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  Transparent Pricing Doesn't Curb Doctors' Use of High-Cost Hospital Imaging Tests

  January 23, 2013 — In a study designed to see if doctors who are told the exact price of expensive medical tests like MRIs in advance would order fewer of them, researchers got their answer: ... > full story
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  New Imaging Technique for Identifying the Age and Sex of a Corpse

  January 23, 2013 — Researchers have designed a new computing system that determines the age and sex of a corpse with a reliability of 95%. This state-of-the-art system is very different from the traditional macroscopy ... > full story
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  Software Package for All Types of Imaging

  January 23, 2013 — Signal reconstruction algorithms can now be developed more elegantly because scientists have released a new software package for data analysis and imaging, NIFTY is useful for mapping in any number ... > full story
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  New Technology Shows Diabetes

  January 21, 2013 — A new imaging method for the study of insulin-producing cells in diabetes among other uses has been ... > full story
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  Novel Sensor Provides Bigger Picture: Efficient, Flexible, Versatile and Cheap

  January 17, 2013 — Engineers have developed a novel sensor that is more efficient, versatile and cheaper for potential use in such applications as airport security scanners and collision avoidance systems for aircraft, ... > full story
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  Integrated Dual-Mode Active and Passive Infrared Camera

  January 16, 2013 — Researchers have found a way to integrate active and passive infrared imaging capability into a single chip, opening the way to lighter and simpler dual-mode ... > full story
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  Research Reveals Exactly How the Human Brain Adapts to Injury

  January 16, 2013 — For the first time, scientists have used a new combination of neural imaging methods to discover exactly how the human brain adapts to injury. The research shows that when one brain area loses ... > full story
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  Tracing the Impact of Amyloid Beta in Mild Cognitive Impairment

  January 16, 2013 — The amount of amyloid ² (A²) in the brains of people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is contributing to early memory loss, and increases with severity of symptoms, finds a new study. ... > full story
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  Ultrasonic Testing With Doppler Imaging Can Rule out Blood Clots in Pregnant Women, Study Suggests

  January 14, 2013 — The use of serial compression ultrasonographic testing together with Doppler imaging appears to be a reliable method of ruling out blood clots in the legs of pregnant women, according to a new ... > full story
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  Pill-Sized Device Provides Rapid, Detailed Imaging of Esophageal Lining

  January 13, 2013 — Physicians may soon have a new way to screen patients for Barrett's esophagus, a precancerous condition usually caused by chronic exposure to stomach acid. Researchers have developed an imaging ... > full story

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