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MRIs Make You Crazy? Try an Extremity MRI

Many patients dread the claustrophobia they feel inside the long tubes required for MRI imaging. But Loyola University Health System now offers a powerful new MRI machine that can scan a leg or an arm ...
Nature

Extremity MRI shows promise for prediction of early joint damage in RA

Conventionally, the progression of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is monitored by radiography, but this technique only detects late stages of joint damage. MRI is more sensitive than radiography; MRI can ...
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Reliability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to determine the grade (high versus low) of extremity fatty tissue tumors.

Preclinical evaluation of combined treatments in xenograft model of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) using small animal PET. Background: Soft tissue tumors are a heterogeneous group of ...
The Times and Democrat

S.C.’s most powerful extremity MRI unveiled

The University of South Carolina School of Medicine debuted the state’s highest powered extremity MRI on May 21 during the grand opening of its new Sports Medicine Center. The extremity magnetic ...
Nature

Total and regional appendicular skeletal muscle mass prediction from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry body composition models

Sarcopenia, sarcopenic obesity, frailty, and cachexia have in common skeletal muscle (SM) as a main component of their pathophysiology. The reference method for SM mass measurement is whole-body ...