Dear AuntMinnie member,
It was MRI week on AuntMinnie, as our coverage of the annual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) in Cape Town, South Africa took center stage.
We’ve produced over 40 articles so far on news from ISMRM 2026, and our most popular story featured a presentation on the use of MRI for imaging athletes during elite competitions such as the FIFA World Cup. Pediatric MRI is also showing potential in low-resource settings, and another talk described how non-technologists can safely operate portable MRI in research settings.
In a video interview, Kathryn Keenan, PhD, program committee chair for ISMRM 2026 and MRI research chair for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, CO, shared her thoughts on the importance of radiologist and physicist collaboration when it comes to MRI research.
We’ve also just released Episode 8 of our Ultrasound MinnieCast, featuring an in-depth discussion on the contribution of linens and disposable supplies to greenhouse gas emissions from routine ultrasound exams. You can access the episode here, as well as other podcasts on the AuntMinnie Podcast Network.
In other news, dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) has shown that playing soccer can significantly strengthen bones and improves body composition. Click here for all of the details.
See below for our other top stories from the week.
Erik L. Ridley
Editor in Chief
AuntMinnie.com
1. ISMRM: Expert shares World Cup experience for imaging elite athletes
2. ISMRM: Pediatric MRI shows potential in low-resource settings
3. ISMRM: Non-technologists safely operate portable MRI in research settings
4. ISMRM: Kathryn Keenan on collaboration between rads and physicians
5. Ultrasound MinnieCast, Episode 8: Ultrasound’s role in sustainability
6. ISMRM: fMRI identifies key brain regions in superagers
7. DEXA confirms benefits of soccer on bone health
8. ISMRM: Functional lung MRI detects asthma treatment responses
9. ISMRM: 7T MR spectroscopy uncovers sleep-neurotransmitter dynamics
10. ISMRM: Katja Pinker talks recent advancements in breast MRI
11. ISMRM: Incoming ISMRM president reflects on time in Cape Town
12. ISMRM: MRI in Kenya poised for growth, but challenges remain
13. ISMRM: Fully automated fetal MRI scanning pipeline shows success
14. ISMRM: qMRI deep learning model predicts CE in brain tumors