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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.

Current research focuses on rapid sideline screening, the impact of a concussion on vision and brain processing, group therapy treatments, and better ways to use imaging to understand the pathology of concussion.

For the purposes of this economic evaluation, the forms were initially used in a related study funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) research for patient benefit programme «assessing the impact of a new birth centre on choice and outcome of maternity care in an inner city area,» which will be reported in full elsewhere, comparing the costs of care in a free standing midwifery unit with care in an obstetric unit in the same trust.16 The data collected included details of staffing levels, treatments, surgeries, diagnostic imaging tests, scans, drugs, and other resource inputs associated with each stage of the pathway through intrapartum and after birResearch (NIHR) research for patient benefit programme «assessing the impact of a new birth centre on choice and outcome of maternity care in an inner city area,» which will be reported in full elsewhere, comparing the costs of care in a free standing midwifery unit with care in an obstetric unit in the same trust.16 The data collected included details of staffing levels, treatments, surgeries, diagnostic imaging tests, scans, drugs, and other resource inputs associated with each stage of the pathway through intrapartum and after birresearch for patient benefit programme «assessing the impact of a new birth centre on choice and outcome of maternity care in an inner city area,» which will be reported in full elsewhere, comparing the costs of care in a free standing midwifery unit with care in an obstetric unit in the same trust.16 The data collected included details of staffing levels, treatments, surgeries, diagnostic imaging tests, scans, drugs, and other resource inputs associated with each stage of the pathway through intrapartum and after birth care.

Just before the riots started on the streets of Kyiv in late 2013, I was — in collaboration with a team of researchers — conducting research in Ukraine under the framework of the EUMAGINE (Imaging Europe from the Outside) project.

He joined the local Black Hills Astronomical Society while still in high school in 1957 and became its president a few years later, before seizing on the chance to work with professional astronomers when he took a job at the University of Arizona as a research technician developing imaging devices for telescopes in 1968.

It's «phenomenal» work — both in terms of what it reveals about Picasso's artistry and the development of new technology, says Jennifer Mass, a cultural heritage scientist at the Scientific Analysis of Fine Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who has done similar imaging work on another one of Picasso's paintings but was not involved in the new research.

Richard Hargreaves, executive director of imaging at Merck Research Laboratories, says, «Nuclear imaging using radiotracers gives the opportunity to put your arms around proof - of - concept very early in a drug discovery and development program by focusing the selection of doses to study on those proven to deliver enough drug to the target therapeutic sites.»

A novel study in Arthritis Care & Research, a journal published by Wiley on behalf of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), presents cases from Boston - area hospitals where victims were treated, examining the medical response and imaging technologies used to save lives and limbs.

His research largely focuses on new means to incorporate imaging methods to view cells of brain tumors with a hand held instrument that a neurosurgeon can use to visualize the individual cells during the progress of the operation.

To investigate the direct impact of VTA activation on primate behavior, the research team used high - resolution magnetic resonance imaging to guide the placement of microelectrodes within the VTAs of macaque monkeys.

Over the course of his career, he has been principle investigator on a number of NIH research grants, and played a key role in the development and commercialization of several innovative technologies and products, including metrology instruments, laser controllers, telecommunications components, optical components, imaging systems for in vitro fertilization, and in vivo and pathology imaging systems, which is his main focus today.

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has analysed the effectiveness of its beauty patch, using a technique for imaging live tissue to demonstrate the patch's beneficial effects on the skin.

Kosten is also researching vaccines for methamphetamines and opiates, which are among several anti-addiction shots that have the keen interest of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, says NIDA director Nora Volkow, a research psychiatrist who has used brain imaging to investigate the addictive properties of drugs.

After talking with the lawyer, Karen eventually connected with a University of Pittsburgh research team working on a new brain imaging technique.

«But when I looked at experimental work done on tinnitus and emotional processing, especially brain imaging work, there hadn't been much research published.»

The research team provides a new window on galaxy evolution by comparing the three - dimensional galaxy distribution mapped with a redshift survey including star - forming galaxies to a weak lensing map based on Subaru imaging.

In addition to her research focus on microbial biofilms, bacterial motility, and pathogenicity, Dr. Turnbull is also the OMX Application Specialist for the Microbial Imaging Facility.

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.

Her current research focuses on developing clinical applications for imaging flow cytometry, with special attention to transcription factor pathways.

In this study, researchers performed magnetic resonance imaging on 106 boys between the ages of 10 to 19 who were seeking treatment for Internet gaming disorder, a psychological condition that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM - 5) says warrants further research.

«The brain network mechanisms that mediate these deficits are poorly understood, and have rarely been tackled using complex image analytic methods that focus on how brain regions communicate,» said Diwadkar, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences and co-director of the department's Brain Imaging Research Division

For several years, the «Molecular Imaging» research group at the FMP led by physicist Leif Schröder has been developing new MRI methods that rely on just such a «flux compensator» and has demonstrated the impressive potential of this method.

They designed a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiment to specifically track thoughts related to memories» contexts, and put a new twist on a centuries - old psychological research technique of having subjects memorize and recall a list of unrelated words.

His work focuses on developing new instruments and sensors to improve the performance of technologies used in everything from biomedical imaging to agricultural research.

The research team, from UQ in Australia, The Royal Veterinary College in the UK and Brown University in the USA, is harnessing a new approach that combines 3D x-ray imaging technology with computer simulations and models of the forces exerted on bones.

