Sentences with phrase «as imaging tools»

The ORNL study published in the journal Small demonstrates how scanning transmission electron microscopes, normally used as imaging tools, are also capable of precision sculpting of nanometer - sized 3 - D features in complex oxide materials.

They have also discovered that the electron beam can be simultaneously tuned to stimulate specific chemical reactions by using it as a source of energy as well as an imaging tool.

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By resorting to modern imaging tools, hundreds of neurons in the surrounding area could also be observed as the mouse learned the neuroprosthetic task.

Currently there is no tool seen as a gold standard for diagnosing concussions, and imaging tests like CT - scans and MRIs are ineffective in the absence of structural damage to the brain.

His primary tool is functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which can create images of the brain responding as the body is hurting.

Tumor biopsy is often impossible for early cancer diagnosis as the developing tumor is too small to see by the current imaging tools.

As the exhibition will display on panels and videos, imaging experts were able to map much of the hidden text using high - tech tools — including x-rays from a particle accelerator — and to make it available to scholars.

Using chemicals like these in combination with new imaging tools, such as the multi-photon confocal microscope, has enabled researchers to explore the minuscule world of the neuron and observe brain cells in action with far more precision.

«The major advancement of this new tool is the ability to use a low - cost and accessible imaging method such as EEG to depict deeply located brain activity,» said both senior author Dr. Talma Hendler of Tel - Aviv University in Israel and The Sagol Brain Center at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and first author Jackob Keynan, a PhD student in Hendler's laboratory, in an email to Biological Psychiatry.

The findings from the optical - imaging research, employing functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), provided preliminary support for the tool as a low - cost, portable device for imaging sports and military concussions, researchers said.

As anthropologists use all the latest tools — genomics, computer analysis, and increasingly sophisticated imaging — to extract deep secrets from the latest fossil finds, they are replacing the «ascent of man» with a captivating new picture of the human family.

Companies making high - content cell imaging equipment such as confocal microscopes and plate readers are now adding software tools to process images of 3D cell cultures.

The tool, known as DESI mass spectrometry imaging (or Desorption ElectroSpray Ionization mass spectrometry imaging), works by turning molecules into electrically charged versions of themselves, called ions, so that they can be identified by their mass.

Even as brain imaging has become a common tool for looking at the innermost workings of the mind, its use to study postpartum depression has been sparse.

The ultimate objective of the collaboration is to establish a suite of tools that includes X-ray imaging and small laboratory experiments, computer - based analysis and simulation tools, as well as large - scale high - heat and wind - tunnel tests.

Your call for caution in the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) as a research tool for assessing and explaining brain function was timely (19 October, p 32), particularly as it is widely used to pinpoint male - female differences in cognitive abilities and performance.

Dr. Gradinaru's research interests focus on developing tools and methods for neuroscience (optogenetic actuators and sensors; tissue clearing and imaging) as well as on investigating the mechanisms underlying deep brain stimulation (DBS) and on the long - term effects of DBS on neuronal health, function, and ultimately behavior.

We demonstrate that the electron beam, simultaneously acting as an imaging probe and a source of energy to drive chemical transformations, offers a new tool for studying the chemical reactions of individual molecules with atomic resolution, which is vital for the discovery of new reaction mechanisms and more efficient future synthesis.»

Scientists have succeeded in «filming» inter-molecular chemical reactions — using the electron beam of a transmission electron microscope (TEM) as a stop - frame imaging tool.

Your call for caution in the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) as a research tool for assessing and...

Imaging flow cytometry (IFC) has emerged as a useful and efficient tool for studying the signaling pathways in immunophenotypically defined subpopulations of immune cells.

To do this they will combine several imaging tools including something called diffusion MRI, which maps the structure of the white matter that insulates the «wires» of the brain, and also resting - state MRI, which measures how brain regions oscillate in unison as a result of shared connections.

«We offer PRISM as a new microscopy tool and anticipate that it will be rapidly used in the life science community to expand the scope for 3D high - speed imaging for biological investigations,» says Theo Lasser.

Still, Sheehan said neuroscience already is one of the leaders in data sharing and management, with such resources as the NIH - funded National Database for Autism Research; an NIH - Defense Department sponsored data base on traumatic brain injury; the NIH - funded Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse (NITRC), which helps researchers to develop, share and collaborate on software tools for doing functional and structural imaging studies of the brain; and the Neuroscience Information Framework, an NIH initiative that makes neuroscience resources - data, materials, and tools - accessible via any computer connected to the InteTools and Resources Clearinghouse (NITRC), which helps researchers to develop, share and collaborate on software tools for doing functional and structural imaging studies of the brain; and the Neuroscience Information Framework, an NIH initiative that makes neuroscience resources - data, materials, and tools - accessible via any computer connected to the Intetools for doing functional and structural imaging studies of the brain; and the Neuroscience Information Framework, an NIH initiative that makes neuroscience resources - data, materials, and tools - accessible via any computer connected to the Intetools - accessible via any computer connected to the Internet.

