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Sensor Chip for Monitoring Tumors
August 26, 2011 — A chip implant may soon be capable of monitoring tumors that are difficult to operate on or growing slowly. Medical engineers have developed an electronic sensor chip that can determine the oxygen ... > full story -
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New Imaging Test Gives Physicians Better Tool to Diagnose Parkinson's Disease
August 25, 2011 — Physicians now have an objective test to evaluate patients for Parkinsonian syndromes, such as Parkinson's disease. DaTscan™ is the only FDA-approved imaging agent for assessment of movement ... > full story -
The Pancreas as We’ve Never Seen It Before
August 25, 2011 — Medical researchers are developing optic projection tomography. With the aid of this imaging technology, they have now described aspects of how the pancreas develops during embryonic development and ... > full story -
New Heart Scan May Speed Up Diagnosis With Less Radiation
August 23, 2011 — The next generation of computerized tomography (CT) scans appears faster and more accurate than current scans for measuring blood supply to the heart muscle. A small trial found the new scan provided ... > full story -
Drop in Hormone Therapy Use Linked With Drop in Mammogram Rates
August 22, 2011 — A new analysis has found that a decline in hormone therapy (HT) use among women aged 50 to 64 years is linked with lower mammogram rates among these women. The study suggests that when women stop ... > full story -
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Imaging Probe Allows Noninvasive Detection of Dangerous Heart-Valve Infection
August 21, 2011 — A novel imaging probe may make it possible to diagnose accurately a dangerous infection of the heart valves. Scientists have now shown how the presence of Staphylococcus aureus-associated ... > full story -
PET Scans Confirm Effectiveness of Estrogen-Blocking Drugs in Breast Cancer Patients
August 18, 2011 — For the first time, researchers have demonstrated the feasibility of using serial positron emission tomography scans, using a special estrogen-containing isotope, to confirm the relative ... > full story -
Near-Infrared Imaging System Shows Promise as Future Pancreatic Cancer Diagnostic Tool
August 17, 2011 — Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that optical coherence tomography (OCT), a high resolution optical imaging technique that works by bouncing near-infrared laser light off biological ... > full story -
Research Team Achieves First Two-Color STED Microscopy of Living Cells
August 17, 2011 — Current applications of STED microscopy have been limited to single color imaging of living cells and multicolor imaging in "fixed" or preserved cells. However, to study active processes, such as ... > full story -
Fat Around Heart May Be Early Indicator of Coronary Disease
August 16, 2011 — Researchers have found more evidence supporting the role of fat around the heart in promoting atherosclerosis, according to a new study. New results from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis ... > full story
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