J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008;23(10):1520-1527. Two reasons why MRI is less frequently used in clinical practice compared to CT are: (1) health-care costs; and (2) the ordering practices of referring ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new study shows that a simple, non-invasive “contrast enhanced ultrasound” (CEUS) scan can be more accurate and reliable than a more expensive MRI procedure for diagnosis ...

Scientists at Georgia State University (GSU) with funding from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) have designed an imaging technique to detect early-stage liver ...

The American College of Radiology Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System steering committee developed and approved a new version of the CT/MRI LI-RADS — a comprehensive system for standardizing the ...

Scientists have designed an imaging technique to detect early-stage liver tumors, and have proven it successful in mice. Their study in an animal model is an essential step toward creating tools to ...

Adding MRI to CT may improve the accuracy of detecting nonviable disappearing liver metastases than CT alone among patients with initially unresectable colorectal liver metastases. However, confirmed ...

Cryotherapy combined with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is giving doctors unprecedented control during liver cancer treatment by allowing them to observe the tumors freezing in real time, according ...

Investigators at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles have demonstrated that MR imaging of the liver is more accurate than liver biopsy in determining total body iron ...

PET-CT imaging with [18 F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and [18 F]fluorocholine (FCH) altered treatment plans in only a tiny minority of patients undergoing initial staging for hepatocellular carcinoma ...