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Study Examines Heart Inflammation After COVID Vaccine

Mar. 9, 2023 — Researchers found evidence of heart muscle inflammation in a small number of patients with acute myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccination, but not in patients without acute myocarditis, according to a …

A New Ultrafast Camera With Multiple Applications

Jan. 11, 2023 — Researchers are developing a new ultrahigh-speed single-pixel camera. This new device, called single-pixel imaging accelerated via swept aggregate patterns (SPI-ASAP) is capable of streaming video at …

New Sensor Uses MRI to Detect Light Deep in the Brain

Dec. 22, 2022 — Using a specialized MRI sensor, engineers have shown that they can detect light deep within tissues such as the …

Machine Learning Model Builds on Imaging Methods to Better Detect Ovarian Lesions

Nov. 29, 2022 — New research yields a novel method to use ultrasound to enhance machine learning’s ability to accurately diagnose — or rule out — ovarian …

Machine Learning Gives Nuanced View of Alzheimer’s Stages

Nov. 28, 2022 — Researchers used machine learning to pinpoint the most accurate means, and timelines, for anticipating the advancement of Alzheimer’s disease in people who are either cognitively normal or …

Analysis of MRI Contrast Agents

Nov. 17, 2022 — Simulations reveal details about the magnetic interactions between gadolinium contrast agents used in MRI scans and their …

Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Essential Tremor Highly Effective After 5 Years

Nov. 10, 2022 — A scalpel-free, high-tech form of brain surgery offers long-term relief for patients with essential tremor, a common movement disorder, a five-year review …

Battery-Free, Light-Powered Pacemaker May Improve Quality of Life for Heart Disease Patients

Oct. 27, 2022 — Engineers are developing a new kind of pacemaker, which envelops the heart and uses precise targeting capabilities to bypass pain receptors and reduce patient …

Novel PET Imaging Agent Detects Earliest Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease

Oct. 19, 2022 — A new highly selective PET imaging agent can detect the presence of overexpressed monoamine oxidase-B (MAO-B) in cognitively unimpaired individuals with high beta amyloid -one of the earliest signs …

Daylight Hours Impact Opioid Receptor Levels in Brown Fat

Oct. 7, 2022 — Researchers have observed that the length of daylight hours impacts opioid receptor levels in brown fat. When daylight hours shorten, the receptor activity levels elevate. A similar phenomenon also …

Detecting Alzheimer’s Disease from Blood Samples

Oct. 7, 2022 — Researchers have developed a method to detect build-up of amyloid beta in the brain, a characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease, from biomarkers in blood …

Generative Design Offers Solution to Patient-Specific Knee Implants

Oct. 6, 2022 — An advanced design technique, used to develop components for aerospace and automotive industries, has been harnessed in the production of bespoke medical …

Human Cocaine and Heroin Addiction Is Found Tied to Impairments in Specific Brain Circuit Initially Implicated in Animals

Oct. 6, 2022 — Results of a new study suggest the prefrontal cortex-habenula circuit is potentially amenable for targeted interventions and …

Radiotracer That Detects an Important Contributor to Neurological Diseases Tested for the First Time in Humans

Oct. 6, 2022 — Researchers have developed an imaging agent for demyelination and evaluated its use in healthy human …

The Super-Fast MRI Scan That Could Revolutionize Heart Failure Diagnosis

Sep. 21, 2022 — Researchers have developed cutting-edge technology to diagnose patients with heart failure in record time. The state-of-the-art technology uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to create detailed 4D …

AI Helps Detect Pancreatic Cancer

Sep. 13, 2022 — An artificial intelligence (AI) tool is highly effective at detecting pancreatic cancer on CT, according to a new …

Review Suggests ‘Parent-Centred’ Approach to Medical Imaging Can Enhance Emotional Connection to the Unborn Baby During Pregnancy

Sep. 1, 2022 — A systematic review of twenty-three studies suggests that, during pregnancy, expectant parents’ feelings towards their unborn baby (fetus) can be positively enhanced by sonographers (specialist …

Researchers Visualize Alpha-Synuclein Pathology in Living Patients With a Neurodegenerative Disorder

Aug. 30, 2022 — Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the aggregation of alpha-synuclein in the brain. Now, scientists have developed a radioligand that facilitates the …

Breast MRI Illuminates Risk of Second Breast Cancer

Aug. 30, 2022 — Breast tissue features apparent on MRI are linked with future second breast cancer risk in women with a personal history of breast cancer, according to a new …

Smartphone Video Motion Analysis Detected Narrowed Neck Arteries That May Lead to Stroke

Aug. 17, 2022 — In a small study, motion analysis of video recorded on a smartphone accurately identified narrowed neck arteries in adults, which are a risk factor for stroke. The smartphone video motion analysis …