In studying the functional behavior of the brain, from control of muscles to the formation of memories, scientists are using such tools such as electron microscopy, recordings of electrical signals from individual brain cells, and imaging of brain structures and processes using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), positron emission tomography (PET), and high - resolution optical imaging.

The speed, noninvasiveness, and high spatial resolution of this approach make it a promising tool for in vivo 3D imaging of fast dynamic processes in cells and embryos, as shown here in five surrounding examples.

Although traditional in vivo imaging tools, such as widefield and confocal microscopy, and newer ones, such as light - sheet microscopy, can image in three dimensions, they sacrifice substantial spatiotemporal resolution to do so and, even then, can often be used for only very limited durations before altering the physiological state of the specimen.

During the 495th Brookhaven Lecture, Istvan Dioszegi discussed the principles of neutron imaging and advancements to verify nuclear warheads, as well as why and how the technique might become a tool for verification under terms of the New START treaty.

By using highly advanced brain imaging technology to observe modern humans crafting ancient tools, an Indiana University neuroarchaeologist has found evidence that human - like ways of thinking may have emerged as early as 1.8 million years ago.

«The great news is that NASA has the tools to do that,» said Christensen, who also serves as the principal investigator for the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) aboard NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter currently circling Mars.

Dr. Chak also works with imaging scientists to determine whether non-invasive tools such as imaging can be used to predict therapeutic outcome.

Unique research tools and imaging expertise from researchers in EMSL, DOE's Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory at PNNL, will help the team understand complex electrochemical reactions as they occur within working batteries, as well as determine why batteries ultimately fail.

The package is a mainstay and a daily tool for most of the world's radio astronomers, and also has been used by scientists in such other fields as fluid - dynamics simulation and medical imaging.

To apply in vivo imaging tools for non-invasive monitoring of the survival and growth of the grafted cells, as well as tools to reveal adverse immune / inflammatory reactions to the graft;

As important as the geophysicists will be the data scientists and software engineers, because Deep Earth Imaging is equally an exercise in developing predictive data analytics tools as it is about discovering subsurface phenomenAs important as the geophysicists will be the data scientists and software engineers, because Deep Earth Imaging is equally an exercise in developing predictive data analytics tools as it is about discovering subsurface phenomenas the geophysicists will be the data scientists and software engineers, because Deep Earth Imaging is equally an exercise in developing predictive data analytics tools as it is about discovering subsurface phenomenas it is about discovering subsurface phenomena.

In this webinar, the principles of state - of - the - art confocal Raman imaging as a tool for the analysis of molecular characteristics of a sample will be presented, then the manner in which this information can be linked to structural information acquired with scanning electron microscopy will be demonstrated.

With 35 years in experience delivering software products that continuously exceed our customer expectations with such products as AutoQuant and Image - Pro, Media Cybernetics continues its journey of delivering best in class imaging analysis tools.

In the last 30 years he has continued to explore the possibility of using scanning probes as imaging, manipulation and diagnostic tools.

Her Lab (Brain Development: Perception to Action) uses a combination of behavioural and brain imaging tools (i.e. DTI and EEG) to probe the brain and investigate the patterns of brain activation as they relate to perceptual - motor and social - emotional development in children and youth.

Thanks to new brain imaging tools such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and magneto - encephalography (MEG), the skull has become virtually transparent, and the anatomy and activity of the living human brain is being revealed in increasing detail.

New diagnostic imaging, surgical tools and therapeutic implants are examples of what the U.S. Food & Drug Administration defines as medical devices.

Magnetic resonance techniques enables a wide range of novel applications in chemistry, physics and biomedical sciences, such as powerful imaging tools which have revolutionized medicine.

Many technological innovations for diagnosis and treatment are expected to reach the clinic following validation, such as video - assisted thoracic surgery, sensitive imaging techniques, use of tracer gases, regenerative medicine (e.g. in lung transplantation), nanoparticle - based carriers of inhalational drugs or bioactive compounds, personalised medicine (especially for lung cancer), bronchoplasty, laser energy as a surgical tool, and metabolic imaging techniques.

It is still widely used today as a versatile tool for imaging and manipulation in a broad range of scientific disciplines.

As a 38 - year - old woman, on the other hand, I've had little personal experience with this imaging tool, which takes X-ray photos of each breast to screen for possible signs of breast cancer.

As scientists use tools like EGG / ECGs, MRI imaging, and controlled clinical trials to study and explain why tapping works, I am more convinced EFT has a solid foundation no matter your religion or worldview.

Dr. Véronique Desaulniers and Dr. Leigh Erin Connealy, among others, promote natural therapies and Digital Infrared Thermographic Imaging (DITI)-- also known as thermography — as a complementary tool for early detection.

We offer conventional diagnostic tools, such as labs and imaging, and also may use alternative lab testing to further assess health.

While at the site, they might study macroinvertebrates using two - way aquatic magnifiers and a digital - imaging tool nicknamed a «scope on a rope,» or they might test water quality — very important for the state's seafood economy — for problems such as fecal coliform bacteria.

The Gaablab utilizes structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) as well as behavioral measurement tools.