POSTS TAGGED AS x-ray

Advanced CT Imaging

Siemens NAEOTOM Alpha diagnostic imaging device
“The device [called Siemens NAEOTOM Alpha] uses the emerging CT technology of photon-counting detectors which [MORE]

DIY, Automated X-Rays

Automated and mobile X-ray device
Over half of the 206 bones of an adult human skeleton are in the hands and [MORE]

Compact Scanner Produces 3D X-Ray Images in Color

3D image of a wrist with a watch
With a detector chip from the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in [MORE]

New X-Ray Technology Shows Microfractures

X-Ray image
CT images appear in gray scale, and consequently are insufficient for displaying microfractures in bones.  However, researchers at the [MORE]

Fiber Optic Microbeam for Treating Brain Tumors

Fiber Optic Sensor
Microbeam radiation therapy has been used for about 20 years to treat brain tumors. In MRT, a collimator [MORE]

Ingestible X-Ray Pill

Check-Cap Ingestible Imaging Capsule
GE Healthcare and Check-Cap (Isfiya, Israel) are collaborating to create a imaging pill (somewhat similar to Medtronic’s [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]

Imaging Microcirculation in the Diabetic Foot

Philips AMC Diabetes Feet
The Dutch electronics giant Royal Philips is assisting researchers in efforts to see, in fine detail, the [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]

X-ray Imaging of Soft Tissue

Nanostructured Xray of Soft Tissue
X-ray machines require contrasting agents to image soft tissue, but engineers from MIT and Mass [MORE]

“Somatom Force” Tomography

Somatom Force Siemens
During World War II, British optical engineers developed dual aerial cameras that created 3-D pictures of the [MORE]

“Accelerator on a Chip” for Compact X-Ray Devices

This piece reports that physicists at the Department of Energy and Stanford University have demonstrated how lasers, acting upon [MORE]

Pocket X-Ray Scanner

Compact Radiation Source
Described as “an accelerator about the size of a stick of gum,” engineers at the University [MORE]

Photoacoustic Imaging

Photoacoustic imaging involves using a nano-second pulsed laser to penetrate tissue to a depth of up to 3 inches and [MORE]