News tagged with scanning technique

MRI may predict continued decline in patients with mild cognitive impairment

Using advanced MRI and an artificial intelligence technique, researchers in Geneva, Switzerland, have identified a method that may help identify which individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) will continue to decline, ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain plaques may explain higher risk of Alzheimer's based on mom's history

A family history of Alzheimer's is one of the biggest risk factors for developing the memory-robbing disease, which affects more than 5 million Americans and is the most common form of senile dementia. Now ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Imaging technique may trace development of Parkinson's disease

While finding a biomarker for Parkinson's disease that would let physicians screen for or track its progression remains an elusive goal, a team led by a University of Illinois at Chicago neuroscientist has shown that a non-invasive ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists determine Viking trade routes by the metal in their swords

Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Teddington have worked with the Wallace Collection to analyse the contents of Viking swords - and the results shed new light on trade routes in the middle ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 0