Ultrasounds may not find this cancer in Black women
A common algorithm to check for endometrial cancer is not reliable for Black women, according to a new study published today in JAMA Oncology.
Jun 27, 2024
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A common algorithm to check for endometrial cancer is not reliable for Black women, according to a new study published today in JAMA Oncology.
Jun 27, 2024
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For the past several years, Washington University in St. Louis researchers have been using focused ultrasound combined with microbubbles to target an opening in the tough, protective blood-brain barrier to deliver drugs or ...
Apr 5, 2024
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Engineers at Duke University and Harvard Medical School have developed a bio-compatible ink that solidifies into different 3D shapes and structures by absorbing ultrasound waves. Because it responds to sound waves rather ...
Dec 7, 2023
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When a patient with head and neck cancer has surgery to remove it, they often need reconstructive surgery in the form of a "free flap," which is skin and tissue taken from a different part of the body and connected to the ...
Jun 23, 2022
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Atherosclerosis, a buildup of plaque, can lead to heart disease, artery disease, and chronic kidney disease and is traditionally treated by inserting and inflating a balloon to expand the artery. Other treatments based on ...
May 24, 2022
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Two successive studies by the Physics for Medicine Paris laboratory (ESPCI Paris-PSL, Inserm, CNRS) highlight advances in non-invasive 3D ultrasound imaging, making it possible to observe blood flow in real time in two whole ...
May 13, 2022
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The body is like a sophisticated network with a myriad of peripheral blood vessels connected from the heart to the extremities. If blood fails to pass through these peripheral blood vessels, a wound may not heal or even lead ...
Apr 29, 2022
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Ultrasound is not only used as an imaging technique but targeted pulses of ultrasound can be used as a highly accurate treatment for a range of brain diseases, for which there were previously only limited treatment options. ...
Feb 4, 2021
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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, ...
Jan 19, 2021
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Ultrasound can be used to examine cervix tissue and improve diagnostics, which is essential for predicting preterm births. Ultrasound data is used to compare two techniques for evaluating changes in cervical tissue throughout ...
Dec 4, 2019
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