Sentences with phrase «body scan of»

I breathe, and I do a body scan of how my emotions are being felt and reflected physically.

Retired Italian radiologist Paul Gostner was reexamining body scans of Ötzi taken in 2001 and 2005 when he noticed a previously unidentified organ near the mummy's intestine.

The study which involved taking full - body scans of 80 women on HRT every year for 10 years revealed that women who took HRT for up to 25 years were no more likely to develop breast cancer, heart disease or diabetes.

Thus characterized, without individualized suspicion, AIT body scans of domestic air passengers as a first - line screening method are overly intrusive.

Not exact matches

Brain scans of obese patients who had lost 10 % of their body weight revealed that less leptin leads to increased activity in regions of the brain that control our desire to eat.

But unlike other 3D scanning technologies, which usually involves a full body scan and require a trip to a studio at a cost of some $ 500, the Luna Scanner can be installed almost anywhere.

Based on a 3D image such as an MRI scan, Aspect's machine builds relatively complex organic structures out of a «hydrogel» embedded within cells taken from the body and grown in a cell culture.

She faces a felony charge of criminal mischief for breaking a chair used to scan inmates» body cavities for contraband.

The company will use the Lighthouse to perform 3 - D body scans to create customized clothes for its roster of athletes — which currently includes Tom Brady, Bryce Harper, Lindsey Vonn and Steph Curry.

By using her startup's body - scanning technology app, women could, theoretically, get a bra fitting in the comfort of their own home as accurate as one from a seamstress.

The Department of Homeland Security, ever the least controversial branch of the US Government, is developing a new laser - based scanner that can scan targets at a molecular level to read what they had for breakfast, how much adrenaline is pumping through their body and whether you they have any trace amounts of drugs or gunpowder on them.

At the 20 - week scan, Helen and Richard waited patiently as Mr Selinger scanned every inch of the baby's body, checking for major organ defects.

MRI's and full body scans have become part of my new venacular.

Some of the game's top players — including FIFA 17 brand ambassadors Eden Hazard, Anthony Martial, James Rodriguez and cover star Marco Reus — underwent full - body performance capture and facial scans to make them look more emotive, and you can really tell when playing with them.

«Unfortunately, she drew conclusions from a hasty scan of a few selected references and didn't mention a large body of powerful evidence supporting breast - feeding,» said Dr. Ruth Lawrence, chairwoman of the pediatric academy's section on breast - feeding.

This is surely waiting long enough (the half life of technetium, which is used in most radioactive scans is only six hours, so that 12 hours after the injection, 75 % of it will be out of your body).

Colon cancer test Non-invasive, virtual colonoscopies — which involve a CT scan of the lower body — are as effective as standard colonoscopies at detecting large and medium - size polyps that can lead to colon cancer, according to the largest and most definitive study to date on the controversial technology.

«Babies of mothers with gestational diabetes have more body fat, scans reveal: Babies born to mothers with gestational diabetes have more body fat at 2 months of age compared to babies born to healthy mothers, says a new study.»

Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital performed preseason brain scans of 65 varsity athletes — 23 from collision sports (with routine, purposeful body - to - body contact), 22 from contact sports (where contact is allowed, but is not an integral part of the game) and 20 from non-contact sports.

Along the way, according to a 2013 study, you'd get dosed with the radiation equivalent of a whole - body CT scan every five to six days, increasing your lifetime cancer risk above the limits set by NASA.

Called a virtual autopsy, the scan provides a full - body three - dimensional reconstruction of the decedent's injuries.

This study adds to the growing body of evidence that regional fat deposits are harmful and further suggests that the density of the stomach fat (measured by CT scan) is just as important as how much fat you have.

It might also be a banana... «A series of NES scans over time,» continues a quote from a work entitled Decoding the Human Body - Field, «may be peeling back the layers of the holographic body - field, the information fieldBody - Field, «may be peeling back the layers of the holographic body - field, the information fieldbody - field, the information fields...

Window on the body: CT scans become art Radiologist Kai - hung Fung makes beautiful and informative art from the scans of his patients, and you can see his prizewinning work in our gallery

These days, medical X-rays come in multiple formats: plain film used in dental exams and doctors» offices; fluoroscopy, which bounces a continuous X-ray beam off contrast agents you've either injected or ingested, providing a moving real - time image of arteries and intestines; and the computed tomography (CT) scan, which couples a powerful computer with a circular array of extremely sensitive detectors to turn X-rays into detailed cross sections of the body.

