Medical Engineering
The development of medical equipment, products and technical procedures is characterized by high research and development costs in a variety of fields related to the study of human medicine.
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Disposable ‘lab-on-a-chip’ may save costs and lives
Researchers in the European SEMOFS (Surface Enhanced Micro Optical Fluidic Systems) team knew that, to reach their goal of disposable cartridges capable of…
New tool for early diagnosis of breast cancer
This technique could be used in the next years in hospitals. It may help doctors to detect tumours with greater precision than is possible using current X-ray…
Optical sensors make MRI scans safer
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a powerful, non-invasive way of obtaining detailed internal images of the human body. Unlike x-rays, MRI does not use…
Extremely exact images from inside the body
Magnetic resonance tomographs, which use a magnetic field of 7 tesla, have not yet been in operation in hospitals and clinics, but have solely served research….
Delft University of Technology patent for manufacturing radio isotopes
It has made global headlines recently: hospitals are facing a shortage of radio isotopes which means that patients will have to wait longer for cancer…
PTB unites magnetic resonance and radar technology in one prototype
Don't move a muscle! Patients certainly have to take this request to heart if they have to lie in a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) device – otherwise…