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From imaging neurons to measuring their true activity
When neurons communicate with each another, they transmit—or "fire"—small electrical impulses called action potentials or spikes. These action potentials are the fundamental units of information processing in the brain. ...
Aug 03, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Non-invasive imaging could help match leukaemia patients with treatments
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have identified visual changes in the bone marrow caused by acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The imaging technique used is now being tested in hospital to see if it could help predict ...
Aug 03, 2021
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Ultrasonic method improves accuracy of fetal weight prediction during pregnancy
A potential predictor of complications during pregnancy and birth is fetal birth weight. For example, macrosomia (which is defined as a birth weight greater than 4,000 grams) makes it more difficult for the baby's shoulders ...
Aug 03, 2021
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COVID renews interest in radiation, but doctors caution against pilgrimages to radon-filled mines
Twice a year, Brian Tichenor makes the 1,200-mile drive each way from his home in Kansas to a defunct uranium mine in Montana, where he takes an elevator 85 feet below the surface to sit amid radioactive radon gas to ease ...
Aug 02, 2021
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A novel noninvasive MRI methodology for unprecedented level of stroke lesion analysis
Improving the quality of the information extracted from non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) about what is actually going on in the brain, both in health and disease, has been an ongoing research effort since the ...
Jul 30, 2021
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New imaging measure to track brain aging
Researchers from UNSW Sydney's Centre for Healthy Brain Aging (CHeBA) have developed an improved neuroimaging measure to monitor age-related cognitive decline in older adults.
Jul 30, 2021
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Warming of CT contrast media may not be needed
According to ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), the resources required to warm iohexol 350 to body temperature before injection for CT may not be warranted, given the lack of observed practical benefit.
Jul 30, 2021
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Brain fingerprints help doctors detect neurological disease
An EPFL scientist has found that brain fingerprints—or maps of the neural connections within our brain—can be used to detect a decline in cognitive ability. That's because the fingerprints are harder to detect in people ...
Jul 27, 2021
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Organization issues clinical guideline on radiation therapy for soft tissue sarcoma in adults
A new clinical guideline from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) provides guidance on the use of radiation therapy to treat adult patients with soft tissue sarcoma (STS). Recommendations outline optimal radiation ...
Jul 27, 2021
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Neural network helps doctors detect epilepsy-causing malformation in the brain
Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from the Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center and the Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology have used a convolutional neural ...
Jul 27, 2021
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Novel imaging agent identifies biomarker for iron-targeted cancer therapies
A new radiotracer that detects iron in cancer cells has proven effective, opening the door for the advancement of iron-targeted therapies for cancer patients. The radiotracer, 18F-TRX, can be used to measure iron concentration ...
Jul 23, 2021
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3D imaging reveals neural 'vicious cycle' in fatty liver disease
With the application of a novel three-dimensional imaging technology, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that one portion of the autonomic nervous system in the liver undergoes severe degeneration in non-alcoholic ...
Jul 22, 2021
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Automated MRI image labelling processes 100,000 brain exams in under 30 minutes
Researchers from the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences at King's College London have automated brain MRI image labeling, needed to teach machine learning image recognition models, by deriving important labels ...
Jul 22, 2021
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MRI, clear cell likelihood score correlate with renal mass growth rate
According to ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), the standardized non-invasive clear cell likelihood score (ccLS)—derived from MRI—correlates with the growth rate of small renal masses (cT1a,
Jul 22, 2021
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Enhancing drug delivery with ultrasound
It can be difficult to get drugs to disease sites along the gastrointestinal tract, which spans the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestine, and anus. Invasive treatments can take hours as patients wait for adequate ...
Jul 20, 2021
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Computerised image analysis identifies new subtype of debilitating lung disease
Scientists at UCL have used computer-based imaging analysis to identify new patterns of lung damage in patients with Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), providing the first evidence of a previously unknown and life-limiting ...
Jul 16, 2021
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Study supports return to routine screening for BI-RADS lesions on automated whole-breast ultrasound
According to ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), returning to routine screening for BI-RADS 3 lesions on supplemental automated whole-breast US (ABUS) substantially reduces the recall rate, while being unlikely ...
Jul 15, 2021
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Reducing data-transfer error in radiation therapy
Just as helicopter traffic reporters use their 'bird's eye view' to route drivers around roadblocks safely, radiation oncologists treating a variety of cancers can use new guidelines developed by a West Virginia University ...
Jul 13, 2021
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MRI's magnetic field affects focused ultrasound technology
MRI-guided focused ultrasound combined with microbubbles can open the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and allow therapeutic drugs to reach the diseased brain location under the guidance of MRI. It is a promising technique that ...
Jul 12, 2021
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High-tech imaging reveals blood, oxygen flow, energy metabolism in mouse kidneys
Acute kidney injury, or acute renal failure, can occur suddenly from a variety of causes, including the systemic blood infection sepsis, which causes changes in oxygen flow to and metabolism in the kidneys. Researchers in ...
Jul 09, 2021
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