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Best of Both Worlds (Free subscription) | yesterday
As if it was news-dumped on Thanksgiving/Eid -- official statement from Saudi Ministry of Defence: An official source at the Ministry of Defense and Aviation and General Inspection said that some media carried through their sources with the infiltrators attacking our country"s southern borders with Yemen pictures of persons who were said to be Saudi prisoners of war as a result of the military...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), announced the installation of Russia's first high-definition computed tomography (CT) scanner, GE Healthcare's flagship Discovery CT750HD, at the Center of Medical Rehabilitation by the Russian Ministry of Health in Moscow led by Professor Konstantin V. Lyadov.
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monochrom (Free subscription) | yesterday
Patterns in brain activity can be used to determine whether someone is looking at a surrealist landscape by Salvador Dali or the cubist lines of Pablo Picasso. Yukiyasu Kamitani of ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories in Kyoto, Japan, and colleagues showed 12 students dozens of Picassos and Dalis while scanning their brains using functional MRI. A program then identified patterns in activity...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hologic, Inc. (Hologic or the Company) (Nasdaq: HOLX), a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, is using the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) at McCormick Place in Chicago, November 29 through December 3, 2009 to highlight our new SecurView(®)...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
A recent study shows that 95 percent of radiation oncologists use advanced imaging techniques such as positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and 4-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) for target delineation (to locate the tumor and other areas at risk for having cancer), according to an article in the December issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology,...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Lupus Research Institute (LRI) has named 12 new grant recipients for 2009. The awards, totaling $3.6 million, recognize innovative work across a broad spectrum of lupus research. All were selected for their creativity, novelty, and potential to drive scientific discovery to ultimately prevent, treat, and cure the complex disease of systemic lupus.
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advanced nanotechnology (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Physicists at UC Santa Barbara have made an important advance in electrically controlling quantum states of electrons, a step that could help in the development of quantum computing. In seperate research, another group controlled spin electronically The researchers have demonstrated the ability to electrically manipulate, at gigahertz rates, the quantum states of electrons trapped on individual defects...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
In an Australian first, a new $1million MRI compatible incubator designed for babies, will allow University of Queensland researchers to develop earlier and more effective treatments for newborns with brain impairment. Until now, imaging premature babies' brains has not been standard practice due to the shortcomings of adult equipment and the risks to these extremely vulnerable patients - despite a...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
ProUroCare Medical Inc. (OTCBB: PUMD) (OTCBB: PUMDU) (OTCBB: PUMDW), a provider of proprietary medical imaging products, announced that a 510(k) application for U.S. market clearance of a prostate mechanical imaging system has been filed with the Food & Drug Administration (FDA). The labeling claim for the device is that it can be used as an aid to visualize and document abnormalities of the prostate...
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ScienceRoll (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Magnetic resonance imaging opened a new chapter in the history of medical diagnostics, but it still cannot answer all the questions. Researchers at the Iowa State University came up with a wonderful solution. They developed a software, BodyViz, that can convert common 2D MRI and CAT scans into 3D visualizations, enabling physicians to navigate [...]
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Slaw (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Wired magazine is reporting what is probably the first instance of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) used in a courtroom. The brain scan of a Chicago man accused of raping and killing a 10-year-old girl was used to demonstrate that he was a psychopath and should not be given the death penalty. Although we don’t have [...]
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
NORTHRIDGE, CA (MARKET WIRE) Gamma Medica-Ideas, Inc. ("GMI"), a leading developer of digital molecular imaging systems, announced today that it has been awarded an Innovation Award for its new prototype imaging system that combines the molecular imaging (MI) capability of single-photon nuclear imaging with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The award was presented to GMI at the 2009 World...
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aarkstore | 11/24/2009
The Future of the Diagnostic Imaging Market to 2015 Summary The Future of the Diagnostic Imaging Market to 2015 report provides key data, information and analysis on the global diagnostic imaging market. The report provides market landscape, competitive landscape and market trends information on six market categories including computed tomography systems, mammography equipment, MRI systems, nuclear
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ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Fiona Shaw lent her brain to science, reciting T.S. Eliot inside an MRI scanner, to help researchers find out. (video)...
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OTB Sports (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
He also has concussion related symptoms. From AP- St. Louis Rams quarterback Marc Bulger will be sidelined 3-6 weeks with a fractured left leg sustained in Sunday’s loss to the Arizona Cardinals. The team said it would not place Bulger on injured reserve. Bulger underwent two MRI exams Monday, one on his groin and hamstring and a second [...]
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aarkstore | 11/24/2009
The Future of the Diagnostic Imaging Market to 2015 Summary The Future of the Diagnostic Imaging Market to 2015 report provides key data, information and analysis on the global diagnostic imaging market. The report provides market landscape, competitive landscape and market trends information on six market categories including computed tomography systems, mammography equipment, MRI systems, nuclear...
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piercx99f | 11/24/2009
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – New York Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce is out indefinitely after an MRI exam on Friday surprisingly revealed a bulging disk in his neck. The Giants said their defensive captain underwent the test in New York and was examined by team physician Dr. Russell Warren and Dr. Frank Camissa, chief of the spinal surgical services at the Hospital for Special Surgery. The 31-year-old...
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rajeshb790i | 11/23/2009
ATLANTA – Tracy McGrady is eager to play. The Houston Rockets say he'll have to wait. The seven-time All-Star had microfracture surgery on his left knee in February, but insisted that he's fully recovered before Friday night's game against the streaking Atlanta Hawks. "Right now, I could play," he said. Not so fast. The Rockets believe McGrady needs more time and would risk hurting his knee again if...