Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can spare many patients with rectal cancer from invasive surgery that can carry lifelong side effects, new research indicates. That information could be extremely ...

Annually, an estimated 1 million patients undergo heart surgery worldwide. Unfortunately, stroke continues to be a frequent complication of cardiac surgery, with the specific cerebrovascular risk ...

Katharina Martini with her poster at the 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting. Dynamic MRI could better identify emphysema patients likely to benefit from invasive lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS), ...

For patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) that can't be controlled by medications, a minimally invasive laser procedure performed under MRI guidance provides a safe and effective ...

Combined Approach Enables Novel Breast Cancer Locator (BCL) System to Provide Precise Surgical Guidance that Has Been Shown to Significantly Reduce Positive Margin Rate LEBANON, N.H., February 24, ...

For women whose breast cancer has spread to their lymph nodes, a magnetic resonance imaging scan could replace exploratory surgery as the method for determining whether those women need radiation ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can spare many patients with rectal cancer from invasive surgery that can carry lifelong side effects, new research indicates. The findings, from UVA Cancer Center's ...

A new technique has enabled ultra-powerful magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners to identify tiny differences in patients' brains that cause treatment-resistant epilepsy. In the first study to use ...

Most precision brain surgery is done with robotic assistance, but there’s one place robots can’t go: inside MRI brain scanners. Enter the neuroArm, a robot specially designed to work inside the ...

Another major benefit of physical therapy is that it focuses on function. Pain relief is important, but people usually want ...