Sentences with phrase «with radiofrequency»

Similar body contouring procedures are Thermage (Thermacool, Thermalift), which supposedly tightens facial skin with radiofrequency, and LipoSonix, which supposedly destroys fat cells with high - intensity ultrasound.

A number of surgical interventions are available to help obstructive sleep apnea patients open up the airway, by removing the tonsils or excess tissue at the back of the throat, or destroying tissue at the base of the tongue with radiofrequency waves.

Jacoby and Schembri disclosed that they have received funding from Halt Medical supporting a study of women with uterine fibroids who were treated with radiofrequency ablation.

Because MRI detects energy - produced shifts in hydrogen atoms, when the «new» gene was introduced into animal cells and then «pelted» with radiofrequency waves from the MRI, it became readily visible.

Each mouse in the study was tagged with a radiofrequency ID (RFID) transponder, whose location was monitored by one of twenty antennas inconspicuously arranged among water bottles, tubes, and nesting boxes.

In three randomized trials, treatment of chronic low back pain with radiofrequency denervation, a procedure that can be performed with different techniques including the application of an electric current to the pain - conducting nerve, resulted in either no improvement or no clinically important improvement in chronic low back pain, according to a study published by JAMA.

Not exact matches

The United States and Europe are currently designing and building large physics facilities with superconducting radiofrequency cavities similar to what the ILC will use, and many of those scientists and engineers will become available to work on the ILC, Okada says.

«Even with generous assumptions about the properties of the radicals, we predict tiny effects of these radiofrequency fields, and the main conclusion that we come to is that the current understanding of the radical - pair model can't explain any of the reported behavioral results,» says Hore.

For patients with osteoarthritis of the knee, a minimally invasive procedure called cooled radiofrequency ablation (CRFA) provides better pain reduction and functional improvement compared to steroid injection of the knee, concludes a study in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, published by Wolters Kluwer.

Cooled radiofrequency ablation is performed on an outpatient basis, with local anesthesia and minimal sedation.

Among patients with untreated paroxysmal (intermittent) atrial fibrillation (AF), treatment with electrical energy (radiofrequency ablation) resulted in a lower rate of abnormal atrial rhythms and episodes of AF, according to a study in the February 19 issue of JAMA.

During the renal denervation procedure with the Symplicity device used in this trial, a catheter is threaded through arteries to deliver radiofrequency energy that inactivates kidney nerves, interrupting electrical signals to and from the kidney, an organ that performs a major role in regulating blood pressure.

Instead of using uncontrolled mechanical force, this new insulated transseptal needle has a closed end that safely delivers radiofrequency energy to create a small hole in the atrial septum, allowing the needle to pass to the left atrium with increased efficacy and control.

There are opportunities to work closely with dedicated musculoskeletal imaging basic scientists, clinician scientists from radiology, orthopaedic surgery and rheumatology, as well as a large group of diverse MR physicists, pulse sequence programmers and image reconstruction experts (e.g., compressed sensing), and radiofrequency coil engineers who work at the Center for Biomedical Imaging (CBI) and the Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research (CAI2R) at NYULMC.

«The levels and duration of exposure to radiofrequency radiation were much greater than what people experience with even the highest level of cell phone use, and exposed the rodents» whole bodies,» said NPT in a statement.

«This prototype paves the way for constructing a family of reporter genes, each with proteins tailored to have a specific radiofrequency response,» says MRI researcher Assaf Gilad, Ph.D., lead author of the study.

Analog RF Signal Applications: Using the GHz precision signal processing of photonic integrated circuits, radiofrequency (RF) signals can be manipulated with high fidelity to add or drop multiple channels of radio, spread across an ultra-broadband frequency range.

He also treats liver, kidney, skeletal and lung tumors with ablative techniques, including cryoablation as well as radiofrequency and microwave ablation.

Two days later a radiofrequency ablation of the electrical circuit was performed at the electrophysiological laboratory directed by Dr. Roberto Santilli of the Veterinary Clinic Malpensa, with an endocardial and epicardial approach with interruption of the arrhythmia.