Sentences with phrase «with scanning techniques»

Finding cancer early can improve a patient's chances for survival, but small tumors can be difficult to see with scanning techniques such as magnetic resonance...

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In the new research, which was conducted in collaboration with Duke - NUS Medical School in Singapore, scientists used computational techniques to scan thousands of genes and mutations associated with epilepsy.

The technique developed by collaborator Tom Kaye of the Foundation for Scientific Advancement, scans the fossils with a violet laser in a dark room.

In one of the first studies of its kind to use a special scanning technique, researchers found that people with a history of heart disease had substantially lower cortical volumetric bone mineral density in their wrist bone (the distal radius) than those without.

Compared with other imaging techniques, PET scans are relatively cheap and easy to perform, and are routinely used to survey for cancer, heart problems, and other diseases.

However, «the CT scan didn't show the outline of the nervous systems unambiguously enough,» Strausfeld said, «while a scanning laser technique mapping the distribution of chemical elements showed iron deposits outlining the nervous system almost as convincingly but with minor differences.»

This work, with the assistance of soil scientists at the University of KwaZulu - Natal, has involved a suite of techniques, including x-ray fluorescence (to provide quantitative data on minor and trace element composition), x-ray diffraction (to reveal crystal structure and parent rock types of paint ingredients), and environmental scanning electron microscopy (to yield qualitative data on elements present).

Much like in an old tube television where a beam of electrons moves over a phosphor screen to create images, the new microscopy technique works by scanning a beam of electrons over a sample that has been coated with specially engineered quantum dots.

Stressed areas propagate the polarized light differently, and by processing the light with techniques similar to those used for medical computerized tomography scans, the researchers were able to map out the different layers of stresses inside the drop.

Much like in an old tube television where a beam of electrons moves over a phosphor screen to create images, the new technique works by scanning a beam of electrons over a sample that has been coated with the quantum dots.

Levitin then teamed up with Scott Grafton, a leading brain - scan expert at the University of California at Santa Barbara, to use two novel techniques to analyze the scans.

The LDA approach uses powerful computer techniques to overlay the CT scan taken during a full inhalation with an image taken during a full exhalation.

Another far more arduous and painstaking technique involves dragging and placing atoms one by one using an atomic force microscope or a scanning tunnelling microscope (STM), both of which are sensitive enough to move single atoms around on a surface with a fine tip.

So with techniques normally used for studying prehistoric humans, researchers created a 3D image of Descartes's brain (above) by scanning the impression it left on the inside of his skull, which has been kept for almost 200 years now in the National Museum of Natural History in Paris.

As venom glands don't fossilise, Benoit and his colleagues from at Wits University, in association with the Natural History Museum of London used cutting edge CT scanning and 3D imagery techniques to analyse the only two fossilised skulls of the Euchambersia ever found, and discovered stunning anatomical adaptions that are compatible with venom production.

In collaboration with Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) in Madrid, the researchers investigated the effects of acetate in the hypothalamus using a cutting - edge scanning technique called High Resolution Magic Angle Spinning (HR - MAS).

Today, with the ESRF's ultra-bright X-rays and cutting edge synchrotron scanning techniques, their true identity has been revealed.

Chemists from Trinity College Dublin, in collaboration with RCSI, have devised a revolutionary new scanning technique that produces extremely high - res 3D images of bones — without expo... Read more

He has been granted several patents in scanning probe and optical techniques and has previous start - up experience with LifeBits AG, a venture specialising in DNA recognition using compact disc technology.

This technique is faster and provides a wider field of view than more traditional 3D techniques such as scanning electron microscopy combined with electron energy - loss spectrometry or atom probe tomography.

The team saw the oxygen atoms flow out of the cerium oxide clusters and slowly spread farther and farther away by combining high - resolution scanning tunneling microscopy with a conventional surface - sensitive technique, called Auger spectroscopy.

Park NX10 SICM provides life science researchers with both AFM and Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy (SICM) techniques on the same Park NX10 system.

We will demonstrate the power and importance of the cross-correlation of nanoscale hyperspectal imaging with data from other scanning - probe techniques such as topography, surface potential, conductivity and photocurrent.

