High-resolution imaging technology reveals cellular details of coronary arteries
Researchers at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have developed a one-micrometer-resolution version of the intravascular imaging technology optical coherence...
View ArticleGood ruminations or bad ruminations in the depressed brain?
All of us, at times, ruminate or brood on a problem in order to make the best possible decision in a complex situation. But sometimes, rumination becomes unproductive or even detrimental to making good...
View ArticleThe pancreas as we’ve never seen it before
Professor Ulf Ahlgren and associates at Umea University in Sweden are a leading research team in the world in the development of optical projection tomography. With the aid of this imaging technology,...
View ArticleDangerous arrhythmia analyzed in a heartbeat
Just one second, one heartbeat. That's what is needed for a new, noninvasive functional imaging technology to record data for locating the source in the heart of a dangerous cardiac arrhythmia called...
View ArticleBrain study reveals how successful students overcome math anxiety
Using brain-imaging technology for the first time with people experiencing mathematics anxiety, University of Chicago scientists have gained new insights into how some students are able to overcome...
View ArticleCell-CT: A new dimension in breast cancer research
Despite advances in both the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, the disease remains a leading worldwide health concern.
View ArticleOral temperature changes in head and neck cancer patients predicts side...
Slight temperature increases of the oral mucus membranes early in a head and neck cancer patient's chemotherapy and radiation therapy (chemoradiotherapy) treatment is a predictor of severe mucositis...
View ArticleMedical School implements successful radiation protection program for...
A medical school in Ireland has successfully implemented a radiation protection program, improving knowledge of radiation protection among medical undergraduates, according to a study in the March...
View ArticleSpectroscopic imaging reveals early changes leading to breast tumors
Purdue University researchers have created a new imaging technology that reveals subtle changes in breast tissue, representing a potential tool to determine a woman's risk of developing breast cancer...
View ArticlePhotoacoustic tomography can 'see' in color and detail several inches beneath...
Every new imaging technology has an aura of magic about it because it suddenly reveals what had been concealed, and makes visible what had been invisible. So, too, with photoacoustic tomography, which...
View ArticleSpecialized training of complex motor skills may induce sports-specific...
A new study, using brain imaging technology, reveals structural adaptations in short-track speed skaters' brains which are likely to explain their extraordinary balance and co-ordination skills. The...
View ArticleCardiologists dramatically cut patient radiation exposure from X-rays
Each year, hundreds of thousands of X-rays are performed across the country to help detect and treat common cardiovascular conditions such as coronary artery disease, valve disease and other heart...
View ArticleASGE initiative examines real-time imaging of Barrett's esophagus
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy's (ASGE) Preservation and Incorporation of Valuable Endoscopic Innovations (PIVI) initiative examines real-time imaging of Barrett's esophagus in an...
View ArticleRising cost of inpatient care linked to medical devices and supplies
Inpatient hospital treatment accounts for the largest proportion of health care spending in the U.S., with the use of diagnostic imaging services such as MRIs, frequently implicated as the probable...
View ArticleDoctors speak out about unnecessary care as cost put at $800 billion a year
Leading doctors are calling for action to tackle unnecessary care that is estimated to account for up to $800bn in the United States every year.
View ArticleFirst guidelines for brain amyloid imaging in Alzheimer's released
Only recently has it become possible to create high-quality images of the brain plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's disease in living people through positron emission tomography (PET). Even so,...
View ArticlePeople with MS-related memory and attention problems have signs of extensive...
People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who have cognitive problems, or problems with memory, attention, and concentration, have more damage to areas of the brain involved in cognitive processes than...
View ArticleHigh-tech imaging contributing to overdiagnosis of low-risk thyroid cancers
An increasing gap between the incidence of thyroid cancer and deaths from the disease suggests that low-risk cancers are being overdiagnosed and overtreated, a study from the Mayo Clinic Center for the...
View ArticleNew imaging technology promising for several types of cancer
Researchers from University Hospitals Case Medical Center have published findings that a new form of imaging—PET/MRI—is promising for several types of cancer. In an article titled "PET/MRI:...
View ArticleNew laser-based tool could dramatically improve the accuracy of brain tumor...
In the battle against brain cancer, doctors now have a new weapon—a new imaging technology that will make brain surgery dramatically more accurate by allowing surgeons to distinguish—at a microscopic...
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