Medical Engineering

Medical Engineering

Precision-Guided Epidurals and Enhanced Blood Monitoring

The march of modern medicine is often driven by revolutions in medical imaging. When technology advances, doctors are better able to peer deeply into human…

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Chest CT Scans: A New Tool for Cardiovascular Risk Prediction

“In addition to diagnostic purposes, chest CT can be used for the prediction of cardiovascular disease,” said Pushpa M. Jairam, M.D., Ph.D., from the…

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Siemens RAPIDComm System Boosts Workflow at Point of Care

The upgrade includes support for the new RAPIDComm Web Application enabling management of blood gas analyzers from an iPad, as well as an interface to PEP…

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Optical brain scanner goes where other brain scanners can’t

The new optical approach to brain scanning is ideally suited for children and for patients with electronic implants, such as pacemakers, cochlear implants and…

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3-D Imaging System Reveals Neural Activity in Living Brains

Researchers at MIT and the University of Vienna have created an imaging system that reveals neural activity throughout the brains of living animals. This…

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One small chip — one giant leap forward for early cancer detection

Today, the majority of cancers are detected on the macroscopic level, when the tumor is already composed of millions of cancer cells and the disease is…

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3D Printed Titanium Hip Surgery Breakthrough in Southampton

The 3D printed hip, made from titanium, was designed using the patient’s CT scan and CAD CAM (computer aided design and computer aided manufacturing)…

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Glasses-Free 3D Projector: MIT’s Innovative Design Unveiled

Over the past three years, researchers in the Camera Culture group at the MIT Media Lab have steadily refined a design for a glasses-free, multiperspective,…

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Upgrading Gamma Cameras for Enhanced 3D Diagnosis

The difference of this prototype machine – the size of a large accordion – is that it uses angle-based gamma-ray detection instead of single angle-based…

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New Implantable Cuff Targets High Blood Pressure Effectively

High blood pressure is the greatest health risk worldwide behind smoking and alcohol consumption. In Germany, around 25 percent of the population suffers from…

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Hybrid SPECT-CT Enhances GI Bleeding Localization Accuracy

Planar 99mTc-labeled RBC scintigraphy is sensitive for detection of acute gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding but its accuracy for localization of a bleeding source…

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Siemens Unveils New Solutions for Patient Data Networking

Each patient's chart is a key tool for doctors and caregivers in a hospital environment. It provides information on matters such as blood pressure, pulse rate…

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Electronic Nose Detects Prostate Cancer Through Urine Samples

We may soon be able to make easy and early diagnoses of prostate cancer by smell. Investigators in Finland have established that a novel noninvasive technique…

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MRI Reveals Brain Connection Disruptions in Young ADHD Patients

The findings point to the potential of rfMRI to help provide objectively accurate, early diagnosis of a disorder that affects approximately 5 percent of…

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New Brain Imaging Technique Reveals Infant Nutrition Impact

The cognitive function of infants can be visualised and tracked more quickly, more accurately and more cheaply using the method, called functional near…

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Brown Fat Research Milestone Achieved with MRI Innovation

Researchers from Warwick Medical School and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust used a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) based method to…

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