News tagged with imaging technologies


How can advanced imaging studies enhance diabetes management?

New approaches to applying noninvasive imaging tests such as computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR), and positron emission tomography (PET) may play a bigger role in evaluating and managing patients ...

Diabetes created May 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Laser optics plus ultrasound imaging holds promise as a noninvasive test for prostate cancer

Multispectral photoacoustic imaging, which combines laser optics and ultrasound imaging technologies, can reliably distinguish between benign and malignant prostate tissue, a new study indicates.

Cancer created Apr 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain imaging studies reveal neurobiology of eating disorders

Current treatments for anorexia and bulimia nervosa, which afflict an estimated 10 to 24 million Americans, are often limited and ineffective. Patients relapse. They become chronically ill. They face a higher risk of dying.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New cancer detection and brain imaging techniques presented

A non-invasive imaging technique which may help in the earlier detection of cancer is among the innovative research being presented at BioPIC 2013, a BioPhotonics and Imaging Conference, taking place in Castleknock Hotel ...

Cancer created Mar 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Revolutionary imaging software offers more detailed, clearer scans of heart conditions

Innovative software has been developed that greatly enhances the detail quality and field of view of conventional ultrasound images. It could improve the diagnosis of heart disease and deliver big savings ...

Cardiology created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People with MS-related memory and attention problems have signs of extensive brain damage

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 people with MS who do not ...

Neuroscience created Mar 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Excess protein linked to development of Parkinson's disease

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say overexpression of a protein called alpha-synuclein appears to disrupt vital recycling processes in neurons, starting with the ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created Feb 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Technology has unprecedented ability to detect and diagnose Alzheimer's

A revolutionary technology has the ability to detect and diagnose Alzheimer's disease with unprecedented accuracy. The computerized technique known as SNIPE analyzes magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Feb 06, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Propping open the door to the blood brain barrier

The treatment of central nervous system (CNS) diseases can be particularly challenging because many of the therapeutic agents such as recombinant proteins and gene medicines are not easily transported across the blood-brain ...

Medical research created Feb 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First 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, questions remain about what ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Jan 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Investigating the bystander effect: Virtual Reality as a viable platform for experimental psychology

The bystander effect is well-known in behavioural psychology and suggests that the more people who witnessing a violent emergency the less likely it is that someone will intervene. It was first identified ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tiny tools help advance medical discoveries: Researchers are designing tools to analyze cells at the microscale

To understand the progression of complex diseases such as cancer, scientists have had to tease out the interactions between cells at progressively finer scales—from the behavior of a single tumor cell in ...

Medical research created Jan 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New test could help diagnose Alzheimer's disease in live patients

The patient turned 40 over the summer and was already having symptoms that made her neurologist wonder whether she had Alzheimer's disease, the deadly, mind-killing dementia that usually attacks far older people.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Dec 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scanning innovation can improve personalized medicine

New combinations of medical imaging technologies hold promise for improved early disease screening, cancer staging, therapeutic assessment, and other aspects of personalized medicine, according to Ge Wang, director of Virginia ...

Medical research created Nov 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Osteoporosis study looks at bone architecture to determine fracture risk

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Calgary are hoping to help people with osteoporosis by predicting which patients are more likely to fracture their bones. Having this information would better allow doctors ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0