Brain Imaging Breakthrough: 64 Million Times Sharper
MRI technology from Duke-led effort reveals the entire mouse brain in the highest resolution. Researchers from multiple universities have made a breakthrough in MRI technology,…
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Advanced PSMA-PET/CT Imaging for Improved Treatment of Prostate Cancer
PSMA-PET/CT imaging method shows promise as a way to improve the diagnosis of prostate cancer. When used alongside standard imaging techniques, it might help clinicians…
Electromyometrial Imaging: Mapping Uterine Contractions To Improve Labor Management
Tool has the potential to assist with preterm birth, labor management and clinical decision-making. Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed a…
New Imaging Tech Creates 3D Maps of Uterine Contractions During Labor in Real-Time
Noninvasive technique could shed light on preterm birth. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed new imaging technology that can…
Breaking Through the Haze: A New Method for Clearer Images
A new technique that generates a sharp image through the use of a low-cost, random scattering medium in real-time could offer a solution to the…
New Harmful Effects of Vaping: Study Finds Lung Inflammation Worse in E-Cigarette Users Than Smokers
A recent study, published in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, has found that individuals who use electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, experience greater lung inflammation compared…
neuromaps: A One-Stop-Shop for Brain Maps
Software tool brings together multiple brain maps in one place. No one imaging mode can catch everything that’s going on inside the brain, since it…
A High-Fat Diet Increases the Risk of Developing Cancer
Beckman Institute researchers have discovered a connection between a high-fat diet and elevated nitric oxide levels, which may raise the risk of inflammation and cancer…
Bye, Bye, Biopsy? Handheld Device With New Imaging Tech To Painlessly Identify Skin Cancers
Team at Stevens Institute of Technology uses millimeter-wave imaging to slash the rate of unnecessary biopsies. Skin biopsies are unpleasant: doctors carve away small lumps…
New High-Speed 3D Microscope Could Make Biopsies a Thing of the Past
MediSCAPE, a high-speed 3D microscope designed by Columbia Engineers, can see real-time cellular detail in living tissues to guide surgery, speed up tissue analyses, and…
New Imaging Technique Could Lead to Better Treatment of Cancers and Viral Infections
UH Researchers Receive $1.2 Million Grant to Peer into Ribosomes Two University of Houston researchers are developing a type of spectroscopy to help understand how…
Making the Invisible Visible: A Clearer “Picture” of Blood Vessels in Health and Disease
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have developed and tested a new imaging approach they say will accelerate imaging-based research in the lab by allowing investigators to…
Safely Studying Dangerous Infections – Like COVID – Just Got a Lot Easier
An extremely fast new 3D imaging method can show how cells respond to infection and to possible treatments. To combat a pandemic, science needs to…
A Near-Real-Time View of the Drains Inside the Human Brain
A new non-invasive technique provides a near-real-time view of the human brain’s waste-clearance vessels. A joint research team at the Medical University of South Carolina…
Safer X-Rays: Improved Scintillators for More Sensitive X-Ray Imaging
Improvements in the material that converts X-rays into light, for medical or industrial images, could allow a tenfold signal enhancement. Scintillators are materials that emit…
Kernel Flow Headset: A Wearable Device for Noninvasive Optical Brain Imaging
A new wearable helmet-shaped device monitors brain activity. Recent advances in brain imaging techniques facilitate accurate, high-resolution observations of the brain and its functions. For…
FDA Approves New Imaging Drug to Help Identify Ovarian Cancer Lesions
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Cytalux (pafolacianine), an imaging drug intended to assist surgeons in identifying ovarian cancer lesions. The drug is…
New Imaging Method Visualizes Blood Flow in the Brain Down to a Single Blood Cell
Researchers from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology and Saratov State University have come up with an inexpensive method for visualizing blood flow in…