Neuroscience
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.
Sep 29, 2011
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News tagged with imaging technologies
Medical research
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 ...
Sep 13, 2011
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Medical research
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 have now described ...
Aug 26, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
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 ...
Aug 22, 2011
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Neuroscience
Tracking the flow of thoughts using ultrafast ultrasound
Researchers of the laboratory Physics for Medicine Paris laboratory and collaborators have achieved a major advance by studying the brain during complex cognitive tasks. Using a new imaging method called functional ultrasound ...
Mar 28, 2019
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Radiology & Imaging
In vivo skin imaging technology developed
A Research and Development group led by Professor Yoshifumi Saijo of Tohoku University and Noriyuki Masuda of Advantest has succeeded in developing in vivo skin imaging technology that can simultaneously generate dual-wavelength ...
Oct 16, 2018
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Health
Ultrasound-estimated fat content in muscles may be an indicator of physical health
Ultrasound-estimated percent intramuscular fat of muscles in the lower extremity was inversely associated with physical activity level and positively associated with body mass index in a recent study.
Mar 23, 2016
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Surgery
CT and 3-D printing aid surgical separation of conjoined twins
A combination of detailed CT imaging and 3-D printing technology has been used for the first time in the surgical planning for separation of conjoined twins, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the ...
Dec 2, 2015
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Health
Airport X-ray screening systems comply with health and safety standards for radiation exposure
Machines that use advanced X-ray imaging technology to screen airport passengers comply with radiation exposure limits set by the American National Standards Institute/Health Physics Society, says a new report from the National ...
Sep 30, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
SNMMI image of the year: Theranostic drug unites imaging and therapy for prostate cancer
A novel molecular imaging technology not only detects prostate cancer that has spread throughout the body, but also provides a potent and minimally invasive method of radiotherapy, reveal researchers at the 2015 Society of ...
Jun 8, 2015
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