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High-Risk, Underserved Women Benefited from MRI Screening for Breast Cancer, Study Suggests
September 20, 2011 — Using breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) screenings among targeted, high-risk, underserved women significantly decreased diagnostic cost and increased patient compliance rates with follow-up ... > full story -
Engineers Use Short Ultrasound Pulses to Reach Neurons Through Blood-Brain Barrier
September 19, 2011 — Researchers have developed a new technique to reach neurons through the blood-brain barrier and deliver drugs safely and noninvasively. Up until now, scientists thought long ultrasound pulses, which ... > full story -
New Hybrid Imaging Device Shows Promise in Spotting Hard-to-Detect Ovarian Cancer
September 13, 2011 — By combining three previously unrelated imaging tools into one new device, scientists have proposed a new way to diagnose early-stage ovarian cancer in high-risk women through minimally invasive ... > full story -
Neuroscientists Produce Guide for Using Ultrasound to Treat Brain Disorders in Clinical Emergencies
September 8, 2011 — The discovery that low-intensity, pulsed ultrasound can be used to noninvasively stimulate intact brain circuits holds promise for engineering rapid-response medical ... > full story -
Ultrasound Improves Stem Cell Transplants, Swedish Researchers Discover
September 6, 2011 — Transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells is an effective treatment for patients with malignant blood diseases. The composition and quality of the transplanted cells are crucial to the outcome. ... > full story -
Tiny Oxygen Generators Boost Effectiveness of Anticancer Treatment
August 31, 2011 — Researchers have created and tested miniature devices that are implanted in tumors to generate oxygen, boosting the killing power of radiation and ... > full story -
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Common Vein Condition Increases Risk for Developing Life-Threating Blood Clots
August 17, 2011 — Patients with clinically diagnosed superficial vein thrombosis (SVT), a blood clot in the veins just beneath the skin that commonly resolves on its own without treatment, are four to six times more ... > full story -
Better Diagnostics Could Reduce Risky Surgery for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis
August 17, 2011 — New research has shown that using 3-D ultrasound to identify ulcers in the carotid arteries is an effective way to pinpoint the small number of high-risk patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis ... > 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 -
Spotting Weaknesses in Solid Wood
August 4, 2011 — Is there a hairline crack in the oak table? Was the window frame glued badly? Ultrasound thermography can reliably identify material defects during the production of wooden items. This allows rejects ... > full story
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