Coverage of ARRS Annual Meeting 2008

Breast imaging: Current trends and future direction, are we headed in the right way?

Annual breast cancer screening with mammography is already recommended by the ACS. The ACS announced a new set of guidelines regarding breast cancer screening that supports the use of MRI in women that are at high risk of developing breast cancer.

Cardiac CTA: A new gold standard may be on the horizon...

Cardiac CTA has proved to be a promising and robust technique for imaging coronary plaque and specific types of coronary lesions. The revolutionary capabilities of cardiac CT provide radiologists with a reliable and noninvasive method of analysis to the nation's number one killer, cardiovascular disease.

New trends in MR imaging provide a premier window for neuroradiology

Neuroimaging is progressing and new techniques are continually being developed and refined; providing neuroradiologists with a premier window and clinically relevant insight to many complex diseases of the brain.

Awards and scholars of today's radiology

In support of disseminating and fostering superior research in the radiological sciences, every year during the annual meeting the American Roentgen Ray Society, in collaboration with industry leaders honor those dedicated to the highest quality of radiology research.

EVAR, a big leap for interventional radiology and a sigh of relief for the patients who need it

Until a few years ago, the treatment of choice for an AAA would have been open surgical resection. However, endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms has recently become a preferred and valuable alternative for many patients.

Musculoskeletal imaging: Are we seeing too much?

This was the question on everyone's mind as Dr. Donna Blankenbaker from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, presented modern practices and future trends in MR imaging of the hip during a keynote address held at the 2008 ARRS in Washington DC.

A diagnosis of Triple-negative breast cancer doesn't always mean cancer spread

Triple-negative breast cancers are a heterogeneous group and may not always be associated with lymph node spread, a new study shows.

Mammography plus sonography can help rule out breast cancer in patients with palpable lesions

When mammography and sonography are used together to evaluate palpable breast lesions, they can rule out cancers in most patients, according to a recent study.

ARRS 2008 opens in Washington D.C.

New curricula of teaching and modern imaging methods were introduced in the opening session of the American Roentgen Ray Society's annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

3T MRI plays significant role in detecting prostate cancer, study says

In a study to be presented at the ARRS meeting in Washington DC, the use of MRI without endorectal coil can detect prostate cancer and provide undistorted images with diagnostic image quality and accurate tumor localization.