Signs of stroke can show up on an MRI for years after the initial event. However, if the symptoms were mild, a person may not know they had a stroke until long afterward. A stroke happens when ...

Portable MRI (top row) can detect and characterize ischemic stroke identified by standard MRI (bottom row) Yale. 2 / 3. Hyperfine's portable MRI costs just a fraction of a conventional MRI machine.

GET IT ON G E T I T O N The Hyperfine Swoop is a portable MRI machine that can be used in diagnosing stroke when time is of the essence. (Ivanhoe Newswire) May is National Stroke Awareness month ...

MRI may help determine time of stroke onset Date: November 8, 2010 Source: Radiological Society of North America Summary: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain could expand the number of ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Doctors should use a diffusion MRI scan to diagnose stroke instead of a CT scan, according to a new guideline from the American Academy of Neurology. The guideline is published ...

MRI appears to be a more sensitive test than CT for such screening, said researchers at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, a part of the National Institutes of Health.

Portable MRI (pMRI), a new type of very low-field MRI scanner that does not require dedicated shielding, can effectively diagnose stroke and detect blood clots in the brain as small as 4 mm in size.

New guideline: MRI better than CT scans at diagnosing stroke Date: July 12, 2010 Source: American Academy of Neurology Summary: Doctors should use a diffusion MRI scan to diagnose stroke instead ...

To reveal more detail, the researchers used different MRI techniques – functional, anatomical and diffusion-weighted MRI – to chart affected visual pathways in the brain in four stroke survivors.

From 1999 to 2008, the use of MRI to evaluate patients with ischemic stroke in the United States increased from 28% to 66%, and more than 90% of patients who had a brain MRI first had a CT scan ...

Gadolinium, a contrast agent used to improve MRI imaging, ... With the chance discovery of the transparent chemical leaking into and then lighting up in the eyes of stroke patient MRI scans, ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain could expand the number of stroke patients eligible for a potentially life-saving treatment, according to a new study, published online and in the ...