POSTS TAGGED AS imaging

Acid-Tolerant Fluorescent Markers

Green Fluorescent Proteins from Jellyfish
Green fluorescent proteins are widely used in basic science experiments, but in clinical medicine they are [MORE]

Ultrasound Imaging Needle

Optical Ultrasound of the Heart
For the first time, it has become possible to make live images from inside the heart [MORE]

The Tipping Point for Robotic Spine Surgery

Mazor Core Surgical Room
“A form of robotic-guided spine surgery results in a five-fold reduction in surgical complications and a seven-fold [MORE]

3-D Medical Imaging

EchoPixel True3D
“EchoPixel, a company in Mountain View, California, hopes to bridge the gap [between what a surgeon sees on a [MORE]

Photon Imaging through Deep Tissue

Photon Medical Camera
As an endoscopic camera is inserted into the body, scattered light diminishes the image it shows. Researchers at [MORE]

MRI Mapping of Carotid Artery Plaque to Predict Stroke

MRI Based on T2 Mapping
An MRI scan can determine the size of a plaque in the carotid arteries, but cannot [MORE]

Cell Census

T Cells
Big science projects like the Human Genome, the Human Proteome and the Human Brain Atlas, have certain technologies in [MORE]

Mind-Reading Machine

Brain Activation Patterns Identify Thoughts
Here’s a conundrum to consider: does a comatose person have a privacy right to their thoughts? [MORE]

Europium-Doped Gadolinium Oxide Nanorods for Imaging and Therapy

Imaging Cancer
Reporting in the journal NANO, Indian chemists describe how they made silica-coated europium-doped gadolinium oxide nanorods for dual imaging [MORE]

MRI/PET Imaging Using Dual Agents with Time of Flight Capability

Dual Agent PET and MRI
Two injected radioagents– fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) and 18F-sodium fluoride (18F-NaF)—followed by quantitative MRI/PET scanning, produces better [MORE]

Photoacoustic Imaging of Tumor Margins

Breast Surgery
Because breast tissue has relatively high optical contrast, laser light can penetrate deeply to find tumor margins during surgery. [MORE]

“A. I. vs M.D.”

Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee
Readers of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer or The Gene: An Intimate History” know [MORE]

Do Stem Cells Look Different?

RU High Resolution Stem Cell
Here’s an interesting proposition—stem cells, as those used for bone marrow transplantation—change shape depending on their [MORE]

World’s First Portable Whole-Body CT Scanner

Body Tom Portable CT
As this piece describes it: “BodyTom, the world’s first portable, full-body, 32-slice CT scanner, is a multi-departmental [MORE]