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It has made significant contributions to our understanding of the Universe, most recently with the discovery of Higgs bosons, brought major contributions to technological innovation in fields as diverse as medical imaging and information technology, and it has given us the World Wide Web.

Quantum dots, which have use in diverse applications such as medical imaging, lighting, display technologies, solar cells, photocatalysts, renewable energy and optoelectronics, are typically expensive and complicated to manufacture.

The team who made the discovery say masers could be used in a range of applications such as medical imaging and airport security scanning.

As well as medical imaging and airport security scanning, masers could play a pivotal role in improving sensors to remotely detect bombs, new technology for quantum computers, and might even improve space communication methods to potentially find life on other planets.

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That company is pioneering medical uses for carbon molecules called nanospheres, such as attacking cancer cells and dramatically improving magnetic - resonance - imaging contrasts.

OCEANIC Medical Imaging (OMI) has uncovered gaps in Perth's private diagnostic imaging market to quickly establish itself as a player in the Imaging (OMI) has uncovered gaps in Perth's private diagnostic imaging market to quickly establish itself as a player in the imaging market to quickly establish itself as a player in the sector.

TORONTO, September 3, 2015 — MaRS Discovery District today announced new tenants in its West Tower, including cutting - edge research groups with a focus on precision medicine and rapidly growing ventures such as Synaptive Medical, a leader in neuro - imaging, and LEAGUE, a new personal health platform.

Stefan joined Versant after spending three years as the co-founder and CEO of Tornado Medical Systems, a revenue - stage medical imaging and spectroscopy cMedical Systems, a revenue - stage medical imaging and spectroscopy cmedical imaging and spectroscopy company.

Fujifilm still makes film, but it has branched out considerably, using its chemical and imaging technology in products as varied as ingredients in cosmetics and medical equipment.

The FDA warns against having ultrasounds for fun (as opposed to for medical reasons), since such three - dimensional imaging machines use higher power than the typical ultrasound machines at your doctor's office.

A recent study by investigators from LIJ Medical Center demonstrated that using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in men with an elevated prostate specific antigen (PSA) resulted in a prostate cancer detection rate that was twice as high as data reported in the March 1999 Prostate journal that analyzed men undergoing the standard 12 - core biopsy with an elevated PSA.

According to the proposed deal, some of the uranium - enrichment centrifuges at the Fordow site would be repurposed to produce isotopes such as molybdenum - 99, which is widely required for medical imaging (see go.nature.com/jafnpt).

The past century's great advances in medical diagnosis and treatment — including kidney dialysis, artificial body parts such as lenses and joints, magnetic resonance imaging, and genetic testing — could have happened only with crucial contributions from physical scientists and engineers, who will also be needed for the next generation of health care miracles.

The researchers compared patient spending on unnecessary medical services, such as an MRI for lower back pain or imaging for an uncomplicated headache, before and after they switched from a traditional insurance plan to a consumer - directed health plan — a form of a high - deductible insurance.

Using a new type of optical imaging, Harvard Medical School researchers observed neurons as they were stimulated by an electrode.

«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.

Medical devices range from the simple, such as Band - Aids, to the high - tech, such as imaging machines and the BRCA1 and BRCA2 molecular diagnostic tests for breast cancer (see sidebar).

Signals that have the fewest component frequencies, like those used for medical imaging, will see the biggest speed gains, but more complex tasks, such as video file compression, should get a substantial boost as well.

Imaging studies by Nora Volkow, head of the medical department at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York, revealed that the brains of cocaine addicts release half as much dopamine as substance - free subjects.

In a related editor's note, JAMA Internal Medicine Editor - in - Chief Rita F. Redberg, M.D., M.Sc., writes: «These findings suggest that the current practice of performing a stress test on low - risk patients in the ED is unnecessary and prolongs the length of stay in EDs as well as increases unnecessary medical imaging, with significant associated radiation risk for tests that include nuclear imaging.

«High - speed AFM is ideally suited for some medical applications as it can process materials quickly and provide hundreds of times more resolution than comparable imaging methods.»

MRI is ideal for medical imaging because it's milder than techniques like CT scans or X-rays since it's not as invasive and does not rely on ionizing radiation.

Richards - Kortum's work brings together nanotechnology, molecular imaging, and microfabrication to address global health challenges by developing low - cost medical technologies — such as a portable microendoscope to diagnose and treat cervical cancer — for use on the ground in low - resource settings around the world.

The solitons form the extremely broadband laser light that is indispensable as a supercontinuum light source for applications in medical imaging, measurement technology, and spectroscopy.

Iodine 123 and copper 64 are used for medical imaging such as in PET scans.

