Medical Engineering

Medical Engineering

PolyU makes great strides in ultrasound diagnosis for breast cancer

This breakthrough is the hard work of a research team led by Professor Zheng Yongping, Professor of PolyU's Department of Health Technology and Informatics and…

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Global database needed to guarantee identification of victims in mass disasters

Forensic Anthropology, as an independent discipline within the field of forensic science, has evolved since the early twentieth century in tandem with…

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Liquid Hot Enough to Be Quark Soup: New Insights from RHIC

“The primary finding and perhaps most exciting aspect to this prospective study was the high rate of primary tumor control (97.6 percent at 3 years). Primary…

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New Microscopy Technique Reveals Real-Time Cellular Insights

For two decades, scientists have been pursuing a potential new way to treat bacterial infections, using naturally occurring proteins known as antimicrobial…

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CEIT-IK4 designs a tool for operations on people with severe or profound auditory loss

This is the first micromanipulator specifically for operations involving cochlear and middle ear implants, of which about a hundred are carried out in this…

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New Dialysis Catheter Mimics Endothelial Tissue For Better Outcomes

A novel coating on the catheter surface mimics the glycocalyx layer found on natural endothelial tissue surfaces in vessel walls. Laboratory tests of the…

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MRI Uncovers Hidden Tumors in Women’s Undiagnosed Breast

They found that 3.8 percent of 425 women had breast cancer in the undiagnosed breast that had not been found with a clinical or mammographic examination; all…

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Siemens Excel Edition: Affordable 16 & 64 Slice CT Scanners

With its favorable price/performance ratio, this new scanner family makes it easier for hospitals and practices throughout the world to enter the world of…

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Siemens Launches CAD Software for Digital Radiography Users

syngo CXR CAD Subscription customers with digital radiography systems, such as Ysio and AXIOM Aristos can receive computer-aided detection (CAD) results via…

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Stents Match Surgery for Clogged Carotid Arteries

Loyola University Medical Center is among the hospitals that enrolled patients in a landmark trial that compared traditional surgery with less-invasive…

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Mammography Plus MRI: Improved Breast Cancer Screening for High-Risk Women

“For women at the highest risk of breast cancer, using both breast MRI and mammography together for screening will likely reduce their chances of dying from…

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Non-Invasive MRI: A Breakthrough in Testicular Cancer Diagnosis

“Medical imaging plays an important role in the investigation of testicular masses,” said Athina C. Tsili, MD, lead author of the study. “Sonography, although…

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Robot-Assisted Kidney Surgery: Key Advantages Revealed

Reporting in the Canadian Journal of Urology, Ashok Hemal, M.D., a urologic surgeon from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, compared laparoscopic…

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Genetic Health Risks in Children from Assisted Reproductive Technology

More than three million children have been born as a result of assisted reproductive technologies since the birth of the first “test tube baby” in 1978. While…

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Contrast-Enhanced MRI: Differentiating Arthritis Types

Rheumatoid arthritis is a long-term disease that leads to inflammation of the joints and surrounding tissues. Psoriatic arthritis is associated with psoriasis…

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Scott & White Memorial Hospital uses device to revolutionize treatment of traumatic aortic injury

Scott & White Memorial Hospital vascular surgeons Clifford Buckley, M.D., and Ruth Bush, M.D., performed one of the nation's first implants of a Next…

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