Sentences with phrase «with medical imaging»

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A new postage stamp - sized device could be injected into the body to help with medical imaging.

«Historically, the evaluation of a patient's airway is limited to clinical diagnosis with medical imaging,» explains Mylavarapu.

CFD provides a better understanding of respiratory flow and enables individualized treatment when applied to what we're seeing with medical imaging.»

The regulator said it expects to see an increasing number of AI - based submissions in the coming years, starting with medical imaging devices.

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Alibaba is creating virtual assistants to doctors ET Medical Brain and working with BGI, Baidu launched AI - powered doctor assistant bot Melody, and Tencent released its AI - assisted medical imaging and has been investing in health startups including iCMedical Brain and working with BGI, Baidu launched AI - powered doctor assistant bot Melody, and Tencent released its AI - assisted medical imaging and has been investing in health startups including iCmedical imaging and has been investing in health startups including iCarbonX.

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.

It has spread its wings into health, with its ownership of Can - med Healthcare, which supplies equipment nationally, ranging from wheelchairs to medical imaging technology.

In the drive to improve early detection and treatment of cancer, a pair of Toronto scientists has developed a unique technology that combines contrast agents with targeted, long - lasting nano - particles for use in multiple medical imaging platforms.

I became interested in BME while working at CTF Systems, a company that uses quantum nanoelectronic devices manufactured with conventional microfabrication techniques to manufacture medical imaging (MEG) systems.

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.

Medical imaging is a huge application domain for scientific visualization with an emphasis on enhancing imaging results graphically, e.g. using pseudo-coloring or overlaying of plots.

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 current study is a retrospective review of imaging and medical records of eight patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) with elevated central venous pressure complicated by PLE who underwent lymphatic imaging and interventions at CHOP.

Now, a team of investigators led by Lev T. Perelman, PhD, Director of the Center for Advanced Biomedical Imaging and Photonics at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), has developed a promising new tool capable of distinguishing between harmless pancreatic cysts and those with malignant potential with an overall accuracy of 95 percent.

fMRI is a medical imaging technique which, when applied to the brain allows us to non-invasively observe neural activity associated with specific human behaviour.

The discovery, which relies on the separation of right - and left - «handed» particles, points to a range of potential applications in energy, quantum computing, and medical imaging, and possibly even a new mechanism for inducing superconductivity — the ability of some materials to carry current with no energy loss.

With the exception of mammography, there is no federal regulation of radiation dose for medical tests, leaving the appropriate use of heart imaging in the hands of clinicians and imaging facilities.

«With technological improvements, medical imaging has become an increasingly vital tool in diagnosing and treating patients with heart disease, but the rising use of the tests has led to increasing radiation exposure over the past two decades,» said Reza Fazel, M.D., M.Sc., chair of the writing committee for the statement and cardiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in BosWith technological improvements, medical imaging has become an increasingly vital tool in diagnosing and treating patients with heart disease, but the rising use of the tests has led to increasing radiation exposure over the past two decades,» said Reza Fazel, M.D., M.Sc., chair of the writing committee for the statement and cardiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in medical imaging has become an increasingly vital tool in diagnosing and treating patients with heart disease, but the rising use of the tests has led to increasing radiation exposure over the past two decades,» said Reza Fazel, M.D., M.Sc., chair of the writing committee for the statement and cardiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boswith heart disease, but the rising use of the tests has led to increasing radiation exposure over the past two decades,» said Reza Fazel, M.D., M.Sc., chair of the writing committee for the statement and cardiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Medical Center in Boston.

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.

For measuring objects at a distance and for medical imaging, compact light sources with a very high optical power are required.

Several years ago, researchers from the University of Twente joined forces with a number of companies to develop a prototype for a machine that would combine ultrasound and photoacoustics medical imaging techniques.

Reproduced with permission from The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging, 3rd edition, by Jerrold Bushberg et al. © Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012.

«Further studies are being planned by our group to clarify the association between EAT and a-fib and the interplay with other a-fib risk factors,» said Mushabbar Syed, MD, Loyola's medical director of cardiovascular imaging and a co-author of the study.

My job was to analyze their anatomical affinities with other human ancestors and use medical imaging to look inside them.

«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.&rawith 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.&raWith 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.»

Researchers at the Center for Nanoparticle Research, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in collaboration with medical doctors in Seoul National University Hospital, created a surgical glue that is both adherent and visible in the most common imaging techniques: fluoroscopy, ultrasound, and computed tomography (CT).

