News tagged with optical technique
The research is in: Physical activity enhances cognition
Exercise doesn't only strengthen your heart and muscles – it also beefs up your brain. Dozens of studies now show that aerobic exercise can increase the size of critical brain structures and improve cognition in children ...
Health
Feb 17, 2013 |
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Researcher describes cochlear amplification using novel optical technique
It has long been known that the inner ear actively amplifies sounds it receives, and that this amplification can be attributed to forces generated by outer hair cells in the cochlea. How the ear actually ...
Neuroscience
Dec 12, 2012 |
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Laser-light testing of breast tumor fiber patterns helps show whose cancer is spreading
Using advanced microscopes equipped with tissue-penetrating laser light, cancer imaging experts at Johns Hopkins have developed a promising, new way to accurately analyze the distinctive patterns of ultra-thin collagen fibers ...
Cancer
Nov 01, 2012 |
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EPFL and Harvard join forces to diagnose hearing loss
Researchers at EPFL and Harvard Medical School have joined forces to develop an imaging technique that can provide in situ observations of the internal ear, an area which has until now been inaccessible. ...
Medical research
Oct 17, 2012 |
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Imaging device quantifies change in port wine stains
(HealthDay)—A newly developed spatial frequency domain imaging (SFDI) device can be used to quantify biochemical compositional changes in port wine stain (PWS) lesions after laser therapy, according to ...
Surgery
Sep 10, 2012 |
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Novel microscopy method offers sharper view of brain's neural network
Shortly after the Hubble Space Telescope went into orbit in 1990 it was discovered that the craft had blurred vision. Fortunately, Space Shuttle astronauts were able to remedy the problem a few years later ...
Neuroscience
Aug 23, 2012 |
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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
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Near infrared fluorescence lights up hidden blood clots
Research presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting may mark the expansion of a novel imaging agent for an optical technique called near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF), which uses light energy to glean information about cells and ...
Cardiology
Jun 06, 2011 |
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