Vet Nurse Is Left in a Wheelchair After Being Poisoned During MRI Scan: 'I Wasn't Told About the Risks'

Clare Garrett was poisoned by contrast dye used for an MRI scan, and now she is in a wheelchair "90 percent of the time." The ...
Medical Dialogues

Black Women Show Higher Background Parenchymal Enhancement on Breast MRI: Study Finds

Background parenchymal enhancement is an MRI marker of hormonally active breast tissue and has been independently associated ...
Medscape

Contrast-Enhanced Breast MRI Shows Promise in Identifying High-Risk Lesions That May Not Need Surgery

Contrast-enhanced breast MRI may help rule out malignancy and avoid surgery in patients with high-risk lesions, a systematic review and meta-analysis reveals.
Medical Xpress

Contrast-enhanced mammography vs. MRI: Neoadjuvant therapy response in breast cancer

According to the ARRS American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) may be a useful alternative test for neoadjuvant therapy (NAT) response assessment in patients with ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Understanding Real-World MRI Utilization for ED Dizziness: Ava L. Liberman, MD

ED dizziness visits see rising MRI use at discharge; exam-guided imaging helps detect missed strokes and informs secondary ...
Science Daily

CT contrast reaction raises MRI contrast risk

People with a history of allergic-like reactions to iodinated contrast media, which is used in a variety of X-ray-based procedures, such as CT and angiography, are susceptible to similar reactions ...
News-Medical.Net

Cardiac MRI shows promise as a diagnostic tool for coronary heart disease

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an appropriate non-invasive procedure for functional diagnostics in patients who, ...