POSTS TAGGED AS MRI

Automated Analysis of MRI Images

Raw Data Collected from dGEMRIC MRI Protocol
It’s not uncommon for a woman to get an MRI for breast cancer and [MORE]

“Fingerprinting” the Brain

Carnegie Mellon Hackathon
Quoting directly: “A research team led by Carnegie Mellon University used diffusion MRI to measure the local connectome [MORE]

“Atrial 4-D Flow CMR”

Cardiac Imaging
Besides the unsettling fear from an irregular heartbeat, atrial fibrillation increases a patient’s stroke risk. To gage that risk, [MORE]

Ooops!! A Major Flaw in fMRI Data

fMRI
The brain imaging technology known as functional MRI (fMRI) works by measuring blood flow in the brain, with spatial corrections [MORE]

“Deep Learning” AI for Reading X-ray Images

Artificial Intelligence
“Deep Learning” in medical diagnosis applies to many technologies. First, a large study set is computer analyzed to find [MORE]

Biopsy Robot

Dutch engineers at the University of Twente are experimenting with combined MRI and ultrasound imaging to guide a biopsy robot. [MORE]

Magnetic Millirobots for Treating Hydrocephalus

Medical Millirobots
University of Houston: “Seeking to advance minimally invasive medical treatments, researchers have proposed using tiny robots, driven by magnetic [MORE]

Self-Assembling Nanoparticles that Target Tumors

Self-Assembling Nanoparticles
You’ll have to go to the published study to get the exact details of this piece, but researcher at [MORE]

“Painting,” Seeing and Excising Glioblastomas

Intracranial robot prototype
There are three stories here about new neurosurgical techniques aimed at treating one of the deadliest cancers, [MORE]

Individuality of Concussions

About 30% of mild concussions cause permanent impairment, but which patients are likely to have that outcome at the [MORE]

Imaging Pedicle Screws in Robotic Spinal Surgery

In spinal operations, surgeons often use screws into the pedicle arch of vertebrae to repair a fracture.  In some [MORE]

“Swimming in a Magnetic Current”

This is the kind of story know-nothing politicians like to expose: researchers working with a tiny sailboat in an [MORE]

MRI-Guided Surgical Robot

Pierre Dupont, PhD
Pierre Dupont, PhD chief of Pediatric Cardiac Bioengineering at Children’s Hospital Boston is working on a ball-baring [MORE]

Advances in Medical Imaging

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