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Research & innovation news RSS feedIn brief: research round-up
Feb 9, 2012
Recent developments in diagnostics, radiotherapy, biosensing and more.
What is cardiac radiation's link to cancer?
Feb 8, 2012
Questions remain about the link between ionizing radiation in cardiac imaging and the development of cancer.
Study confirms hybrid PET/MR image quality
Feb 3, 2012
German study provides further evidence that hybrid PET/MRI systems can offer uncompromised MR image quality.
Ultralow-dose CT enables PET correction
Jan 30, 2012
Ultralow-dose CT scans can be used for attenuation correction and respiratory gating of PET scans.
Innovation: patent applications review
Jan 27, 2012
Our survey of the latest international patent applications in radiation therapy reviews filings from Accuray, Philips, Xoft and more.
Photoacoustic device sees early metastases
Jan 25, 2012
A photoacoustic device can detect individual melanoma cells circulating in the blood stream.
Dual-role phantom offers proton dosimetry
Jan 19, 2012
Polymer gel dosimeter measures proton dose distribution and the induced positron emission activity simultaneously.
Tissue stiffness helps track liver disease
Jan 18, 2012
Characterizing the mechanisms that underlie liver tissue stiffening can help clinicians track the progression of liver disease.
Algorithm improves apnea detection
Jan 16, 2012
Algorithm substantially improves detection of apnea in premature babies.
In brief: research round-up
Jan 13, 2012
Recent developments in radiotherapy, tumour modelling, nanomedicine and more.
Optimizing pulses for 7T MR brain scans
Jan 10, 2012
Refocusing pulse study tests the limits of single-channel RF transmission in ultrahigh-field MRI.
Towards stress-free cardiac imaging
Dec 20, 2011
Novel SPECT agent could eliminate the stress image required for traditional myocardial perfusion imaging.
Integrated PET/MR: no adverse effects
Dec 16, 2011
Tests reveal that the integrated architecture of the Biograph mMR PET/MR scanner does not significantly impact the performance of either the PET or MR subsystem.
Innovation: patent applications review
Dec 15, 2011
Our survey of the latest international patent applications in medical imaging reviews filings from NeuroLogica, CapeRay Medical, VisualSonics and more.
Photoacoustics tracks nanocage kinetics
Dec 14, 2011
Photoacoustic tomography shows how gold nanocages accumulate in lymph nodes.
SWI reveals long-term radiotherapy effects
Dec 13, 2011
7T susceptibility-weighted imaging sheds light on the relationship between dose and microbleed incidence in glioma patients.
Quantified biomarkers aid glioma resection
Dec 12, 2011
Combined fluorescence and reflectance spectroscopy provides in vivo quantification of cancer biomarkers during glioma surgery
In brief: research round-up
Dec 8, 2011
Recent developments in neuroimaging, radiotherapy, nanomedicine and more.
Spray painted probe guides tumour surgery
Dec 7, 2011
A cancer-activated fluorescent probe could help surgeons track down residual cancer during tumour excision.
Cerenkov imaging speeds drug discovery
Dec 6, 2011
Cerenkov luminescence imaging could provide a high-throughput alternative to PET for preclinical studies.