News tagged with medical images


Wireless signals could transform brain trauma diagnostics

New technology developed at the University of California, Berkeley, is using wireless signals to provide real-time, non-invasive diagnoses of brain swelling or bleeding.

Neuroscience created May 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Standard criteria needed for spinal stenosis diagnosis

(HealthDay)—There is a need for a consensus on criteria to define and classify lumbar spinal stenosis, according to a review published in the April 15 issue of Spine.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

CI therapy produces increase in grey matter in brains of children with cerebral palsy

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) report that children with cerebral palsy who underwent Constraint Induced Movement therapy (CI therapy) saw a significant increase in grey matter ...

Neuroscience created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hologram-like 3-D brain helps researchers decode migraine pain (w/ Video)

(Medical Xpress)—Wielding a joystick and wearing special glasses, pain researcher Alexandre DaSilva rotates and slices apart a large, colorful, 3-D brain floating in space before him.

Medical research created Apr 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Iterative reconstruction plus longitudinal dose modulation reduces radiation dose for abdominal CT and save lives

Radiation dose reduction has moved to the forefront of importance in medical imaging with new techniques being developed in an effort to bring doses down as low as possible. What difference can these techniques make? Researchers ...

Cancer created Apr 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Picture this: A dramatic drop in wrong patient errors

Adding a photo of a face to x-ray images can reduce "wrong-patient" errors five-fold, a new study finds.

Cancer created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Icy therapy spot treats cancer in the lung

Frozen balls of ice can safely kill cancerous tumors that have spread to the lungs, according to the first prospective multicenter trial of cryoablation. The results are being presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's ...

Cancer created Apr 14, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New breast imaging algorithm brings breast cancer diagnosis and treatment to underserved area of Uganda

Radiologists are a step closer to implementing a program in an underserved region of Uganda for diagnosing and treating women with palpable breast masses.

Cancer created Apr 13, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Few to no work efficiencies when different providers read different scans on same patient

According to a new study published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, any efficiencies in physician interpretation and diagnosis gained when different providers interpret different medical imagin ...

Other created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

System provides clear brain scans of awake, unrestrained mice

Setting a mouse free to roam might alarm most people, but not so for nuclear imaging researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Johns Hopkins ...

Neuroscience created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mortality for acute aortic dissection near one percent per hour during initial onset

The belief among medical professionals in the 1950s that the mortality rate for type A acute aortic dissection during the initial 24 hours was one to two percent per hour appears to hold true in the contemporary era of treatment, ...

Cardiology created Mar 10, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

MRI saves heart muscle

Researchers using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) discovered that thinned non-contracting heart muscle caused by a heart attack can potentially improve in function and be reversed after cardiac bypass surgery. This ...

Cardiology created Mar 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Computer model may help athletes and soldiers avoid brain damage and concussions

(Medical Xpress)—Concussions can occur in sports and in combat, but health experts do not know precisely which jolts, collisions and awkward head movements during these activities pose the greatest risks to the brain. To ...

Neuroscience created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New method halves wrongful cancer prognoses

The number of incorrect cancer prognoses can be halved with computerised image analysis. In three years time, the method can be used on patients with bowel cancer, ovarian cancer and prostate cancer.

Cancer created Feb 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Benefits of CT outweigh cancer risks in young adults

The underlying medical conditions facing young adults who undergo computed tomography (CT) exams represent a significantly greater health risk than that of radiation-induced cancer from CT, according to a new study published ...

Cancer created Feb 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0