POSTS TAGGED AS imaging

Smart, Light-Sensing Polymer for Medical Devices

Researchers at the University of California-San Diego have developed what they call a “smart” polymer that can encapsulate medications [MORE]

Looking for Cancer with a Flashlight

It is a flashlight of sorts, but a more accurate description is an endoscope that emits short bursts of [MORE]

Holographic Microscopy

Swiss scientists, at the Brain-Mind Institute in Lausanne, have used laser light to show change in neurons based on [MORE]

Where Healthcare Investors Are Placing Their Bets

Among thirteen “hot” areas for private equity investment in healthcare are hospital systems, ambulatory surgery center chains, mobile health [MORE]

Advances in Medical Imaging

This fascinating piece abstracts six new technologies in imaging that promise reduced radiation risk, reduced cost, mobile systems, and [MORE]

Photoacoustic Imaging

Realizing that laser generated infrared light can induce vibrations in the carbon-hydrogen bonds of fatty deposits in arteries, Professor [MORE]

Ultrasound - Future of the Technology

High intensity, focused ultrasound will become an increasingly useful surgical tool.

$10m Prize for Mobile Medical Diagnostics

Last month, the X Prize Foundation (Playa Vista, CA) announced its $10m prize for a portable diagnostic device that [MORE]

Google-Earth View of Bladder’s Interior

Saying that he wants to give urologists “a Google Earth view of the bladder, University of Washington engineering professor [MORE]

Noninvasive Assessment of Brain Pressure

Intracranial pressure above 20 mmHg, as might happen from bleeding or swelling, often is a consequence of traumatic rain [MORE]

Plying the Blood-Brain Barrier with Ultrasound

Using a headset to beam low-intensity ultrasound over the entire brain, for an hour’s duration, Perfusion Technology (Andover, MA) [MORE]

Automated, Portable Cardio Imaging Device

Panasonic’s “CardioHealth” Station uses ultrasound to produce a high resolution, real time image of a patient’s coronary and carotid [MORE]

Making Colorful MRI’s

Professor Li Sun, in the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston has developed nanoparticles which can [MORE]

More Horsepower for Molecular Imaging

Last month, four of the UK’s leading research institutions-the Medical Research Council, Imperial College London, King’s College London, and [MORE]

Internal Device for Navigating Cancer Treatments

By implanting a tracking sensor inside a surgical patient’s body, robotics manufacturer Adept Technology, Inc. (Pleasanton, CA) is testing [MORE]

First Radiology App for Mobile Device

“Mobile MIM,” a software application from MIM Software, Inc. (Cleveland, OH) allows x-ray, CT, MRI, and PET images [MORE]

MRI to Guide Drug Dosage

Positron emission tomography scans and radioactive labels now allow researchers to image a drug’s effect on the brain with [MORE]

Predicting Alzheimer’s

Knowing early signs of any disease offers advantages in slowing and preventing debilitating symptoms.  With Alzheimer’s, investigators have discovered [MORE]

Grid Computing for Alzheimer’s

Grid computing-whereby multiple administrative computing domains loosely connect to gather and analyze data-has been around since the 1990’s.  The You [MORE]

Biophotonic Imaging for Apoptosis

For personalized molecular medicine to become a common practice, science need more information about the molecular phenomena of developmental [MORE]