«Seeing more with PET scans: New chemistry for medical imaging: Surprising new mechanism for attaching chemical tracers discovered.»

Since his prediction, Alfvén waves have been associated with a variety of sources, including nuclear reactors, the gas cloud that envelops comets, laboratory experiments, medical MRI imaging and in the atmosphere of our nearest star — the Sun.

In a new study recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center concluded that overuse of cardiac stress testing with imaging has led to rising healthcare costs and unnecessary radiation exposure to patients.

Magnetic resonance imaging appears to be safe for patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices, even for chest imaging, according to a new study by researchers from the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City.

In patients with non-conditional devices who have a medical need for imaging, and in whom MRI is deemed the most desirable diagnostic tool, MRI usually hasn't been used, or the non-conditional devices and leads have been removed and replaced with conditional devices and leads beforehand.

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.

In addition to the national awards in France, the Fulbright program has grants to conduct scientific research in three French regions: the Alsace Regional Award (one award), which seeks candidates with backgrounds in medical imaging, computer - assisted surgery, and medical robotics; the Aquitaine Regional Awards, which award three grants in 2007 - 08 and emphasize functional genomics, viticulture and wine - related disciplines, biochemistry, optics, lasers, and physics; and the Nord Pas - de-Calais Regional Council Awards (four grants in 2007 - 08), which seek researchers for multidisciplinary projects covering a wide range of life, physical, and social sciences.

«The hope is that in the not - so - distant future a miRNA - based blood test can be used in conjunction with imaging features and other factors to aid the medical team in accurately predicting disease severity of IPMNs and other pancreatic cysts at the time of diagnosis or follow - up so that more informed personalized medical management decisions can be made,» explained Permuth - Wey.

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is an international scientific and medical organization dedicated to raising public awareness about nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, a vital element of today's medical practice that adds an additional dimension to diagnosis, changing the way common and devastating diseases are understood and treated and helping provide patients with the best health care poImaging (SNMMI) is an international scientific and medical organization dedicated to raising public awareness about nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, a vital element of today's medical practice that adds an additional dimension to diagnosis, changing the way common and devastating diseases are understood and treated and helping provide patients with the best health care poimaging, a vital element of today's medical practice that adds an additional dimension to diagnosis, changing the way common and devastating diseases are understood and treated and helping provide patients with the best health care possible.

A novel metamaterial enables a fast, efficient and high - fidelity terahertz radiation imaging system capable of manipulating the stubborn electromagnetic waves, advancing a technology with potential applications in medical and security imaging, a team led by Boston College researchers reports in the online edition of the journal Nature Photonics.

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.

A Vanderbilt University Medical Center - led research team has shown that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can detect changes in resting - state spinal cord function in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).

The MGH Research Institute conducts the largest hospital - based research program in the nation, with an annual research budget of more than $ 800 million and major research centers in HIV / AIDS, cardiovascular research, cancer, computational and integrative biology, cutaneous biology, human genetics, medical imaging, neurodegenerative disorders, regenerative medicine, reproductive biology, systems biology, photomedicine and transplantation biology.

The Pavilion will provide a new home for the University of Chicago Medical Center's most distinguished clinical programs, those that provide complex specialty care with a focus on cancer, gastrointestinal disease, neuroscience, advanced surgery and high - technology medical iMedical Center's most distinguished clinical programs, those that provide complex specialty care with a focus on cancer, gastrointestinal disease, neuroscience, advanced surgery and high - technology medical imedical imaging.

I would have never discovered my love for the technical side of science without getting to work with Dr. Nyhus in EEG, and learn about MRI and other medical imaging technology.

I loved all of my courses focusing on the pure biology side of neuroscience and use that foundation daily, but I would have never discovered my love for the technical side of science without getting to work with Dr. Nyhus in EEG, and learn about MRI and other medical imaging technology.

UC San Diego Medical Center opens a new angiography suite with state - of - the - art imaging technology.

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.

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.

The CaIC was founded at a time when the importance of computers and software in medical imaging was rapidly expanding and when computers were being integrated with imaging instrumentation for control, acquisition and processing.

With key strengths in advanced medical imaging, cell biology, genomics, immunology and stem cell biology, our scientists and their skilled staff conduct research on some of the most debilitating diseases of our time: heart disease and stroke, Alzheimer's, cancer, organ failure, diabetes and many others.