Medical Engineering

Medical Engineering

Endoscopic Prostate Surgery Tested on Human-Like Phantom

Airline pilots train many hundreds of hours in a flight simulator before they take to the skies. In contrast, surgeons have very limited access to simulators,…

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Sound Waves Target Metastatic Breast Cancer in Lymph Nodes

“We believe that our technique has the potential to be developed into a new treatment for lymph nodes invaded by metastatic tumour cells,” says Tetsuya Kodama,…

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AI Predicts Thyroid Cancer Risk Through Ultrasound Analysis

Thyroid nodules are small lumps that form within the thyroid gland and are quite common in the general population, with a prevalence as high as 67%. The great…

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Transforming 2D Plans into Flexible 3D Structures

DGIST announced that Professor Sohee Kim's research team in the Department of Robotics Engineering succeeded in developing a technology to produce flexible 3D…

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3D Printing and Bioinks: New Approach to Implantable Blood Vessels

A biomimetic blood vessel was fabricated using a modified 3D cell printing technique and bioinks, which were formulated from smooth muscle cells from a human…

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Drug-Coated Balloon Angioplasty: Benefits and Risks Explored

For intermittent claudication, drug-coated balloon angioplasty is the therapy of choice to reduce the risk of target lesion restenosis, and consequently, the…

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MR-Compatible Ultrasound System for Tumor Treatment

The Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering IBMT presents an MR-compatible ultrasound system for the therapeutic application of ultrasound (tumor…

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New Optical Imager Enhances Dry Eye Disease Diagnosis

Researchers have developed a new non-invasive optical imaging system that promises to improve diagnosis and treatments for dry eye disease. Dry eye, which…

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NUS scientist designs 'express courier service' for immune cells

Immunotherapy is a promising cancer treatment that uses genetically modified immune cells to fight cancer. It can be used as a primary treatment or in…

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New Imaging Tech Enhances Cancer Detection During Surgery

University of Texas at Dallas researchers have demonstrated that imaging technology used to map the universe shows promise for more accurately and quickly…

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Real-Time MRI Method Enhances Early Stroke Detection

An international research group at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics developed a brain imaging method for improved and early assessment of…

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New Superresolution Microscopy Advances Motion Pictures of Cells

This graphics card normally helps computer gamers to have a great gaming experience. The researchers, however, use it to observe the smallest cell components…

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New Sensors Track Heart and Brain Activity with Precision

Electrical signals measurements such as the ECG (electrocardiogram) can show how the human brain or heart works. Next to electrical signals magnetic signals…

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Handheld Device Promises Better Skin Cancer Diagnosis

Even the best dermatologists can't diagnose skin cancer by eye, relying on magnifying glasses to examine suspicious blemishes and scalpels to cut tissue for…

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Cardiac Tissue Remodeling After Aortic Valve Replacement

Aortic valve stenosis (AVS), a progressive disease characterized by heart valve tissue stiffening and obstructed blood flow from the heart, is known as a…

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Gentle Diagnosis: Understanding Esophageal Disease Dynamics

In order to find out how the complex interaction of the oesophagus muscles is disturbed, a measuring catheter determines the pressure distribution over the…

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