After decades of medical dramas filling our TV screens, the figure of a technician wielding an ultrasound wand is so prolific, it's easily called to mind. Even if you've never needed an internal abdominal exam, the steps ...
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Oregon Health & Science University researchers have developed a new imaging method to measure the health of a placenta, which could help clinicians identify complications early in a pregnancy.
Jul 27, 2022
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A team of researchers at Pohang University of Science and Technology, in the Republic of Korea, working with a colleague from the Georgia Institute of Technology in the U.S. has developed a method for deep brain stimulation ...
The targeted use of ultrasound technology can bring about significant changes in brain function that could pave the way towards treatment of conditions such as depression, addiction, or anxiety, a new study suggests.
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Like the lymphatic system in the body, the glymphatic system in the brain clears metabolic waste and distributes nutrients and other important compounds. Impairments in this system may contribute to brain diseases, such as ...
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Brain–machine interfaces (BMIs) are devices that can read brain activity and translate that activity to control an electronic device like a prosthetic arm or computer cursor. They promise to enable people with paralysis ...
Nov 30, 2023
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What is happening in your brain as you are scrolling through this page? In other words, which areas of your brain are active, which neurons are talking to which others, and what signals are they sending to your muscles?
Mar 22, 2021
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Since its introduction in 2011, functional ultrasound (fUS) imaging is progressively rising as a predominant neuroimaging modality. From this technique, developed by the team of Mickael Tanter (laboratory Physics for Medicine ...
Jun 26, 2020
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Renal cell carcinomas are one of the most common types of cancer. In order to preserve its wide range of functions, every effort is made not to remove the entire kidney, but rather just a portion of it. A surgical method ...
Jul 13, 2015
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Cerebral infarction, commonly known as ischemic stroke, has a high mortality rate and causes severe damage to nervous cells in the brain owing to the loss of oxygen, which results in limiting body movements. Several technologies, ...
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