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aDivision of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada bDepartment of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada ...

High-resolution microultrasonography-guided biopsy was non-inferior to MRI fusion-guided biopsy for detecting clinically significant prostate cancer (detection rates, 47.1% and 42.6%, respectively ...

Doctors can use MRI to examine a person’s lower spine, lumbar region, and surrounding tissues. MRI of the spine can show spinal alignment, lumbar disk herniation, inflammation, and more.

The standard mammogram is sometimes used with breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to detect or rule out breast cancer for people at high risk of the disease. Breast MRIs can detect tumors that ...

Telangiectatic osteosarcoma (TOS) is a rare high-grade malignant tumour found primarily in the metaphysis of long bones, but can also occur in the pelvis, spine and skull. Characterized by extensive ...

Full-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans allow providers to examine multiple areas of your body at once, making them helpful in diagnosing, monitoring, and screening for health problems.

Medicare covers MRI scans when a doctor deems them medically necessary for diagnosis. The Medicare part that covers an MRI will depend on a person’s hospital status. Most people in the United ...

India has developed its first home-grown Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine to reduce the cost of scans by more than 30 per cent. The project, which originated from an idea proposed in an ...

Calvin Sun was a healthy 37-year-old when a full-body MRI scan showed a cyst in his kidney. Sun saw a urologist who was cautiously optimistic that it wasn’t cancerous and offered him a surgery ...

A deeper understanding of osteosarcoma, the most common primary malignant bone tumor affecting children and adolescents, is reshaping strategies for overcoming treatment resistance. Central to ...