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Medical Devices News
July 20, 2023

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Copper Could Help Create Clearer MRI Images and Improved Diagnosis

Scientists have found a new use for copper in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent design, that could help to create better images which help doctors diagnose patients' conditions more easily and ...

Dogs and Humans Process Body Postures Similarly in Their Brains

A new study shows that information from body postures plays a similarly important role for dogs as it does for humans. The results offer new insights into how dogs and humans perceive each other and their environment. They confirm that the temporal lobe plays a central role in social communication ...

Molecular Imaging Identifies Brain Changes in Response to Food Cues; Offers Insight Into Obesity Interventions

Molecular imaging with 18F-flubatine PET/MRI has shown that neuroreceptors in the brains of individuals with obesity respond differently to food cues than those in normal-weight individuals, making the neuroreceptors a prime target for obesity ...

New Discovery Can Help Detect Brain Tumors

Folate-based radiopharmaceuticals can be used in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to detect folate receptors in brain tumours. The discovery of folate receptors and their exploitation potential with respect to brain tumours is a new and significant finding in the ...
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Study Examines Heart Inflammation After COVID Vaccine

Researchers found evidence of heart muscle inflammation in a small number of patients with acute myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccination, but not in patients without acute myocarditis, according to a ...

New Fluorescent Dye Can Light Up the Brain

Chemists have developed a tool for noninvasive brain imaging that can help illuminate hard-to-access structures and processes. Their small-molecule dye is the first of its kind that can cross the ...

MRI-Guided Radiotherapy Produces Fewer Side Effects and Better Quality of Life for Patients With Localized Prostate Cancer

For men who undergo radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer, the precise targeting capabilities of MRI guidance resulted in fewer toxicities and better quality of life according to new ...

A New Ultrafast Camera With Multiple Applications

Researchers are developing a new ultrahigh-speed single-pixel camera. This new device, called single-pixel imaging accelerated via swept aggregate patterns (SPI-ASAP) is capable of streaming video at ...

Researchers Develop, Validate Tool to Visualize 3D Architectural Properties of Atherosclerosis Plaques

研究人员开发ed and substantiated an advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) tool to reveal new structural insights into atherothrombosis, a long-term arterial vessel wall disease ...

Tracking Radiation Treatment in Real Time Promises Safer, More Effective Cancer Therapy

Radiation, used to treat half of all cancer patients, can be measured during treatment for the first time with precise 3D imaging. By capturing and amplifying tiny sound waves created when X-rays ...

New Sensor Uses MRI to Detect Light Deep in the Brain

Using a specialized MRI sensor, engineers have shown that they can detect light deep within tissues such as the ...

Wearable Skin Patch Monitors Hemoglobin in Deep Tissues

A team of engineers has developed a photoacoustic patch that can monitor biomolecules in deep tissues, including hemoglobin. It can perform 3D mapping of hemoglobin with a submillimeter spatial ...

New X-Ray Technology Can Improve COVID-19 Diagnosis, Study Shows

Researchers have produced dark-field X-ray images of patients infected with the corona virus. In contrast to conventional X-ray images, dark-field images visualize the microstructure of the lung ...

Machine Learning Model Builds on Imaging Methods to Better Detect Ovarian Lesions

New research yields a novel method to use ultrasound to enhance machine learning's ability to accurately diagnose -- or rule out -- ovarian ...

Machine Learning Gives Nuanced View of Alzheimer's Stages

Researchers used machine learning to pinpoint the most accurate means, and timelines, for anticipating the advancement of Alzheimer's disease in people who are either cognitively normal or ...

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Analysis of MRI Contrast Agents

Simulations reveal details about the magnetic interactions between gadolinium contrast agents used in MRI scans and their ...

Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Essential Tremor Highly Effective After 5 Years

A scalpel-free, high-tech form of brain surgery offers long-term relief for patients with essential tremor, a common movement disorder, a five-year review ...

Battery-Free, Light-Powered Pacemaker May Improve Quality of Life for Heart Disease Patients

工程师们正在开发一种新的pacemaker, which envelops the heart and uses precise targeting capabilities to bypass pain receptors and reduce patient ...

Novel PET Imaging Agent Detects Earliest Signs of Alzheimer's Disease

A new highly selective PET imaging agent can detect the presence of overexpressed monoamine oxidase-B (MAO-B) in cognitively unimpaired individuals with high beta amyloid -one of the earliest signs ...

Daylight Hours Impact Opioid Receptor Levels in Brown Fat

Researchers have observed that the length of daylight hours impacts opioid receptor levels in brown fat. When daylight hours shorten, the receptor activity levels elevate. A similar phenomenon also ...

Detecting Alzheimer's Disease from Blood Samples

研究人员开发ed a method to detect build-up of amyloid beta in the brain, a characteristic of Alzheimer's disease, from biomarkers in blood ...

Generative Design Offers Solution to Patient-Specific Knee Implants

An advanced design technique, used to develop components for aerospace and automotive industries, has been harnessed in the production of bespoke medical ...

Human Cocaine and Heroin Addiction Is Found Tied to Impairments in Specific Brain Circuit Initially Implicated in Animals

Results of a new study suggest the prefrontal cortex-habenula circuit is potentially amenable for targeted interventions and ...

Radiotracer That Detects an Important Contributor to Neurological Diseases Tested for the First Time in Humans

研究人员开发ed an imaging agent for demyelination and evaluated its use in healthy human ...

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