Thursday, March 9, 2023

• Study Examines Heart Inflammation After COVID Vaccine

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

• A New Ultrafast Camera With Multiple Applications

Thursday, December 22, 2022

• New Sensor Uses MRI to Detect Light Deep in the Brain

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

• Machine Learning Model Builds on Imaging Methods to Better Detect Ovarian Lesions

Monday, November 28, 2022

• Machine Learning Gives Nuanced View of Alzheimer’s Stages

Thursday, November 17, 2022

• Analysis of MRI Contrast Agents

Thursday, November 10, 2022

• Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Essential Tremor Highly Effective After 5 Years

Thursday, October 27, 2022

• Battery-Free, Light-Powered Pacemaker May Improve Quality of Life for Heart Disease Patients

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

• Novel PET Imaging Agent Detects Earliest Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease

Friday, October 7, 2022

• Daylight Hours Impact Opioid Receptor Levels in Brown Fat
• Detecting Alzheimer’s Disease from Blood Samples

Thursday, October 6, 2022

• Generative Design Offers Solution to Patient-Specific Knee Implants
• Human Cocaine and Heroin Addiction Is Found Tied to Impairments in Specific Brain Circuit Initially Implicated in Animals
• Radiotracer That Detects an Important Contributor to Neurological Diseases Tested for the First Time in Humans

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

• The Super-Fast MRI Scan That Could Revolutionize Heart Failure Diagnosis

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

• AI Helps Detect Pancreatic Cancer

Thursday, September 1, 2022

• Review Suggests ‘parent-Centred’ Approach to Medical Imaging Can Enhance Emotional Connection to the Unborn Baby During Pregnancy

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

• Researchers Visualize Alpha-Synuclein Pathology in Living Patients With a Neurodegenerative Disorder
• Breast MRI Illuminates Risk of Second Breast Cancer

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

• Smartphone Video Motion Analysis Detected Narrowed Neck Arteries That May Lead to Stroke

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

• PET Scan Visualization Can Measure Effects of STING-Activating Drugs

Thursday, July 28, 2022

• Engineers Develop Stickers That Can See Inside the Body

Friday, July 22, 2022

• Combing Through Brain Imaging Data to Discover Novel Patterns Linked to Mental Health Conditions

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

• Researchers Develop New Agent to Help Root out Hypertension-Causing Tumor

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

• Discovery Could Inspire New Way to Detect Brain Abnormalities

Thursday, June 30, 2022

• Optical Fiber Imaging Method Advances Studies of Alzheimer’s Disease

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

• High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Can Control Prostate Cancer With Fewer Side Effects

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

• Automating Renal Access in Kidney Stone Surgery Using AI-Enabled Surgical Robot

Monday, June 13, 2022

• Researchers Demonstrate Near-Non-Invasive In-Vivo Imaging in Mouse Cortex at an Unprecedented Depth
• Virtual CT Scans Cut Patient Radiation Exposure in Half During PET/CT Studies

Monday, June 6, 2022

• Chemists Design Chemical Probe for Detecting Minute Temperature Shifts in the Body

Thursday, June 2, 2022

• Researchers Take Optical Coherence Tomography to the Next Level
• Biomarker in Liquid Biopsy for Lung Cancer Appears More Accurate in Predicting Immunotherapy Response Than Tumor Biopsy

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

• Scientists Build Subcellular Map of Entire Brain Networks
• AI Can Predict Cancer Risk of Lung Nodules

Thursday, May 19, 2022

• Using Light and Sound to Reveal Rapid Brain Activity in Unprecedented Detail

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

• Study Reveals Imaging Approach With Potential to Detect Lung Cancer Earlier, at the Cellular Level

Thursday, May 5, 2022

• Active Brown Adipose Tissue Protects Against ‘pre-Prediabetes’
• How MRI Could Revolutionize Heart Failure Diagnosis

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

• Bye, Bye, Biopsy? Handheld Device Could Painlessly Identify Skin Cancers
• Remote Programming of Cardiac Implantable Devices Is Safe for MRI Scan, Study Suggests

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

• 3D Bimodal Photoacoustic Ultrasound Imaging to Diagnose Peripheral Vascular Diseases

Sunday, April 24, 2022

• Scientists Discover How Salt in Tumors Could Help Diagnose and Treat Breast Cancer

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

• Joystick-Operated Robot Could Help Surgeons Treat Stroke Remotely

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

• Long-Term in Vivo Imaging Technique Developed to Better Understand and Treat Spinal Cord Injury
• Ultrasound Gave Us Our First Baby Pictures Can It Also Help the Blind See?

