MIT Engineers Develop Ultrasound Stickers That Can See Inside the Body
New stamp-sized ultrasound adhesives deliver clear images of the heart, lungs, and other internal organs. When clinicians need live images of a patient’s internal organs,…
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Scientists Have Now Analyzed Ultrasounds for Birth Defects Associated With COVID-19 Vaccines
COVID-19 Vaccine Not Associated With Birth Defects Detectable on Ultrasound Findings fill gap left vacant when pregnant people were excluded from the initial trials. Scientists…
“Sonogenetics” Breakthrough: Researchers Control Mammalian Cells With Sound
Salk researchers pinpoint a sound-sensitive mammalian protein that lets them activate brain, heart or other cells with ultrasound. Salk scientists have engineered mammalian cells to…
How Ultrasound Could Be Used To Treat Psychiatric Disorders
A new study published in Science Advances has shown how the brain gives credit to events, along with how transcranial ultrasound (TUS) can disrupt this…
Effectiveness of Ultrasound Cancer Therapy Boosted by CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing
Sonodynamic therapy uses ultrasound in combination with drugs to release harmful reactive oxygen species (ROS) at the site of a tumor. However, the treatment isn’t…
Artificial Intelligence Tool Improves Accuracy of Breast Cancer Ultrasound Imaging
A computer program trained to see patterns among thousands of breast ultrasound images can aid physicians in accurately diagnosing breast cancer, a new study shows….
Reading Minds With Ultrasound: Caltech’s New Brain–Machine Interface
A Less-Invasive Technique to Decode the Brain’s Intentions What is happening in your brain as you are scrolling through this page? In other words, which…
Collapsing COVID: MIT Says Ultrasound Can Damage Coronaviruses
Simulations show ultrasound waves at medical imaging frequencies can cause the virus’ shell and spikes to collapse and rupture. The coronavirus’ structure is an all-too-familiar…
High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Treats Prostate Cancer With Minimal Side Effects
A technique that delivers high-intensity focused ultrasound to targeted tissue under MRI guidance effectively treats intermediate-risk prostate cancer with minimal side effects, according to a…
Ultrasound Waves Improve Skin’s Permeability to Drugs
A team of engineers from MIT found a way to enhance the permeability of skin to drugs by applying two separate beams of ultrasound waves,…
Noninvasive Ultrasound Device Opens the Blood-Brain Barrier
Using an FDA-approved contrasting agent containing tiny gas-filled microbubbles, coupled with a noninvasive ultrasound device that targets precise locations of the brain, a team of…
Ultrasound Improvements May Help Monitor the Progression of Disease
By producing consistent images that can compensate for body motions and by providing a way to map the exact location on the skin where one…
Physicists Create Their Own Doctor Who Styled Sonic Screwdriver
You know technology is advancing fast when tools from science fiction shows start to become a reality. Scientists at the University of Dundee decided that…
World’s Smallest Primate Issues High-Frequency Calls Like Bats
It was recently discovered by a team of scientists that the Philippine tarsier (Tarsius syrichta) can communicate in pure ultrasound, issuing calls that are so…
Researchers at ESA Develop Augmented Reality Headset for Medical Diagnosis
Examining astronauts in need of medical help while in space is about to get a lot easier. Researchers at the European Space Agency developed a…
Researchers Reduce Sperm Count Using Ultrasound
Using modern ultrasound equipment, researchers at University of North Carolina’s School of Medicine effectively reduced male sperm counts in laboratory rat tests. The idea of…
