News tagged with diffuse optical tomography
Noninvasive combination technique may reduce number of breast biopsies
By combining two relatively inexpensive technologies based on sound and light waves, researchers hope to lower the rate at which women undergo breast biopsies for suspicious lesions. Results of the study on ultrasound-guided ...
Jun 22, 2010 |
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Researcher: 'Optical biopsy' for breast cancer increasingly accurate
(PhysOrg.com) -- Most biopsies following mammograms reveal benign abnormalities, not cancer. But women may not have to endure the medical costs, stress and potential complications that accompany such invasive biopsies forever. ...
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Researchers fine-tune diffuse optical tomography for breast cancer screening
Clemson University researchers in collaboration with researchers at the University of Bremen, Germany, are working to make the physical pain and discomfort of mammograms a thing of the past, while allowing for diagnostic ...
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Combined imaging technologies may better identify cancerous breast lesions
By combining optical and x-ray imaging, radiologists may be better able to distinguish cancer from benign lesions in the breast, according to a new study published in the online edition and January issue of Radiology.
Nov 09, 2010 |
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Prostate cancer detected with help from optical imaging system
Hanli Liu, a University of Texas at Arlington bioengineering professor, has landed a three-year, $958,660 grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate a minimally invasive way to screen for and diagnose prostate ...
Oct 06, 2010 |
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The sound of light: Innovative technology shatters the barriers of modern light microscopy
In the past, even modern technologies have failed to produce high-resolution fluorescence images from this depth because of the strong scattering of light. In the Nature Photonics journal, the Munich researchers describe how th ...
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Researcher Finds Early Photon Imaging Detects Lung Cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- A novel, high-resolution fluorescence imaging system may be used to detect lung cancer at early stages. According to a report recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Babies' brains to be monitored using light scans
Researchers hoping to better understand the development of the infant brain have long been stymied by a formidable obstacle: babies just don't want to sit still for brain scans.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 21, 2007 |
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Fluorescence diffuse optical tomography provides high contrast, 3-D look at breast cancer
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have created the first three-dimensional optical images of human breast cancer in patients based on tissue fluorescence.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Light's Answer To Ultrasound
You have a tiny wound on your hand that doesn’t heal, a bad burn on your chest – or an injured retina. Your doctor cannot tell how serious the injuries are below the surface. He needs tissue samples. That means using a scalpel, ...
Apr 23, 2005 |
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