Thursday, April 7, 2022

• Brainstem Atrophy Is Linked to Extrapyramidal Symptoms in Frontotemporal Dementia

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

• High Performance Microscopy for Non-Invasive Conjunctival Goblet Cell Examination
• Laser Light, a Dye and a Nonsurgical Implant Could Help Overcome Obesity

Monday, April 4, 2022

• Dual-Mode Endoscope Offers Unprecedented Insights Into Uterine Health

Thursday, March 31, 2022

• Blood Vessels Are Guides for Stimulating Implants

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

• Head-Mounted Microscope Reaches Deeper Into Mouse Brains

Friday, March 25, 2022

• Half of All Women Experience False Positive Mammograms After 10 Years of Annual Screening

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

• Artificial Intelligence Tool May Help Predict Heart Attacks
• Quantum Dots Shine Bright to Help Scientists See Inflammatory Cells in Fat
• Researchers Use Ultrasound to Predict Ovarian Cancer

Monday, March 21, 2022

• MRI Innovation Makes Cancerous Tissue Light Up and Easier to See

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

• 3D Matrix Ultrasound Accurately Identifies Cardiovascular Injury in Healthy Individuals
• Molecular Imaging Uncovers Effects of COVID-19 on the Brain

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

• Higher Dose Antibiotic Shown Safe in TB Patients Likely More Effective in Treating Deadliest Form of TB

Thursday, March 3, 2022

• Seeing Is Believing When It Comes to Health Risk and Behavior Change

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

• Cerebrospinal Fluid May Be Able to Identify Aggressive Brain Tumors in Children

Monday, February 28, 2022

• Ultrasound Scan Can Diagnose Prostate Cancer
• Making the Invisible Visible: A Clearer ‘picture’ of Blood Vessels in Health and Disease Thanks to New Imaging Approach

Friday, February 25, 2022

• Researcher Urges Caution on AI in Mammography

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

• Analysis Offers New Insights on the Placebo Effect and How to Harness Its Therapeutic Potential
• Light-Based Device Uses a Few Drops of Saliva to Effectively Test COVID-19 Patients
• Low-Cost, 3D Printed Device May Broaden Focused Ultrasound Use

Monday, February 21, 2022

• Newly Developed Radio-Labeled Molecule Enables Real-Time Imaging of Innate Immune Activity

Thursday, February 17, 2022

• New Imaging Scan Reveals a Culprit in Cognitive Decline of Alzheimer’s

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

• In a First for ‘sonogenetics,’ Researchers Control Mammalian Cells With Sound

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

• Magnetic Seeds Used to Heat and Kill Cancer

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

• Combined 3D Modelling Technique Predicts Abnormal Heart Rhythms in Patients With Genetic Heart Disease

Thursday, January 20, 2022

• New MRI Expands Access to Life-Saving Imaging

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

• New MRI Technique Could Improve Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis

Monday, December 13, 2021

• A New Spin on MRI

Thursday, December 9, 2021

• MRI, Hybrid Imaging Outperform Conventional Tests for Small Cell Lung Cancer Staging

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

• Soft Tissue Destruction and Lower Back Pain
• MRI’s May Be Initial Window Into CTE Diagnosis in Living; Approach May Shave Years Off Diagnosis

Monday, December 6, 2021

• Visualizing Cell Structures in Three Dimensions in Mere Minutes

Friday, December 3, 2021

• Precise New Form of Brain Surgery Requires No Incisions, Scalpels

Thursday, December 2, 2021

• Two-Photon Microscope Provides Unprecedented Brain-Imaging Ability

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

• Eye Imaging Technology Breaks Through Skin by Crossing Beams
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Can Detect Early Signs of Tumor Cell Death After Novel Therapy

Thursday, November 18, 2021

• New Imaging Technology May Reduce Need for Skin Biopsies

Friday, November 12, 2021

• Noninvasive Brain Biopsy Shows Improved Sensitivity in Tumor Detection

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

• An Innovative Imaging Technique for Dynamic Optical Nanothermometry

Thursday, November 4, 2021

• Brightest Ever X-Ray Shows Lung Vessels Altered by COVID-19

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

• Brain Reveals the Risk for Developing Obesity

Monday, November 1, 2021

• Noninvasive Imaging Strategy Detects Dangerous Blood Clots in the Body

Friday, October 29, 2021

• Detector Advance Could Lead to Cheaper, Easier Medical Scans

Thursday, September 30, 2021

• Early Accumulation of Tau in the Brain Predicts Memory Decline in Alzheimer’s Disease

Monday, September 20, 2021

• Modern Simulations Could Improve MRIs

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

• New QIBA Profile for Knee Cartilage MRI

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

• New Artificial Intelligence Tech Set to Transform Heart Imaging

Thursday, August 26, 2021

• Research Supports FDA Recommendation: Patients With Implanted Medical Devices Should Keep Their Smart Phones and Watches at Least Six Inches Away

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

• Portable MRI Provides Life-Saving Information to Doctors Treating Strokes

Saturday, August 21, 2021

• PULSAR-Integrated Radiotherapy With Immunotherapy for Improved Tumor Control

Tuesday, August 17, 2021

• Prediction Models May Reduce False-Positives in MRI Breast Cancer Screening

Friday, August 13, 2021

• New Blood Test Improves Prostate Cancer Screening