Sentences with phrase «magnetic resonance imaging tests»

Led by Dr. James Clugston, a University Athletic Association team physician at UF and an assistant professor of community health and family medicine, the UF researchers will correlate the data they collect from the sensors with additional data from blood and magnetic resonance imaging tests.

The assessments, from exercise stress tests to brain magnetic resonance imaging tests, will probe the biological and clinical characteristics of the disease — for which there is not even a broadly agreed - upon definition.

Merkler plans to study the connections between retinal infarction and stroke using brain magnetic resonance imaging tests to see what's happening.

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Now this is still a theory that's being tested (the brain is a very complicated matter), but Frankland and Greene completed studies while monitoring the brain through a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to understand brain activity.

The first step in testing the model is by using magnetic resonance imaging to look at the neural structures involved when sleeping infants experience an apnea followed by a cortex - induced arousal.

The next morning, study participants were tested again on the word pairs, this time while undergoing functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans.

Currently, doctors use a variety of imaging techniques and tests to diagnose and monitor prostate cancer including PSA blood tests, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), positron emission tomography (PET), and computerized tomography (CT) scans.

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 result is that a large number of people whose brains appear normal on standard tests (X-ray, computed tomography, or magnetic resonance imaging) could actually have some form of injury whose course is not well understood.

The very high - tech stuff we rely on includes functional magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic encephalography, and some very, very sophisticated electroencephalography — one of the techniques used to test so - called guilty knowledge.

These comprised not only «conventional» behavioral studies, but also the physical effects on the brains of test participants by measuring the Blood Oxygen Level - dependent (BOLD) response using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans.

Egner and Chiu tested this hypothesis by scanning the brains of participants, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI, a noninvasive, indirect measure of brain activity) as they completed the tasks.

Apart from carrying out memory and reasoning tests, the structure of stress - processing brain regions, especially the amygdala, was assessed using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

This hypothesis is supported by several observations so we decided to test it by scanning the brains of individuals of varying age with functional magnetic resonance imaging and analysing the data both with fApEn and SampEn.»

A method for data analysis used in medical diagnostics has been tested for the first time on resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data.

In their study the researchers showed different characters to test persons and recorded via functional magnetic resonance imaging the brain activity which was set into motion by the process of seeing.

At roughly 100 minutes after each treatment, the team began testing brain activity in participants at rest with their eyes closed, first using a form of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) called arterial spin labeling to follow blood flow changes in the brain.

Forty - eight hours later, participants returned for a test to show how much they remembered while their brains were imaged via magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

To test this model, we used high - resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine brain activity in 14 healthy subjects while they performed an active «escape - pain» task within a two - dimensional maze.

Sadee contacted Alessandro Bertolino at the University of Bari in Italy, who was doing research that involved monitoring the brain activity of 117 volunteers with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during memory tests.

During this test, the subjects were scanned with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure their brain activity while carrying out the task.

«This is the first non-metallic, biodegradable, natural MRI contrast agent tested in humans,» explained Guoying Liu, Ph.D., Director of the NIBIB Program in Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy.

They underwent comprehensive assessments of physical activity patterns using a SenseWear armband, of metabolic health using internationally accepted criteria, regional body composition using magnetic resonance imaging and physical fitness testing.

Over the next 18 months, Crystal's team conducted neurological tests and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans.

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.

The researchers evaluated the effects of the experiment at the beginning and at the end of the exercise, six months later, using two different measurements: cognitive performance tests and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to measure variations in the volume of gray matter.

Brain scans using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and even genetic tests are turning up possible clues to our political origins and behaviors.

To test whether friendship, and more generally, social network proximity, is associated with increased similarity of real - time mental responding, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging to scan subjects» brains during free viewing of naturalistic movies.

Using noninvasive cardiac magnetic resonance imaging techniques, they were able to confirm the presence of myocardial inflammation in a patient who tested positive for cardiac myosin autoantibodies.

The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) three - dimensional T1 - weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) acquisitions provide a rich data set for developing and testing analysis

Tests will include X-ray imaging, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), blood exams, balance tests, and urine and fecal analysis, to name aTests will include X-ray imaging, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), blood exams, balance tests, and urine and fecal analysis, to name atests, and urine and fecal analysis, to name a few.

Combined with the high public awareness of the importance of screening, advances in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology and the availability of preventive drugs targeting estrogen receptors, I believe this test will help to save lives,» said Dr. Kari Stefansson, M.D., Dr. Med., CEO of deCODE.

By Anne Harding TUESDAY, Dec. 2, 2008 (Health.com)-- Radiologists who read imaging exams — such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and CT scans — may do a better job if they see a picture of the face that goes with the diagnostic test, according to research presented this week at the Radiology Society of North America's annual meeting in Chicago.

Other imaging tests such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography scan and x-rays can be used to find out problems in your spine.

These tests may include additional blood and urine tests and imaging tests, such as CT (computerized tomography) and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans, which allow your provider to look at your adrenal and pituitary glands.

The doctor may order additional diagnostic tests, such as a diagnostic mammogram, an ultrasound exam, or a magnetic resonance imaging scan to look for possible tumors (1, 2).

Other tests, such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) may have to be scheduled.

Specialized tests and diagnostics include slit lamp biomicroscopy, gonioscopy, tonometry (measurement of intraocular pressure), electroretinogram or ERG (a specialized test of retinal function), high - frequency ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

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The tests that are often used by veterinary neurologists to look inside the brain include an magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis.

In order to reach a diagnosis in these cases, full - thickness biopsies obtained through an exploratory surgery, (exploratory laparotomy) or non-invasive tests such as an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) may be required.

Additional tests such as bile acids, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis, computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be recommended, depending on results of the initial tests.

Other diagnostic tests may include computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Diagnostic testing includes a complete blood count and blood chemistry, urinalysis, nasal tissue biopsy, a rhinoscopy — a scope placed within the nose — or magnetic resonance imaging.

Besides general blood tests and urinalysis, your vet will perform X-rays, magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomographic scans to make a diagnosis.

Rosie spent 2 days in hospital where she had an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), a CSF Cerebrospinal fluid and all her organs and heart tested.

In some cases, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test could be beneficial for further observance of muscles.

Other tests that may be recommended include a Myelogram and / or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).

The physical examination helps prevent disease From molecular and genetic testing to advanced imaging using magnetic resonance or computed tomography, veterinarians have many tools available to diagnose their patients.

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