Medical Engineering

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New Stent Enhances Blood Vessel Function for Dialysis Patients

Kidney dialysis patients often need repeated procedures, such as balloon angioplasty, to open blood vessels that become blocked or narrowed at the point where…

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Discover New Imaging Tech for Interventional Neuroradiology

With syngo Neuro PBV IR (Parenchymal Blood Volume, Interventional Suite), Siemens Healthcare has developed a new application for interventional radiology that…

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Community Hospitals: Safe Surgical Options for Cancer Care

The research showed that for 13 different kinds of cancer surgeries such as gastric and colon, younger patients with few pre-existing illnesses survived…

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Breakthrough heart scanner will allow earlier diagnosis

The portable magnetometer* is being developed at the University of Leeds, with funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)…

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Virtual Colonoscopy: Effective Screening for Colorectal Cancer

CT colonography employs virtual reality technology to produce a three-dimensional visualization that permits a thorough and minimally invasive evaluation of…

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Preoperative CT Benefits Younger Women With Appendicitis

“We found that rising utilization of preoperative CT over the past decade, along with advances in CT technology, coincided with a significant decrease in…

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Space technology to refine cancer treatment

Space scientists at the University of Leicester are to describe how equipment developed for studying distant stars and far-off galaxies can now effectively be applied to detecting cancer tumours. In a public lecture to be delivered at the University of Leicester on Tuesday 26 January, Dr John Lees, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Leicester’s Space Research Centre will discuss ‘Biomedical Imaging Using Space Instrumentation’. The lecture is taking place at 6.30pm in Lecture Theatre 2 of the Ken…

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Robotic Vasectomy Reversal: Faster Recovery and Sperm Count

Sperm count after surgery is comparable over a year for the two procedures, but the robotic procedure appears to result in a quicker return of sperm count.”For…

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Minimally Invasive Surgery Removes Sinus Tumor Safely

Ms. Wilcox's tumor was a classic case. She had few symptoms early on, and even those problems were mistaken for blocked sinuses.”For several months, I could…

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MRI Detects Breast Cancer Earlier, Boosting Cure Rates

“Earlier stage breast cancers are more likely to be curable,” said lead researcher Ellen Warner, M.D., M.Sc., medical oncologist in the Department of Medicine,…

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LZH Enhances Inner Ear Implants for Deaf and Hearing Impaired

This structuring process aims at improving the function of these inner ear implants and thereby increase the hearing ability of people who are deaf or hearing…

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Mayo Clinic researchers show brain waves can 'write' on a computer in early tests

Researchers say these findings, presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, represent concrete progress toward a mind-machine…

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Streamlining Medical Engineering: Integrated CAD/CAM/CNC Solutions

These demands mean that the manufacturing technologies must have perfect control of the entire chain of high-precision machining of the workpiece. Equally as…

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Targeted Breast Ultrasound Reduces Biopsies for Young Women

“By performing high-quality breast ultrasound, we can reduce the number of expensive and avoidable invasive diagnostic procedures in young women,” said senior…

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Siemens Enhances Clinical Imaging Efficiency with syngo.via

Get ready for advanced visualization to become common practice in the clinical routine when Siemens introduces syngo®.via at the 95th Scientific Assembly and…

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Siemens Unveils New Imaging Tech at RSNA 2009

Siemens Healthcare redefines productivity with a new generation of its Tim (Total imaging matrix) technology and with its new Dot (Day optimizing throughput)…

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