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Nobel Prize in scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and the 30th anniversary since the first paper in atomic force microscopy (AFM), Nanotechnology ™ has been organising a focus collection with guest editors Franz Giessibl, Rodolfo Miranda and Johannes Barthes to collate some of the latest cutting - edge progress developing and exploiting these scanning probe techniques.

The technique, called FDG PET - CT, uses the anatomical data obtained by CT scan, and overlays it with metabolic data of glucose uptake by cells in tissues.

November 6, 2016 - Chemists from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, and their collaborators with RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland) are celebrating their discovery of new scanning techniques that produce extremely high resolution images of cracks in bones — even...

To provide this understanding, Frei, working with Miao Zhang and Moreno de Respinis, used a spectroscopic technique known as rapid - scan Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy.

For Mansfield, his postdoctoral work on nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in doped metals gradually transitioned into scanning his first live human subject with the newly invented MRI technique.

brain scan A technique to view structures inside the brain, typically with X-rays or a magnetic resonance imaging (or MRI) machine.

This scanning technique could help identify a significant minority of patients who are not being treated with blood - thinners but who would benefit from them, said Dr. Joseph Broderick, director of the University of Cincinnati's Gardner Neuroscience Institute.

«What this trial doesn't answer is if you can do this same thing with CT scans,» Broderick said, noting that future research should fold these new assessment techniques into the current battery of stroke - related CT imaging.

Modern MRI scans can be done with a MARS technique (Metal artifact reduction sequencing) and the images produced can be surprisingly good.

It is proposed that altered intestinal permeability allows the mucosa to be exposed to bacterial degradation products or other toxins and together with reduced chemotaxic response and altered neutrophil function due to NSAID's, this series of events leads to bacterial invasion of the mucosa which is evident by the techniques of 111Indium leucocyte scans and faecal collections.

The 5 part pain strategy, breathing and body scan techniques (just to name a few) can be implemented with clients on their first visit and make a difference in their rehab.

For example, in games such as Mario Kart 8, amiibo unlock bonus content; other games can access the amiibo's NFC tag and store data, such as with Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, where scanned amiibo appear as in - game fighters that can level up, learn new techniques, and get customized.

Going one step farther, McLean was able to find a photograph of Ms. Pounsford and compare it with the newly revealed imagery from 20 years earlier Baird's technique of scanning an image into discrete lines, and turning those lines into electrical signals would prove to be the basis of the better looking images television would later offer.

A teacher who uses this technique with her 9th grade algebra classes told us that one day she moved on too quickly, without scanning the students» cards.

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This computerized tomography technique works by inflating the colon with gas, and then creating detailed scans that allow radiologists to clearly see this body part's interior walls.

«The new technique uses hand - drawn textures, scanned in and colored in Photoshop, combined with software that draws graphic novel - style outlines around characters and objects, sharpens shadows to look more like something an artist might create, and even draws lines on hills and inclines.

Simply putting together an unforgettable experience, made with the most powerful graphic engine on the market, advanced techniques like photogrammetry and 3D - scanning, true - to - life audio and advanced physics.

Bonazzi mixes digital techniques with textures of scanned found objects, in order to give his bold conceptual illustrations a warm and evocative atmosphere.

The sculptures were made using the traditional technique of bronze casting along with contemporary 3 - D scanning and machine routing processes.

On her arrival in New York, Romanian born Ana Golici began experimentation with new techniques such as electrostatic transfers and digital imagery, as well as Scanning Electronic Microscope images which she has used in her scientific explorations of nature.

The state - of - the - art of such techniques, and the focus of Asner's research, involves a combination of super-accurate GPS and high powered laser scanning (LiDAR; Light Detection and Ranging), together with optical cameras that can detect light beyond the spectrum of human vision.

To provide this understanding, Frei, working with Miao Zhang and Moreno de Respinis, used a spectroscopic technique known as rapid - scan Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy.

Face ID is Apple's new biometric unlocking mechanism that it's introducing with the iPhone X. Using the front - facing cameras, an infrared camera, flood illuminator, and a dot projector, the iPhone scans your face with techniques like depth mapping in order to tell if it's really you.

In the latter case, Samsung is expected to debut a new technique for fingerprint scanning and with it, the Galaxy S8 could end up becoming thinner than any Samsung phone.

Based on my experience and education I can contribute to the quality control and development of medicines and validation process with extensive experience in using thermoanalytical techniques (Differential Scanning Calorimetry).

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