News tagged with imaging technologies


Twinkle, twinkle kidney stone: With a push you could be gone

Just the mention of kidney stones can cause a person to cringe. They are often painful and sometimes difficult to remove, and 10 percent of the population will suffer from them. In space, the risk of developing ...

Other created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Oral temperature changes in head and neck cancer patients predicts side effect severity

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 later in treatment, according ...

Cancer created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Traditional physical autopsies -- not high-tech 'virtopsies' -- still 'gold standard'

TV crime shows like Bones and CSI are quick to explain each death by showing highly detailed scans and video images of victims' insides. Traditional autopsies, if shown at all, are at best in supporting roles to the high-tech ...

Other created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cell-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.

Cancer created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Facing complexity in the left brain/right brain paradigm

The left brain/right brain dichotomy has been prominent on the pop psychology scene since Nobel Laureate Roger Sperry broached the subject in the 1960s. The left is analytical while the right is creative, ...

Neuroscience created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

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

Brain 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 their fears and succeed ...

Neuroscience created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

MRIs could become powerful tools for monitoring cholesteral therapy

MRI scanning could become a powerful new tool for assessing how well cholesterol drugs are working, according to Loyola University Health System cardiologist Binh An P. Phan, MD.

Medical research created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

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

A 3-D reconstructed image of neural dendritic trees using the advanced electron microscope technology

Neurons in the brain play a role as an electric wire conveying an electrical signal. Because this electric wire is connected with various joints (synapse), various brain functions can occur. A neuron which has dendritic trees ...

Medical research created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Dangerous 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 ventricular ...

Medical research created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The 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, they ...

Medical research created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Good 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 life choices. Such ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers use improved imaging technique; discover a better approach to diagnosing epilepsy

Using state-of-the-art, 7 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology, University of Minnesota Medical School researchers may have uncovered a better approach to diagnosing epilepsy.

Medical research created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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 tomography ...

Cardiology created Jul 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast