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UCSF awarded grant of $2.7M for collaborative project aimed at reducing premature births

UC San Francisco has been awarded a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant of $2.7 million over three years for a collaborative project aimed at reducing premature births.

29 Jan 2014

Hippocampal activity may reflect ‘core’ schizophrenia traits

Hippocampal function may be a useful biomarker for the response of patients with schizophrenia to medication, research suggests.

28 Jan 2014

Phasefocus reports on new ptychography paper published in Nature Scientific Reports

Cell imaging often relies on synthetic or genetic fluorescent labels, to provide contrast which can be far from ideal for imaging cells in their in vivo state. We report on the biological application of a label-free, high contrast microscopy technique known as ptychography, in which the image producing step is transferred from the microscope lens to a high-speed phase retrieval algorithm.

From Phase Focus Limited 28 Jan 2014

Sound Physicians partners with Albemarle Hospital for providing hospitalist services

Sound Physicians, a leading hospitalist organization focused on driving improvements in quality, satisfaction and financial performance of inpatient healthcare delivery, announced today an agreement to provide hospitalist services for Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City, N.C.

28 Jan 2014

Ziehm Imaging presents mobile C-arm customized to hybrid OR requirements at Arab Health

At this year's Arab Health in Dubai, innovation leader Ziehm Imaging presents a mobile C-arm tailored exactly to hybrid OR requirements: Ziehm Vision RFD Hybrid Edition. The first fully motorized mobile C-arm features intuitive joystick operation, a 25 kW generator, various safety functions, and maximum image quality with minimal dose.

28 Jan 2014

Response of brain tumors from SRS can indicate necessity of follow-up treatments

The response of a patient with metastatic brain tumors to treatment with stereotactic radiosurgery in the first six-to-twelve weeks can indicate whether follow-up treatments and monitoring are necessary, according to research conducted at the University of North Carolina.

28 Jan 2014

Neurologist receives Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize for remarkable research on persistent brain activity

The UNC School of Medicine has awarded the 14th Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize to Marcus Raichle, MD, a neurologist from Washington University in St. Louis who has made remarkable research findings about the persistent brain activity of our at-rest minds.

28 Jan 2014

Novel brain-scanning technique maps flow of visual information in brain with unique accuracy

Every time you open your eyes, visual information flows into your brain, which interprets what you're seeing. Now, for the first time, MIT neuroscientists have noninvasively mapped this flow of information in the human brain with unique accuracy, using a novel brain-scanning technique.

28 Jan 2014

Study to evaluate connections between brain networks and religious thought

Building on previous evidence showing that religious belief involves cognitive activity that can be mapped to specific brain regions, a new study has found that causal, directional connections between these brain networks can be linked to differences in religious thought.

28 Jan 2014

Biomarker used to diagnose brain injury shows early promise for assessing heart inflammation

A biomarker widely used to diagnose brain injury has shown early promise for assessing the severity of heart inflammation, or myocarditis, find researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins, and the Mayo Clinic.

28 Jan 2014

Silk and diamonds could provide novel technique for biological imaging, drug delivery

Silk and diamonds aren't just for ties and jewelry anymore. They're ingredients for a new kind of tiny glowing particle that could provide doctors and researchers with a novel technique for biological imaging and drug delivery.

28 Jan 2014

Loyola University neuropsychologist find little evidence that chronic traumatic encephalopathy actually exists

The media have widely reported that a debilitating neurological condition called chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a well-established disease in retired athletes who played football and other contact sports.

28 Jan 2014

Scientists develop new device that minimizes risks associated to emergency tracheotomies

The new device, which was patented by researchers of the School of Industrial Engineering of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) in collaboration with the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), has achieved minimizing the risks associated to emergency tracheotomies and the time needed to perform planned tracheotomies.

From Medtronic 27 Jan 2014

The Academy of Radiology Welcomes passage of omnibus appropriations bill

The Academy of Radiology Research thanks Congress and the President for their support of the omnibus appropriations bill. This legislation contains a $1 billion increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including a $10 million increase for the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB).

27 Jan 2014

Toshiba, AHRA announce recipients of 2013 Putting Patients First grant program

Helping facilities develop or improve existing education and patient care initiatives in diagnostic imaging, AHRA: The Association for Medical Imaging Management and Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. announced the seven recipients of the sixth annual Putting Patients First grant program. Recipients were judged on their program plan and ability to share best practices for improving patient care and safety in CT, MR, Ultrasound, X-ray and Vascular imaging.

27 Jan 2014

Longevity of breast stem cells could harbor genetic defects or damage that progress to cancer

Researchers from Melbourne's Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have discovered that breast stem cells and their 'daughters' have a much longer lifespan than previously thought, and are active in puberty and throughout life.

26 Jan 2014

Study shows health information exchange may deliver increased efficiency to emergency patients

As hospitals and doctors' offices across the country race to join online systems that let them share medical information securely, a new study suggests that these systems may already be helping cut unnecessary care.

25 Jan 2014

Researchers detect cancer cells using olfactory senses of fruit flies

A research unit in an international cooperation project, led by the Konstanz-based neurobiologist and zoologist Professor Dr. Giovanni Galizia, has been the first to demonstrate that fruit flies are able to distinguish cancer cells from healthy cells via their olfactory sense.

25 Jan 2014

UM professors receive grant to help athletes, military members suffering from traumatic brain injury

Athletes, members of the military and others suffering from traumatic brain injury may benefit from research conducted by two University of Montana faculty members through a new $300,000 grant awarded by General Electric Co. and the National Football League.

25 Jan 2014

Researchers develop novel instruments and software for inspecting food microstructure

Applying imaging techniques to food structure is helping scientists devise ways of improving the quality of processed food. Food's microstructure can explain many of its characteristics—be it cake's sponginess, bread's crispness, cracker's crunchiness or fruits' inner gas and water transport system and even colour. Understanding such microstructure and how it changes during food processing is essential to produce high-quality food.

25 Jan 2014

Imaging News and Research

UCSF awarded grant of $2.7M for collaborative project aimed at reducing premature births

Hippocampal activity may reflect ‘core’ schizophrenia traits

Phasefocus reports on new ptychography paper published in Nature Scientific Reports

Sound Physicians partners with Albemarle Hospital for providing hospitalist services

Ziehm Imaging presents mobile C-arm customized to hybrid OR requirements at Arab Health

Response of brain tumors from SRS can indicate necessity of follow-up treatments

Neurologist receives Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize for remarkable research on persistent brain activity

Novel brain-scanning technique maps flow of visual information in brain with unique accuracy

Study to evaluate connections between brain networks and religious thought

Biomarker used to diagnose brain injury shows early promise for assessing heart inflammation

Silk and diamonds could provide novel technique for biological imaging, drug delivery

Loyola University neuropsychologist find little evidence that chronic traumatic encephalopathy actually exists

Scientists develop new device that minimizes risks associated to emergency tracheotomies

The Academy of Radiology Welcomes passage of omnibus appropriations bill

Toshiba, AHRA announce recipients of 2013 Putting Patients First grant program

Longevity of breast stem cells could harbor genetic defects or damage that progress to cancer

Study shows health information exchange may deliver increased efficiency to emergency patients

Researchers detect cancer cells using olfactory senses of fruit flies

UM professors receive grant to help athletes, military members suffering from traumatic brain injury

Researchers develop novel instruments and software for inspecting food microstructure

Industry Focus eBook - Forensics & toxicology (2nd edition) eBook

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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