News tagged with biomedical imaging


New study uses video cards to bring effective, inexpensive supercomputing to hospitals for safer CT scans

Video gamers are generally the biggest consumers of computer graphics cards, using the devices to boost the speed and resolution of their digital quests to fend off invading extraterrestrials or outwit hostile ...

Medical research created Sep 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Latinos more vulnerable to fatty pancreas, Type 2 diabetes, study shows

Latinos are more likely to store fat in the pancreas and are less able to compensate by excreting additional insulin, a Cedars-Sinai study shows.

Diabetes created Sep 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New silk technology stabilizes vaccine and antibiotics so refrigeration is not needed

Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed a new silk-based stabilizer that, in the laboratory, kept some vaccines and antibiotics stable up to temperatures of 140 degrees Fahrenheit. This provides ...

Medical research created Jul 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Radiation exposure from medical imaging has increased even at HMOs

Concern about overexposure to radiation due to excessive use of medical imaging has come to the fore in recent years. Now, a study led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Group Health ...

Health created Jun 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists identify brain area that determines distance from which sound originates

Researchers at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital have identified a portion of the brain responsible for determining how far away a sound originates, a process that ...

Neuroscience created Jun 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Grant to fuel baking soda cancer therapy research

A $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will enable University of Arizona biomedical engineering researchers to improve the way doctors measure the effectiveness of drinking baking soda to ...

Cancer created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Photoacoustic tomography can 'see' in color and detail several inches beneath the skin

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 is allowing ...

Medical research created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bionic leg makes amputee faster on his feet

Craig Hutto considers himself part bionic man. In 2005, doctors amputated his leg after a shark attacked him during a fishing trip off the Florida Gulf Coast.

Medical research created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New technology gives patients control of medical image sharing

Patients at three major medical institutions can control the sharing of their medical images and reports with their doctors and medical providers. The RSNA Image Share network was demonstrated today at the annual meeting ...

Other created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists track neuronal stem cells using MRI

Carnegie Mellon University biologists have developed an MRI-based technique that allows researchers to non-invasively follow neural stem cells in vivo.

Neuroscience created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New hybrid imaging device shows promise in spotting hard-to-detect ovarian cancer

By combining three previously unrelated imaging tools into one new device, a team of researchers from the University of Connecticut and the University of Southern California has proposed a new way to diagnose ...

Cancer created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Meditation may help the brain 'turn down the volume' on distractions

The positive effects of mindfulness meditation on pain and working memory may result from an improved ability to regulate a crucial brain wave called the alpha rhythm. This rhythm is thought to "turn down the volume" on distracting ...

Neuroscience created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast


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