Innovative Therapy for Low Back Pain Takes the Fight Directly to the Source
An emerging technique, radiofrequency ablation of the basivertebral nerve, offers new hope to patients who experience a specific type of chronic low back pain.
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Everything You Need to Know about the OHIF Viewer for Imaging Applications
Developed by Gordon Harris, PhD, and colleagues, the open-source, extensible framework is helping meet the evolving needs of radiologists and researchers in the imaging arena.
Quantitative CT, MR Spectroscopy Confirm Negative Effects of Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery on Bone Health in Adolescents
Recent research by Miriam Bredella, MD, MBA, and colleagues showed that sleeve gastrectomy in adolescents and young adults impaired bone health.
Machine Learning Advances Ultrasound Imaging of the Liver
The work was recently reported by researchers with the Center for Ultrasound Research & Translation (CURT).
Intimate Partner Violence Can Cause Brain Injury — But There’s Still Hope
Interventions are available for those who have suffered brain injury.
Daily Statin Medication Reduces Risk of Major Cardiovascular Events by More Than One-Third in People Living with HIV
The finding, by the department’s Michael T. Lu, MD, MPH, and colleagues, was reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Bruce Rosen on the Advanced Imaging Technologies Coming to the Martinos Center
Martinos Center director Bruce Rosen describes several cutting-edge technologies that will advance research both in the center and elsewhere in the coming years.
Op-Ed: Congress Can Eradicate Hepatitis C and Reduce the Deficit at the Same Time
Jagpreet Chhatwal, PhD, director of the Institute for Technology Assessment in the Mass General Department of Radiology, co-authored a Stat News Op-Ed about the Biden administration’s proposed initiative to eliminate hepatitis C in the US.
Mass General Researchers Find Targeting Immune Cells May Help Treat Atrial Fibrillation
In a new study, Center for Systems Biology researcher Matthias Nahrendorf, MD, PhD, and colleagues showed that targeting these cells may therefore represent a promising strategy to treat and prevent AFib.
Artificial Intelligence May Allow Reduced Use of Gadolinium-based Contrast Agents
Commenting on a German study, Manisha Bahl, MD, MPH, explains how AI can be applied to breast MRI scans acquired with low doses of gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) and predict the appearance of full-dose contrast-enhanced subtraction images, a potential way to reduce the dose and therefore toxicity of GBCAs.