Medical Engineering

Medical Engineering

New MRI Technique Captures Wrist Motion Like Never Before

UC Davis radiologists, medical physicists and orthopaedic surgeons have found a way to create “movies” of the wrist in motion using a series of brief magnetic…

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3D Technology Enhances Stroke Rehabilitation Insights

The results, which are reported in a doctoral thesis at the Sahlgrenska Academy, indicate that computerized motion analysis increases our knowledge of how…

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Genetic Breast Cancer Screening Benefits Intermediate Risk Patients

Archimedes Inc., a healthcare modeling and analytics company, today announced results of a simulated clinical trial which found that the seven…

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New Rehab Device Boosts Motor Skills Post-Stroke

“Each year, nearly 800,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke in the United States, and 50 percent of those have some degree of upper extremity…

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Third Contest for Clinical Imaging in Computed Tomography – "Right Dose Image Contest"

In addition to a public vote award, “Right Dose Excellence Awards” were given in the following categories: Trauma, Dual Energy – which allows examination of a…

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Poland’s First 3T MRI Scanner Launches at Brain Imaging Lab

Such a device has been put in operation in the newly opened Laboratory of Brain Imaging. For the first time in Poland a diagnostic device of such class will be…

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Siemens Unveils New Analog Mammography System at RSNA 2023

Siemens is presenting a new analog mammography system at the upcoming annual conference of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago, USA….

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Siemens Launches Enhanced Syngo.via with Anatomical Intelligence

Siemens Healthcare introduces version VA30 of its routine 3D and advanced reading software syngo.via, featuring new applications and functionalities that…

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Bioengineered Vessel Shows Promise as Dialysis Graft

Presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions meeting in Dallas, the early findings of this interim patient data track 28 hemodialysis…

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Study Reveals Potential Breakthrough in Hearing Technology

Computer engineers and hearing scientists at The Ohio State University have made a potential breakthrough in solving a 50-year-old problem in hearing…

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Somatom Force: Advancing CT for Sensitive Patient Needs

Somatom Force – the new computer tomograph (CT) from Siemens – today had its first public presentation worldwide at the University Medical Centre Mannheim,…

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Biosensor Detects Brain Injuries During Heart Surgery

In the Nov. 11 issue of the journal Chemical Science, the team reported on lab tests demonstrating that the prototype sensor had successfully detected a…

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Lasers might be the cure for brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

The researchers discovery, which was published yesterday in the journal Nature Photonics, is that it is possible to distinguish aggregations of the proteins,…

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New Nanotube Sensors: Year-Long Under-Skin Monitoring

“Nitric oxide has contradictory roles in cancer progression, and we need new tools in order to better understand it,” says Michael Strano, the Carbon P. Dubbs…

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Smartphone Otoscope Enhances Ear Infection Diagnosis

A new, smartphone-enabled otoscope provides clear, transmittable images of the ear drum, or tympanic membrane, which someday may allow for ear infection…

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Portable Vision Screening Devices Enhance Pediatric Eye Care

Portable screening devices allow pediatricians to successfully screen children for vision problems, including amblyopia, according to an abstract presented…

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