Here comes colour
Not everything is black and white, perhaps with the exception of MRI. Aside from the artificial colours that can be added by computer, MRI is a technique of contrasts and greyscales. However, that could all change soon thanks to the ongoing development of microscopic magnetic particles by researchers in the US who hope to bring a little colour to MRI.
[July 1, 2008]
Non-invasive detection of hippocampal sclerosis: correlation between metabolite alterations detected by 1H-MRS and neuropathology
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In this paper, the authors assessed 1H-MRS as a screening tool for detection of hippocampal sclerosis in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.
[June 23, 2008]
MRI scans and mastectomy
MRI breast scans are associated with more mastectomies. That is the conclusion from a study by Mayo Clinic researchers in the USA. They have found that after an earlier, seven-year decline, there has been a sharp rise in the number of whole-breast mastectomies.
[June 1, 2008]