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  Adapted MRI Scan Improves Picture of Changes to the Brain

  November 13, 2010 — Standard MRI scans have so far been unable to produce satisfactory images of nerve bundles. However, this is now possible using an MRI technique called Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI). A researcher in ... > full story
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  Novel Metamaterial Vastly Improves Quality of Ultrasound Imaging

  November 10, 2010 — A new copper "metamaterial" can overcome some of the limitations of acoustic microscopes and imagers, including ultrasound imagers. Researchers have designed and built a metamaterial that improves ... > full story
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  Using CT, Radiologists Can Pinpoint Cause of Some Strokes

  November 9, 2010 — Multidetector computed tomography helps pinpoint the causes of ischemic strokes, the most common type of stroke, potentially speeding the delivery of life-saving treatments, according to a new ... > full story
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  Combined Imaging Technologies May Better Identify Cancerous Breast Lesions

  November 9, 2010 — By combining optical and X-ray imaging, radiologists may be better able to distinguish cancer from benign lesions in the breast, according to a new ... > full story
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  Silent Vascular Disease Accompanies Cognitive Decline in Healthy Aging

  November 8, 2010 — Older people who are leading active, healthy lifestyles often have silent vascular disease that can be seen on brain scans that affect their ability to think, according to a new ... > full story
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  New Hybrid, Precision Heart Procedures to Help Stop Deadly Arrhythmias

  November 8, 2010 — New techniques are allowing doctors to more precisely target certain areas of the heart to stop ventricular arrhythmias -- serious abnormal rhythms in the heart's lower chambers -- in high-risk ... > full story
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  Nuclear Materials Detector Shows Exact Location of Radiation Sources

  November 4, 2010 — A table-top gamma-ray detector can not only identify the presence of dangerous nuclear materials, but can pinpoint and show their exact location and type, unlike conventional ... > full story
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  PET Scans Reveal Estrogen-Producing Hotspots in Human Brain

  November 3, 2010 — A new study demonstrated that a molecule "tagged" with a radioactive form of carbon can be used to image aromatase, an enzyme responsible for the production of estrogen, in the human brain. The ... > full story
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  Lactate in the Brain Reveals Aging Process

  November 2, 2010 — Researchers may be able to monitor the aging process in the brain, by using MRI technique to measure the brain lactic acid levels. Their findings suggest that the lactate levels increase in advance ... > full story
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  MRI May Help Determine Time of Stroke Onset

  November 2, 2010 — Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain could expand the number of stroke patients eligible for a potentially life-saving treatment, according to a new ... > full story

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