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New PET Imaging Method Reveals Folate Receptors in the Brain

Fluorine-18-labelled folate Pet/CT 3D fusion image of a rat with a glioma visible in the brain
“Folate-based radiopharmaceuticals can be used [MORE]

3D Optical Coherence Refraction Tomography (3D OCRT)

3D OCRT
“[Biomedical engineers at Duke University]   present 3D optical coherence refraction tomography (OCRT), a computational extension of OCT that synthesizes [MORE]

3D Imaging of Peripheral Nerve Damage from Diabetes

Diabetic peripheral nerves
Imaging scientists at Sweden’s University of Lund write: “Here we demonstrate the feasibility of X-ray phase contrast holographic [MORE]

NIH Training Set of 32,000 CT Images

 
NIH medical imaging dataset
NIH’s Clinical Center has released 32,000 annotated lesions from CT images, coming from more than 4,400 patients.  [MORE]

Imaging that Distinguishes Dementia from Depression

Brain SPECT Scans
Single proton emission computed tomography (SPECT) relies on injected gamma ray-emitting radioisotopes which results in true 3-D images [MORE]

Siemen’s Museum of Medical Technology

Manufacturing Vacuum Tubes Used by Roentgen
A few weeks ago, technology giant Siemen’s opened its medical museum in Erlangen, Germany, featuring [MORE]

Light Sabers for Cataract Surgery

Cataract Surgery
Ophthalmologists at Stanford University have automated cataract surgery using a precision laser and optical coherence tomography.  The tomography [MORE]