range of conditions caused by a build‑up of fat in the liver. NAFLD develops in 4 stages: simple fatty liver (steatosis): a largely harmless ...

If you need medical imaging tests done, you may wonder how much an MRI, CT scan, or other imaging test costs and how these tests differ. Hospitals and medical facilities negotiate the prices of ...

University of Texas at Arlington researcher Michael Nelson doesn't recall the specifics of the presentation, but he remembers the photo. It showed astronauts floating in space, wearing unusual gear ...