An improved implementation of brain tumor detection using segmentation based on neuro fuzzy technique.
INTRODUCTION Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is the state-of-the-art medical imaging technology which allows cross sectional view of the body with unprecedented tissue contrast (1-2). MRI plays an important role in assessing pathological conditions of the ankle, foot and brain. It has rapidly evolved into an accepted modality...

Cocoa boosts brainpower.
A study has employed functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to explore the effect of flavanols from cocoa on the human brain. Sixteen healthy young women were given flavanol-rich cocoa to drink for five days and then asked to do a complex task while their brains were monitored using fMRI....

Management of paratracheal adenoid cystic carcinoma.
A 36-year-old woman presented with an incidental finding of a fight paratracheal/paraesophageal mass. The growth had been found on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the neck during an evaluation of a posterior cervical lipoma. The patient denied otalgia, weight loss, odynophagia, dysphagia, hemoptysis, and respiratory distress. The MRI of...

MRI finds breast cancer in high-risk women.
CHICAGO -- Magnetic resonance imaging detects more breast cancers in high-risk women, compared with mammography or ultrasound, according to two studies presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. MRI was more sensitive but less specific in the detection of breast cancer than...

Endoscopic view of obstructing nasopharyngeal cysts (Tornwaldt's cysts).
[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] A 66-year-old man was referred to us for evaluation of unusual masses of the nasopharynx, which had been found on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as part of a workup for constant nasal congestion and recurring headaches (figure 1, A). The MRI of the nasopharynx...

MUSSEL (Muscle-Specific Strengthening Effectiveness Post Lumbar Microdiscectomy).
Ninety-six individuals with recent history of microdiscectomy were randomized into the MUSSEL study. Participants were individuals with uncomplicated low back pain (LBP) that included diagnosis of disk protrusion confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging, with lower-extremity radicular pain, with restricted straight-leg raise, and with positive signs of adverse nerve-root tension...

Less common MRI findings in Ramsay Hunt syndrome type I.
Dear Editor: I would like to comment on the interesting report from Gupta et al that appeared in the Imaging Clinic in the March 2007 issue of Ear, Nose & Throat Journal. (1) Although magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with gadolinium contrast usually shows enhancement of...

MRI trumps mammograms in diagnosing in situ carcinoma.
CHICAGO -- Magnetic resonance imaging is more sensitive than is mammography in diagnosing ductal carcinoma, particularly in women with high-grade breast lesions, according to a presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. "MRI doubled the sensitivity for the diagnosis of high-grade ductal...

Fluorine highlights early tumors.
A new technique utilizing microscopic, fluorine-packed particles can vividly show small, cancerous growths that don't appear in standard medical imaging. Finding cancer early can improve a patient's chances for survival, but small tumors can be difficult to see with scanning techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). ...

MRI spots lung damage from secondhand smoke.
CHICAGO -- A novel magnetic resonance imaging technique may have provided the proverbial smoking gun in the secondhand smoking debate. Using helium-3 diffusion MRI, researchers at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have for the first time identified structural damage in...