Sentences with phrase «new imaging techniques»

New imaging techniques are providing a better understanding of key brain - based processes impacting risk and resilience.
And some of the new imaging techniques we're developing will allow us to achieve more precise and informative measurements in patients than many of the standard methods.
These range from visual stimulation experiments that allow us to tap into the specific sets of retinal ganglion cells that are most vulnerable early in the disease, to the evolution of new imaging techniques, largely thanks to Alf Dubra and Vivek Srinivasan's work in those areas, and the ability to image retinal ganglion cells and their component parts like their axons which degenerate very early in glaucoma.
As part of his training he became involved in neuroscience research; in particular he was part of group that was using new imaging techniques to see how different parts of the brain worked together in real time.
The LOCI lab specializes in developing new imaging techniques for living things, with a special interest in studying cells in their microenvironment rather than in isolation.
With new imaging techniques, we have discovered people with «sub-phenotypes» of fat distribution.
But several new imaging techniques at a range of resolutions provide new views — and new understanding — of how cells function.
I also think that the next revolution in science might be new imaging techniques to observe our cells and molecules in real time within the entire body during infections or cancer or even while we watch our favorite movie star on video in our doctor's office.
In this instance, researchers have been able to use new imaging techniques to measure the atomic nanostructure of ancient crystals at impact locations, using the 150 - kilometre - wide crater at Sudbury as a test site.
2010 and beyond Innovative new imaging techniques are revealing intricate microstructures deep within the brain.
Mankoff and his colleagues argue that making a strong clinical case for these new imaging techniques will mean demonstrating their ability to improve traditional treatment outcomes such as progression - free survival and quality of life.
A cross section of the supervolcano beneath Yellowstone illustrates the previously known magma chamber and the deeper, much larger magma reservoir discovered through new imaging techniques.
«New imaging technique detects early brain damage from hypertension.»
JILA scientists have invented a new imaging technique that produces rapid, precise measurements of quantum behavior in an atomic clock in the form of near - instant visual art.
This is artwork made with JILA's new imaging technique, which rapidly and precisely measures quantum behavior in an atomic clock.
A new imaging technique helps researchers map the damage from traumatic brain injury with unprecedented accuracy.
The breakthrough came with a new imaging technique, dual - resonance - frequency - enhanced electrostatic force microscopy (DREEM), which was developed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill chemist and co-author Dorothy Erie, former UNC and NC State postdoctoral researchers Dong Wu and Parminder Kaur, and was featured earlier this year in Molecular Cell.
«New imaging technique shows how DNA is protected at chromosomes» ends.»
A new imaging technique has allowed researchers at North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of Pittsburgh to see how DNA loops around a protein that aids in the formation of a special structure in telomeres.
A new imaging technique could help make imaginary characters appear to convincingly interact with a gamer's actual surroundings
Using a new imaging technique, National Institutes of Health researchers have found that the biological machinery that builds DNA can insert molecules into the DNA strand that are damaged as a result of environmental exposures.
«New imaging technique able to watch molecular dynamics of neurodegenerative diseases: Novel imaging approach could improve molecular - scale understanding of early disease stages.»
«This new imaging technique has been able to identify that the cortical component of bone — the outer rim of the bone — tends to exhibit greater porosity in those with type 2 diabetes compared to those without.
Researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), led by the University of Adelaide, have successfully developed an advanced new imaging technique, which can help assess the quality of early - stage embryos.
The new imaging technique will allow researchers to see the effects of novel drugs on this final stage in the parasite's invasion strategy, researchers report online on this week in Cell Host & Microbe.
«New imaging technique shows effectiveness of cystic fibrosis drug: Hyperpolarized helium MRI could aid in development of improved therapies for lung diseases.»
The researchers hope that their new imaging technique will allow doctors to directly measure whether the treatments given to premature infants encourage normal brain development, while also shedding light on the biological roots of a host of neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Using a new imaging technique, the scientists monitored the formation of insulating layers around nerve cells, a process called myelination, which is vital for normal brain function.
A New Imaging Technique to Detect Early Markers of Glaucoma Ji Yi, PhD Boston Medical Center (Boston, MA)
This new imaging technique promises a better understanding of how genes are activated or silenced.
The team used a new imaging technique, called interferometry, which combines the light from three large telescopes to obtain extremely sharp images.
An international research collaboration, led by Western University, has developed a new imaging technique that will save hospitals money and more importantly, give some patients a second chance at life....
We will also continue using our new imaging technique to study synapses in various areas of the brain during sleep and different forms of plasticity.
If you are interested in this new imaging technique for your horse, please call the Large Animal Clinic at (530) 752-0290.

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Whanger built on their findings by examining high - resolution photographs that uncovered new details of the image, as well as using 3D imaging techniques.
Using sophisticated computer - driven imaging techniques like PET (positive emission tomography) and the MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), researchers opened up new details about the operation of the brain.
Hyperspectral imaging is a new technique that can inspect the contents of packaging.
The scanner, quiet enough for a baby to sleep inside, relies on a new brain - imaging technique called diffusion MRI, which maps long - distance white matter connections in the brain by tracking the movement of water.
A new 3 - D imaging technique enables viewers to track the life of living cells — how they grow and move around — without disturbing them.
A new computer - imaging technique shows researchers how brain cells communicate — one molecule at a time
Professor Jianfeng Feng commented that new technology has made it possible to conduct this trail - blazing study: «human intelligence is a widely and hotly debated topic and only recently have advanced brain imaging techniques, such as those used in our current study, given us the opportunity to gain sufficient insights to resolve this and inform developments in artificial intelligence, as well as help establish the basis for understanding and diagnosis of debilitating human mental disorders such as schizophrenia and depression.»
In a new study, published today in the journal Advanced Functional Materials, researchers used a combination of 3D imaging and 3D printing techniques to create a custom silicone guide implanted with biochemical cues to help nerve regeneration.
The new technique for functional imaging allows probing of regions on the order of billionths of meters, or nanometers, to characterize a sample's surface hills and valleys, its elasticity (or «bounciness») throughout deeper layers, and its chemical composition.
The new imaging system is the first to demonstrate the imaging capabilities of some of these unusual focusing techniques by replacing conventional, solid lenses with the combination of a malleable lens and a liquid iris - like component.
He says, «Neuroscientists need to be familiar with the language of imaging and in contact with people who understand the fundamentals of imaging, but the people who make the breakthroughs in neuroscience will be the ones who bring the intriguing questions to the new techniques
Room - temperature investigations apply several techniques (polarization microscopy, single - molecule imaging, emission time dependence, energy transfer, lifetime studies, and the like) to a growing array of biophysical problems where new insight may be gained from direct observations of hidden static and dynamic inhomogeneity.
I was very intrigued by the idea of peering inside the brain using new brain - imaging techniques.
But new work, using modern imaging techniques, is revealing more detail — not only about the original painting, but also about Picasso's.
A new 3 - D imaging technique shows that higher resolution is not the only desirable trait for microscopic observations
In a new study led by the University of Sussex, geoscientists from the British Geological Survey and the Technical University of Munich reveal that using a micro-seismic technique, which detects tiny earthquakes which cause cracks in the rock, alongside modern electrical imaging technology, which measures rock mass, would provide scientists with much earlier warnings of potential rock falls.
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