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Low-cost OCT scanner promises to bring vision-saving technology to underserved regions

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a low-cost, portable optical coherence tomography scanner that promises to bring the vision-saving technology to underserved regions throughout the United States and abroad.

29 Jun 2019

MR Solutions wins third Queen’s Award

MR Solutions, of Guildford has achieved a third Queen’s Award. This follows their win in 2016 with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise, while in 2017 the company was recognized for their excellent performance in International Trade. MR Solutions is a world leader in preclinical imaging solutions involving MRI, PET, SPECT, and CT.

From MR Solutions 25 Apr 2019

Workshop explores the future of artificial intelligence in medical imaging

In August 2018, a workshop was held at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md., to explore the future of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical imaging.

17 Apr 2019

Powerful ultra-high-field MRIs for early disease detection

The widespread adoption of magnetic resonance imaging revolutionized clinical medicine, and the revolution has not stopped. Scientists in an EU-funded project are exploring ways to make MRIs even more effective - aiming to help patients get the best possible treatment through early disease detection.

16 Apr 2019

CHFC-Wurzburg acquires MILabs' E-class SPECT/CT system to enhance heart failure research

The nuclear cardiology core facility of the CHFC-Würzburg has acquired MILabs E-class SPECT/CT system to enhance its existing top-level basic, translational and clinical research activities in the field of heart failure.

2 Apr 2019

Researchers identify blood-based biomarkers of Parkinson's disease

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Arizona State University have received funding from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research to launch a multi-year, $1.7-million effort to identify blood-based biomarkers of Parkinson's disease, which could improve care and accelerate new treatments for the neurodegenerative disorder, which affects nearly 1 million Americans, with 60,000 new cases diagnosed annually.

5 Feb 2019

Researchers employ machine learning to uncover new insights into human brain's cellular architecture

An inter-disciplinary research team led by scientists from the National University of Singapore has successfully employed machine learning to uncover new insights into the cellular architecture of the human brain.

10 Jan 2019

Using Pre-Clinical Imaging to Detect Cancer

In this interview, Émilie Beaulieu Ouellet, Application Scientist for life science imaging at Photon Etc talks to New-Medical about their range of preclinical infrared imagers and how they can allow cancer detection.

From Photon etc. 27 Nov 2018

Calcified nodules in the retina increase risk for progression to late stages of AMD

Calcified nodules in the retina are associated with progression to late stages of age-related macular degeneration.

14 Nov 2018

AI approach could identify nuanced imaging features specific for recalled-benign mammograms

An artificial intelligence approach based on deep learning convolutional neural network could identify nuanced mammographic imaging features specific for recalled but benign (false-positive) mammograms and distinguish such mammograms from those identified as malignant or negative.

11 Oct 2018

Engineers create artificial intelligence system to detect tiny specks of tumors

Doctors may soon have help in the fight against cancer thanks to the University of Central Florida's Computer Vision Research Center.

22 Aug 2018

New probe allows identification of cancer stem cells in situ

A fluorescent molecular probe that targets cancer stem cells has been developed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

2 Aug 2018

Novel theranostic agent designed for precise tumor diagnosis and therapy

A novel, intelligent theranostic agent for precise tumor diagnosis and therapy has been developed that remains as small molecules while circulating in the bloodstream, can then self-assemble into larger nanostructures in the tumor, and be activated by the tumor microenvironment for therapy guided by photoacoustic imaging.

26 Jun 2018

HSS researchers win grant to determine if stem cell therapy can improve outcomes for rotator cuff tears

A multidisciplinary team led by Scott Rodeo, MD, and Christopher Mendias, PhD, at Hospital for Special Surgery has been awarded the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Clinical Research Grant in Cellular Therapy in honor of James Urbaniak, MD in Collaboration with National Stem Cell Foundation.

5 Jan 2018

Study finds narrowed upper airways in preterm infants that may explain higher OSA risk

Infants born preterm have significantly lower nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal volumes, compared with newborn peers carried to full term, and those lower airway volumes are independent of the infants' gender, ethnicity or weight, according to a study published online Dec. 16, 2017 in Clinical Imaging.

22 Dec 2017

Siemens Healthineers’ MAGNETOM Terra 7T MRI scanner cleared by FDA for diagnostic imaging

The Food and Drug Administration has cleared the MAGNETOM Terra magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner from Siemens Healthineers - the first-ever 7 Tesla (7T) MRI cleared for diagnostic imaging.

12 Oct 2017

Hybrid molecular imaging system detects vulnerable arterial plaques in earliest stages

A new study shows that a hybrid molecular imaging system unites three imaging modalities to map the composition of dangerous arterial plaques before they rupture and induce a major cardiac event.

12 Jun 2017

Scientists develop world's first smartphone app to collect large data for people with MS

What if a single smartphone app could help solve the enigma of multiple sclerosis and move new treatments ahead at lightning speed? That was the bold idea that led Keck Medicine of USC neurologist Daniel Pelletier, MD, professor of neurology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and division chief of the Neuro-Immunology and USC Multiple Sclerosis Center, to develop myMS, the world's first smartphone app capable of collecting large amounts of clinical, imaging and genetic data for people with MS. Enrollment is now underway for a pilot study of the app.

16 May 2017

Photoacoustic imaging technique provides real-time view of small animal's internal functions

Biomedical engineers are now able to take a live, holistic look at the inner workings of a small animal with enough resolution to see active organs, flowing blood, circulating melanoma cells and firing neural networks.

10 May 2017

Unstable chromosomes in lung tumors increase risk of cancer relapse, study reveals

The New England Journal of Medicine and Nature has published the first findings from the Cancer Research UK-funded Tracking Cancer Evolution through Treatment (Rx), TRACERx, lung cancer study, which reveals the increase in the risk of cancer relapse when lung tumors have unstable chromosomes.

27 Apr 2017