By scanning the brains of healthy volunteers, researchers at the National Institutes of Health saw the first, long - sought evidence that our brains may drain some waste out through lymphatic vessels, the body's sewer system.

Brain scans of healthy volunteers showed that our brains may drain waste through lymphatic vessels, the body's sewer system.

Because, despite the ever - more detailed images provided by modern CT and MRI scans, there's no telling the true extent of the damage until a patient's body is opened up in the theater.

A hydrogel containing the bacteria could be used to fabricate cellulose dressings in the exact shape of a body part or organ based on a CT scan, Rühs says.

These brain scans show that when the parietal lobes go quiet, portions of the right temporal lobe — some of the same portions that Penfield showed produced feelings of excessive religiosity, out - of - body experiences, and vivid hallucinations — become more active.

«Very few members of the population will have been exposed to any more than a lifetime dose equivalent to a single whole - body CT scan,» she says.

The forensic imaging team, working with the Forensic Pathology Unit and the Department of Engineering at the University of Leicester, used whole body CT scans and micro-CT imaging of injured bones to analyse trauma to the 500 - year - old skeleton carefully, and to determine which of the King's wounds might have proved fatal.

Before the operation earlier this month, the shape of the 64 - year - old patient's femur was calculated using a computerised tomography scan which produces X-ray cross-sections through the body.

In those studies, researchers assessed body composition using DXA scanning, an advanced way of measuring fat and muscle mass.

Even with the availability of ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and positron emission tomography (PET) scans, X-rays remain among the cheapest and often most effective means of seeing inside the body.

State of the art scanning equipment was used to assess bone mineral density, shape and size of the tibia (the shin bone), and body composition.

The technique will give a picture of the body's naturally occurring sodium and how it is trafficked in the body and will not require any invasive addition of sodium to the scanned subject.»

Intravital two - photon bone imaging is superior compared with conventional analyses of the shape and form of a tissue because it enables two - dimensional scanning in bone in a focal plane to observe cell shapes and the appearance of mOBs and mOCs in the body.

Using a combination of scanning techniques (positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT)-RRB-, the researchers were able to track the progress of the tracer as it moved around the body.

One possible solution to quickly measure a population's exposure to radiation in the event of a nuclear disaster or some other large - scale leak of radioactive material — such as a so - called «dirty bomb» attack — would be to scan the body in places where that material is most readily absorbed.

«Our virtual human model was generated from more than one hundred 3D scans and contains statistical knowledge about human body shape and movement,» says Professor Dr. Mario Botsch, head of the Computer Graphics and Geometry Processing research group and one of the coordinators of the ICSpace project.

«Humans have three times more brown body fat: A study of 3,000 PET - scans yields new data on the proportion of brown fat.»

The VSE system combines that interface with a set of detailed CT scans, taken before the operation, to create a digital «body double» of the patient.

The researchers used computed tomography (CT) scans to evaluate the severity of abnormal calcium deposition in one of the largest blood vessels in human body, the abdominal aorta.

The sheet of light scans the body of the cell in two different laser colors in about one second, during which time about 200 images are taken.

A body scan reveals a lemon - size mass in the chest of a 16 - month - old boy.

NOAA, NASA, EPA, and the U.S. Geological Survey announced, in April, a $ 3.6 million multi-agency research effort designed to be an early warning system for freshwater nuisance and toxic algal blooms by using satellites that can gather color data from freshwater bodies during scans of the Earth.

However, other scans suggested there may be more to the story: Partial animals are often found in elaborate packages paid for by wealthy patrons who could probably afford a whole cadaver (especially since there are plenty of cheaper examples containing compete bodies).

The study measured a range of MS indicators and symptoms, including brain lesions on MRI brain scans of study participants, relapse rate, disabilities caused by the disease, body weight and cholesterol levels.

MicroCT scans and other images revealed narrow bodies, a shiny brown exterior and two wispy featherlike wings protruding from the hindquarters, angled like the blades of a helicopter.