Archive for the ‘Imaging’ Category
Friday, August 12th, 2011
A new analysis from Frost & Sullivan takes a detailed look at the future of the medical device market. The study predicts upcoming trends, discusses emerging technologies and products and includes a separate report on the medical imaging market.
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Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
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A camera that fits on the head of a pin contains no lenses or moving parts and costs just pennies to make. Developed ...
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Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Researchers at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have developed a new high-resolution version of optical coherence tomography (OCT). The microOCT technique provides 10 times greater resolution than conventional OCT and can show cellular and subcellular features of coronary artery disease. The research was published online ...
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Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
University of Manchester researchers have developed an imaging method that shows what happens to the brain during anaesthesia. The method is called “functional electrical impedance tomography by evoked response” (fEITER). Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is being studied worldwide, but this is said to be the first time it's being applied ...
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Monday, June 13th, 2011
A recent study introduced at SNM’s 58th Annual Meeting last week demonstrated the advantages of 4-D PET image reconstruction in comparison to conventional 3-D PET image reconstruction for cancer detection. The study was led by Si Chen at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
A group of researchers at the Nuclear Science Division at the University of California, Berkeley has developed a technique to perform nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy without magnets, according to a blog post on MPMN.
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Thursday, May 12th, 2011
A large microchip developed by scientists at the University of Lincoln (UK) could help doctors detect cancer earlier and see the impact of radiotherapy treatment more precisely, according to a post on the MPMN Medtech Pulse blog. The DynAMITe chip is designed for medical imaging applications. It measures 12.8 cm ...
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Sunday, May 8th, 2011
When we last checked in with MaRVis Technologies GmbH (Aachen, Germany) a little less than a year ago, the company had achieved proof-of-concept for its platform imaging technology that allows the use of medical devices such as guidewires and catheters in magnetic resonance ...
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Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
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Scientists of the Charité -- Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch have developed an MRI technique that produces images of the beating human heart in much higher resolution ...
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Friday, March 25th, 2011
A new imaging technology combines electro-magnetic and acoustic waves to create MRI-like images at a cost comparable to ultrasound. The research of the patented technology is led by University of Oxford Professor David Edwards.
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Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
A new synchrotron-based imaging technique can produce high-resolution pictures of the molecular composition of tissues, according to an article on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) website. The technique was demonstrated by a team of researchers led by Carol Hirschmugl, physicist at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Hirschmugl and Michael Nasse, UWM ...
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Friday, March 4th, 2011
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is useful for detecting blood clots, tumours and other anomalies, but it has a significant drawback: The size and cost of superconducting magnets and cooling systems, which make the machine stationary and extremely expensive. Now, researchers at Japan’s ...
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