Several other components would be disbursed among the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (such as disease model resources), NIH's imaging institute, and its institute for minority health research.

«The results of the Penumbra 3D Trial speak positively on the use of Penumbra's 3D Revascularization Device in combination with the Penumbra System aspiration devices, as well as on the use of Penumbra System aspiration devices alone,» said Donald Frei, MD, lead investigator of the study and director, NeuroInterventional Surgery at Radiology Imaging Associates / Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colorado.

«PROMISE establishes CTA as a viable alternative to stress testing for the evaluation of patients with suspected coronary disease,» said Udo Hoffmann, M.D., principal investigator of the PROMISE Imaging Core and Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School and Director of Cardiovascular Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital «With the addition of high - risk plaque assessment and CT fractional flow reserve technology on the horizon, we may have yet to see the full potential of CTA.»

The framework allowing physicians and imaging developers to tailor the precise radiation dose to achieve a quantitative target of image quality for pediatric patients» care has been hailed as «a big step forward» by editors of the Journal of Medical Iimaging developers to tailor the precise radiation dose to achieve a quantitative target of image quality for pediatric patients» care has been hailed as «a big step forward» by editors of the Journal of Medical ImagingImaging.

Their discovery could aid in the synthesis of new «radiotracers» — chemical compounds that contain a radioactive form, or isotope, of an element — for use with a noninvasive, high - resolution 3 - D medical imaging technology known as PET (positron emission tomography) scanning.

It is commonly used for medical imaging such as to get diagnostic images.

Having grown to know the analytical technique of nuclear magnetic resonance as NMR, I was intrigued to discover that in medical imaging it now goes under the name of MRI, which stands for magnetic resonance imaging.

As with past studies that made images of Yellowstone's volcanic plumbing, the new study used seismic imaging, which is somewhat like a medical CT scan but uses earthquake waves instead of X-rays to distinguish rock of various densities.

Dr. Sanford, who is both a member of the National Academy of Sciences and recipient of a MacArthur «genius grant,» has designed molecules that can be used to store energy in batteries, serve as new medical imaging agents, convert carbon dioxide into fuels, or serve as pharmaceuticals to treat disease.

After academic positions at Max - Planck Institute for Experimental Cardiology in Bad Nauheim (Germany) and at Medical University of South Caroline (MUSC, Charleston SC, USA), he joined UCD in Dublin (Ireland) as the founder and head of the Imaging facility.

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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.

Fluorescent and luminescent materials, such as yttrium aluminum garnet doped with different metal ions (rare earths or transition metals), have found applicability in various fields, from optoelectronics (i.e.: lighting systems, LCDs, CRTs, lasers) to aerospace (i.e: thermal barriers) and biotechnological applications (i.e.: fluorescence marker, contrast agent in medical imaging, imaging screens, drug delivery etc).

These garnets, when doped with various elements, are used as detectors of X-rays and gamma - rays in a wide range of applications including border security, nuclear safeguards, medical imaging, materials diagnostics and astronomy.

Participation involves study drug administration, scheduled blood tests, biopsies and swabs, and necessary medical imaging — such as PET and CT scans — which are part of standard follow - up.

We develop antibodies that may help us detect cancer cells through highly sensitive medical imaging technologies, as well as antibodies that directly trigger cell - killing mechanisms in the tumour.

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«Similar to how non-invasive medical imaging has reduced the need for invasive, exploratory surgeries, geophysical monitoring techniques, such as SSIP, allow us to monitor large volumes of aquifer sediments without having to drill groundwater wells, which saves money and disturbs less land,» said project lead Dr. Kenneth Williams, LBNL.

More than 500 hospital employees will focus their efforts to help move patients on opening day of the new hospital, which is dedicated to specialty care in areas such as cancer, gastrointestinal disease, neuroscience, advanced surgery and high - tech medical imaging.

This EU - funded programme links groups working on the response of stem cells to low doses of ionising radiation, such as found in medical imaging or nuclear accidents.

Other advances include better treatment for specific cancers such as Hodgkin's disease and testicular cancer, much better pain control, growing knowledge of the virology and of the biochemistry of cancer — knowledge that has improved treatment for many other diseases including AIDS — and considerable progress in medical imaging.

Nuclear medicine — a vital component of the rapidly emerging field of molecular imaging — is a medical specialty that uses small amounts of radioactive materials bound to special compounds (radiopharmaceuticals) in combination with imaging instrumentation that examine molecular processes in the body to detect and evaluate disease, such as brain disorders, heart disease and cancer.

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

«It is an honor to represent the Academy as its President, particularly at a time when the intersection of intelligent technology and human ingenuity are creating an unprecedented array of opportunities to advance medical imaging for the benefit of patient care.