News tagged with ultrasonography

Twin fetuses learn how to be social in the womb

(PhysOrg.com) -- Humans have a deep-seated urge to be social, and new research on the interactions of twins in the womb suggests this begins even before babies are born.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 13, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (21) | comments 421 | with audio podcast report

CE 3-D US for differentiating focal liver lesions

A research team from Japan and China examined the potential role of contrast-enhanced three-dimensional ultrasonography (CE 3-D US) in characterizing focal liver lesions. Their results showed that CE 3-D US provides a spatial ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fetal short-term memory found in 30-week-old fetuses

Memory probably begins during the prenatal period, but little is known about the exact timing or for how long memory lasts. Now in a new study from the Netherlands, scientists have found fetal short-term memory in fetuses ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 4




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Scientists image the charge distribution within a single molecule for the first time

(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM scientists were able to measure for the first time how charge is distributed within a single molecule. This achievement will enable fundamental scientific insights into single-molecule ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Bedside ultrasound becomes a reality

Clinicians have often referred to ultrasound technology as the "stethoscope of the future," predicting that as the equipment shrinks in size, it will one day be as common at the bedside as that trusty tool around every physician's ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Using CT, radiologists can pinpoint cause of some strokes

Multidetector computed tomography (CT) helps pinpoint the causes of ischemic strokes, the most common type of stroke, potentially speeding the delivery of life-saving treatments, according to a study published online and ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fetal exposure to radiation and the risk of childhood cancer: What is the likelihood of a risk?

Fetal exposure to radiation and the risk of childhood cancer: what is the likelihood of a risk?

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Most patients survive common thyroid cancer regardless of treatment

Individuals with papillary thyroid cancer that has not spread beyond the thyroid gland appear to have favorable outcomes regardless of whether they receive treatment within the first year after diagnosis, according to a report ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Doctors use ultrasound to diagnose possible muscular trauma in professional athletes on-site

Doctors can use ultrasonography (ultrasound) to evaluate and diagnose muscular trauma in professional athletes on-site, which helps them to determine whether or not a player's injuries are severe enough to take them out of ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gastric adenomyoma presenting as melena

A research team from China reported a case of 68-year-old man with gastric adenomyoma (AM) admitted to hospital for melana. They suggest that although gastric AM is rare, it should be considered in differential diagnosis ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas in China

Solid pseudopapillary tumor (SPT) of the pancreas is a rare neoplasm with a low malignant potential, usually affecting young women in the second or third decade of life. With widespread availability of high-quality imaging ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Reliable biomarkers needed for early detection of liver cancer

While biomarkers are needed to complement ultrasound in the early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC; liver cancer), neither des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin (DCP) nor the most widely used biomarker, alpha fetoprotein ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Imaging studies help detect underlying cancers in patients with neurologic symptoms

A combined positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) scan of the whole body appears to detect cancer in individuals with related neurologic complications more accurately than some other commonly used tests, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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