Medical Engineering

Medical Engineering

PET Scanning Probes Reveal Different Cell Function Within the Immune System

The probes, the commonly used FDG that measures cellular glucose metabolism, and FAC, developed at UCLA and which measures the activity of a distinct…

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Siemens Unveils New Tools for Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Care

Siemens Healthcare is presenting its latest solutions for the early detection and treatment of breast cancer at the German Radiology Congress in Berlin. These…

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Whole Body MRI: Early Detection of Breast Cancer Metastases

Whole body MRI is a noninvasive medical test that helps physicians diagnose and treat breast cancer. Breast cancer cells commonly spread to the bones, lungs,…

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Everolimus-Eluting Stent Outperforms Paclitaxel Stent

Results from the SPIRIT IV clinical trial, which were first presented at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2009 scientific symposium, were…

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Salad Spinner Innovation: Saving Lives This Summer

A simple salad spinner will save lives this summer, if everything goes as planned by two Rice University undergraduates. The spinner has been turned, so to…

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New Free Hand Ultrasound System Enhances Workflow Efficiency

“The labeling and measuring of free hand ultrasound images are operator dependent, time consuming, and are usually manually performed,” said Calin Caluser, MD,…

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Siemens and Olympus Innovate with Magnetically Guided Endoscope

Siemens Healthcare and Olympus Medical Systems Corporation are collaborating on the development of a technology for a magnetically guided capsule endoscope…

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New Microscopy Technique Unveils Blood Cell Membrane Mechanics

Led by University of Illinois electrical and computer engineering professor Gabriel Popescu, the team developed a model that could lead to breakthroughs in…

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UCLA engineer invents world's smallest, lightest telemedicine microscope

Aydogan Ozcan, whose invention of a novel lensless imaging technology for use in telemedicine could radically transform global health care, has now taken his…

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Siemens Unveils Innovative Cockpit for Intervention Rooms

Several screens side by side, each with its own mouse and keyboard. Until now, this has been the norm in the control room of interventional suites, where…

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Lowering Radiation Dose in Pediatric Chest CT Scans

The study, performed at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford School of Medicine, in Stanford, CA, included 120 children who underwent chest CT scans —…

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Smart Orthopedic Implants: Innovations in Tissue Scaffolding

Orthopedic surgeons are often hamstrung by less-than-ideal grafting material when performing surgeries for complex bone injuries resulting from trauma, aging…

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Gene Therapy Breakthrough Restores Vision in Mice

Take a look at this: Scientists from Buffalo, Cleveland, and Oklahoma City made a huge step toward making the blind see, and they did it by using a form of…

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ESC supports 'appropriate' use of nuclear imaging technology

Following the recent publications (1,2,3) highlighting potential dangers of ionising radiation resulting from imaging testing, the ESC experts feel that it is…

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Virtual Colonoscopy Detects Hidden Cancers Beyond Colon

“We are finding that virtual colonoscopy screening actually identifies more unsuspected cancers outside of the colon than within it,” said lead author Perry J….

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Bone-Hard Biomaterial Transforms Ligament Surgery Techniques

In the surgical procedure the torn ligament is replaced by a piece of tendon from the leg, which is fixed to the bone by means of an interferential screw. The…

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