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Marijuana compounds like cannabidiol (CBD) have been found to impart benefits to the brain without the negative “stoned” side-effects. Now, researchers at King’s College London have shown that CBD could help reset the brain abnormalities found in people suffering from psychosis.

The NYU School of Medicine's Department of Radiology is joining forces with Facebook's Artificial Intelligence Research group on a project aiming to utilize AI to dramatically speed up the time it takes to complete a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan.

It's common knowledge that a drink or two can lower inhibitions and result in people becoming aggressive and violent. Researchers from the University of New South Wales in Australia are asking why, using MRI scans to trace which part of the brain controls aggression.

Gadolinium, a contrast agent used to improve MRI imaging, has been shining a light on brain diseases and damage for years. Now scientists from the NIH believe it could be about to reveal more, with the chance discovery of gadolinium leaking into the eyes of stroke patient MRIs.

​Traditionally when a small tumor is discovered in the kidney an invasive biopsy is needed to determine if it is malignant or benign. Researchers have developed a breakthrough new method that uses current MRI technology to accurately identify the aggressiveness of a tumor without a biopsy

Researchers have used 3D-printing technology to produce individually-tailored model organs. These dummy organs could one day improve your chances of surviving surgery, by allowing doctors to plan and practice a lifesaving procedure on a realistic replica before putting you to the scalpel.

In the future, tiny medical devices could swim through our bodies to diagnose diseases, but keeping track of them all can be tricky. A new invention out of Caltech might make that easier: a chip loaded with sensors that can ping its location in the body, thanks to MRI-inspired technology.​

If help comes quickly enough, the heart can be restarted after a person has officially died, but the resulting brain damage can be devastating. Now doctors have successfully reversed the brain damage of a two-year-old drowning victim, using oxygen therapy techniques.

The public seems to be endlessly fascinated with understanding how psychopaths think. As scientists take MRI machines into prisons to scan the brains of psychopathic criminals we ask, what is going on inside the brains of psychopaths?

​Engineers have developed a new biopsy robot made from 3D printed plastic. The robot can operate inside a MRI scanner, enabling accurate biopsies to be taken with real-time visualization of the abnormal tissue.

For the first time, researchers at the University of North Carolina have used MRIs of six-month-olds to successfully predict which babies were at a high risk of developing autism as toddlers.

​An MRI physicist at King's College Hospital in London has spearheaded a virtual reality app to help soothe children's fears about receiving an MRI. The "My MRI at King's" app is specially designed to walk children through the MRI process, which can be off-putting for first-timers of all ages.