In a new study reported in Cell, an international group of plant biologists at ITbM, Nagoya University and other research institutes, have examined the ovules of plant cells by live - imaging to reveal a novel cell - elimination system based on an unusual cell fusion.

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 Internet.

Every year the foundation spends approximately $ 250 million on efforts to promote environmental conservation, improving patient care, and scientific research, including a focus on marine biology, astronomy, and biological imaging.

One of her projects focuses on using metamaterial concepts to improve the sensitivity of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which could lead to better medical diagnostics and advances in biological research.

In further research, Dr. Evgenii Belykh, the leading research fellow on the project stated, «The imaging findings are being compared with the histology and biomarkers of disk degeneration that will eventually help to recognize and predict the disease earlier, and help to choose the best treatment option for each patient.»

Research by a Barrow Neurological Institute neurosurgery team on novel imaging technique assessment of patients with lumbar spine degeneration was published in the Aug. 28 issue of PLOS ONE.

For their research, Godfried and Ayesha Rahman, MD, a fifth - year resident in the department of Orthopaedic Surgery at NYU Langone, reviewed peer - reviewed literature on different options in imaging technology that may be used in pediatric orthopaedic injuries, including X-rays and CT scans of the spine, pelvis, hip, knees, shoulder, elbow, hand and wrist, and foot and ankle.

Previous brain - imaging research has shown that interpreting metaphors requires a variety of areas on both sides of the brain, compared with literal language, which is processed in known language areas in the left hemisphere.

But «I was desperate,» he recalls, keen on winning funding from a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's sensor program for imaging in noisy environments.

In her presentation, Ann Tsukamoto, StemCells» vice president for research, said the company chose to test its neural stem cell approach on PMD because there is currently no treatment for the condition and a diagnosis can be confirmed by genetic testing and magnetic resonance imaging.

SNMMI's more than 17,000 members set the standard for molecular imaging and nuclear medicine practice by creating guidelines, sharing information through journals and meetings and leading advocacy on key issues that affect molecular imaging and therapy research and practice.

Baltimore, Md. (Embargoed until 12:30 pm EDT on Monday, June 8)-- A relatively new biomarker called prostate - specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is the bullseye for three new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) agents that bind to the protein in not only prostate cancer, but a range of tumor types, according to research unveiled at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (imaging (MRI) agents that bind to the protein in not only prostate cancer, but a range of tumor types, according to research unveiled at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (Imaging (SNMMI).

In the study published this week in the journal Science, the research team described how they enhanced an existing imaging technique, called scanning tunneling microscopy, to capture signals from the Majorana particle at both ends of an atomically thin iron wire stretched on the surface of a crystal of lead.

SNMMI's 18,000 members set the standard for molecular imaging and nuclear medicine practice by creating guidelines, sharing information through journals and meetings and leading advocacy on key issues that affect molecular imaging and therapy research and practice.

TexRAD was originally a joint venture between the University of Sussex, Imaging Equipment Ltd, Cambridge Computed Imaging Ltd (CCI) and Miles Medical Pty Ltd, based on research by Professor Chris Chatwin, Dr Rupert Young and Dr Balaji Ganeshan from the Department of Engineering and Design at the University of Sussex and Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS), and Professor Ken Miles (formerly BSMS).

JACC is the flagship for a family of journals — JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, JACC: Heart Failure, JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology and JACC: Basic to Translational Science — that prides themselves in publishing the top peer - reviewed research on all aspects of cardiovascular disease.

Paper and Research Team These observational results were published by Takano et al. as «Distributions of molecules in the circumnuclear disk and surrounding starburst ring in the Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068 observed with ALMA» (in the astronomical journal Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan (PASJ), issued in July 2014) and by Nakajima et al. «A Multi-Transition Study of Molecules toward NGC 1068 based on High - Resolution Imaging Observations with ALMA» (in PASJ issued in February 2015).

In my current research, I investigate the sublethal effects of neonicotinoids on olfactory processing and learning using in - vivo calcium imaging.

Her research focuses on neurobiology, imaging, and medications development (19 US and 27 international patents) for neuropsychiatric disorders.

«The high - resolution work is cutting - edge imaging research,» said Dr. Nigel Browning, Chief Scientist in Microscopy for the Chemical Imaging Initiative at PNNL and researcher on thisimaging research,» said Dr. Nigel Browning, Chief Scientist in Microscopy for the Chemical Imaging Initiative at PNNL and researcher on thisImaging Initiative at PNNL and researcher on this study.

Southern Research has been awarded a 5 - year sole source contract renewal from NASA in the amount of $ 9.95 million to provide continued support of the Airborne Imaging and Recording System (AIRS) used on WB - 57 research aircraft for more than aResearch has been awarded a 5 - year sole source contract renewal from NASA in the amount of $ 9.95 million to provide continued support of the Airborne Imaging and Recording System (AIRS) used on WB - 57 research aircraft for more than aresearch aircraft for more than a decade.

According to Dr. Pan, «The three - day symposium will bring together the scientific community working on various aspects of research and development in TEM to encourage the exchange of ideas for the advancement and challenges in atomic scale imaging and spectroscopy.

«Catalytic research demands this type of state - of - the - art chemical imaging research,» said Dr. Charles Peden, a heterogeneous catalysis scientist who worked on the study, and an Associate Director of PNNL's Institute for Integrated Catalysis.

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Working in collaboration with the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital, Michael S. Placzek, PhD, focuses his research on studying the chemistry and pharmacology of opioids in the living brain using positron emission tomography (PET).