Medical Engineering

Medical Engineering

New Technique Enhances Brain Scans for Stroke Detection

People who suffer a stroke often undergo a brain scan at the hospital, allowing doctors to determine the location and extent of the damage. Researchers who…

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Simultaneous Testing Technology for Blood-Borne Pathogens

The emergence of new pathogens like West Nile Virus, Ebola, Dengue, and Zika, threaten human health on a global scale. Identification of these pathogens…

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Handheld Scanner Unveils Vascular Patterns in Psoriasis Patients

Psoriasis (Psoriasis vulgaris) is an inflammatory skin disease that is characterized by small to palm-sized patches of severely scaling skin. The disease is…

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Palm-Sized Gamma-Ray Camera Transforms Medical Imaging

As represented by conventional radiograph, radiological images provide only black and white figures in 2D space. The situation is basically the same for Single…

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AI Technology Identifies Breast Cancer on Digital Tissue Slides

Looking closer, the network correctly made the same determination in each individual pixel of the slide 97 percent of the time, rendering near-exact…

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SPECT/CT and Fluorescence Imaging Detect Micrometastases

Researchers in The Netherlands have demonstrated that combining SPECT/CT and fluorescence imaging could help surgeons differentiate tumor tissue from normal…

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Future Surgeries May Use Automated Robotic Drills

A computer-driven automated drill, similar to those used to machine auto parts, could play a pivotal role in future surgical procedures. The new machine can…

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Wireless Power Fuels Tiny Devices for GI Tract Innovations

Imagers, gastric pacemakers and other diagnostic and therapeutic tools could someday transform the way diseases of the gastrointestinal tract are measured and…

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Pharmacoscopy: Advancing Next-Gen Microscopy Techniques

Our immune system consists of a great variety of cell types fulfilling diverse tasks in monitoring tissue homeostasis to protect against pathogens and to…

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AI Innovations in TB Diagnosis for Remote Areas

According to the World Health Organization, TB is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. In 2016, approximately 10.4 million people fell ill from TB,…

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'Neuron-reading' nanowires could accelerate development of drugs for neurological diseases

“We're developing tools that will allow us to dig deeper into the science of how the brain works,” said Shadi Dayeh, an electrical engineering professor at the…

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PET Radiotracer Design Enhances Targeted Immunotherapy Monitoring

A drug that blocks a cancer's inhibitory checkpoint molecules is called an immune checkpoint inhibitor and this form of immunotherapy has emerged as a…

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LED Device Enhances Imaging of Radiation-Induced Skin Damage

To eradicate any cancer cells that may potentially remain after surgery or chemotherapy, many breast cancer patients also undergo radiation therapy. All…

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A Challenging European Research Project to Develop New Tiny Microscopes

To demonstrate the usefulness of this new scientific tool, at the end of the project the developed chip-sized microscope will be used to observe in real-time…

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3-D visualization of the pancreas — new tool in diabetes research

The hormone insulin — which is needed to regulate the blood sugar levels of the body — is produced by the pancreas and plays a key role in the development of…

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New PET Radiotracer Detects Inflammation in Atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis represents the main cause of heart attack and stroke. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every year about 735,000…

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