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  Common Test May Be Unnecessary for Bariatric Surgery Candidates

  July 19, 2011 — A new study has found that stress testing with myocardial perfusion imaging as part of a pre-operative workup for bariatric surgery candidates may be ... > full story
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  Newly Developed Fluorescent Protein Makes Internal Organs Visible

  July 18, 2011 — Researchers have developed the first fluorescent protein that enables scientists to clearly "see" the internal organs of living animals without the need for a scalpel or imaging techniques that can ... > full story
• Heart Disease
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  Newer Techniques Are Making Cardiac CT Safer for Children

  July 17, 2011 — Coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) has excellent image quality and diagnostic confidence for the entire spectrum of pediatric patients, with significant reduction of risk with recent ... > full story
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  Print Your Own Teeth: Rapid Prototyping Comes to Dentistry

  July 14, 2011 — What if, instead of waiting days or weeks for a cast to be produced and prosthetic dental implants, false teeth and replacement crowns to be made, your dentist could quickly scan your jaw and "print" ... > full story
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  Positron Emission Tomography May Help Identify the Presence of Alzheimer's Disease Lesions in the Brain

  July 12, 2011 — The use of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging may help identify findings in brain tissue associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD), according to two ... > full story
• Bone and Spine
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  New System for Therapy of Metastatic Spinal Tumors

  July 11, 2011 — A new system for the treatment of spinal tumors is a combination of radiofrequency ablation, which uses the heat energy of radio frequency waves to ablate and destroy tumors, and subsequent ... > full story
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  Metabolic Shift May Offer Early Cancer Clue

  July 5, 2011 — Cancer cells are well known for their altered metabolisms, which may help them generate the energy they need for rapid growth. Using an emerging imaging technology, researchers have discovered that ... > full story
• Lung Cancer
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  PET Scan With [11C]erlotinib May Provide Noninvasive Method to Identify TKI-Responsive Lung Tumors

  July 5, 2011 — A non-invasive PET imaging technique may identify lung cancers that respond best to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), allowing doctors to better select patients for personalized therapy, according ... > full story
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  Self-Referral: A Significant Factor in Imaging Growth

  July 1, 2011 — A recent study suggests that self-referral in medical imaging may be a significant contributing factor in diagnostic imaging ... > full story
• Spiders and Ticks
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  Tarantula's Double Beating Heart Revealed by MRI

  June 30, 2011 — A specialized magnetic resonance imaging scanner has been used on tarantulas for the first time, giving unprecedented videos of the spider's heart beating. The images showed possible "double ... > full story

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