A large team of researchers with members from Belgium, Russia, and Germany has found that people who spend a long time aboard the International Space Station experience an increase in the size of some of their brain ventricles. ...
A discovery by a University of Queensland researcher could speed up MRI scanning times and make the scans more affordable.
Engineering
Sep 11, 2018
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Magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, is a widely used medical tool for taking pictures of the insides of our body. One way to make MRI scans easier to read is through the use of contrast agents—magnetic dyes injected into ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 25, 2018
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A technology being developed at Purdue University could provide an affordable, smart, self-learning device that, when placed into existing MRI machines could allow medical professionals to monitor patients more effectively ...
Engineering
Jul 18, 2017
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To enhance the visibility of organs as they are scanned with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), patients are usually injected with a compound known as a contrast agent before going into the scanner. The most commonly used ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 12, 2017
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One of the main tools doctors use to detect diseases and injuries in cases ranging from multiple sclerosis to broken bones is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, the results of an MRI scan take hours or days to interpret ...
Computer Sciences
Feb 16, 2017
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Special amplifying agents can make MRI scanners and NMR techniques hundreds of times more sensitive. Leiden physicists have now found a method to test their efficiency. More sensitive MRI scans could for example improve our ...
Biochemistry
Jan 19, 2017
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Graphene, the atomically thin sheets of carbon that materials scientists are hoping to use for everything from nanoelectronics and aircraft de-icers to batteries and bone implants, may also find use as contrast agents for ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 11, 2016
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This MRI scan shows a knee joint with cartilage covering the articulating joint surfaces to help the bones slide smoothly.
Space Exploration
Oct 21, 2015
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Researchers at MIT and Boston Children's Hospital have developed a system that can take MRI scans of a patient's heart and, in a matter of hours, convert them into a tangible, physical model that surgeons can use to plan ...
Computer Sciences
Sep 17, 2015
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