News tagged with ultrasound image
Why humans choose running over walking
Other than Olympic race walkers, people generally find it more comfortable to run than walk when they start moving at around 2 meters per second – about 4.5 miles per hour.
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Giant piezoelectric effect to improve MEMS devices
Researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Materials Research Institute at Penn State are part of a multidisciplinary team of researchers from universities and national laboratories ...
Dec 02, 2011 |
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Near-infrared imaging system shows promise as future pancreatic cancer diagnostic tool
A team of researchers from four Boston-area institutions led by Nicusor Iftimia from Physical Sciences, Inc. has demonstrated for the first time that optical coherence tomography (OCT), a high resolution optical ...
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Spotting weaknesses in solid wood
Is there a hairline crack in the oak table? Was the window frame glued badly? Ultrasound thermography can reliably identify material defects during the production of wooden items. This allows rejects to be ...
Aug 01, 2011 |
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Clinical trial seeks to determine whether platelet-rich plasma can ease the pain of osteoarthritis
For years, doctors have used platelet-rich plasma, or PRP, to promote healing after surgery. Now, Rush University Medical Center is studying whether PRP can help relieve knee pain in patients with mild to moderate osteoarthritis.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Ultrasound fusion imaging provides comparable accuracy for bone, soft tissue tumors
Biopsies using ultrasound fusion imaging for detecting bone and soft tissue cancers are safe, effective and just as accurate as conventional biopsy methods, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.
Feb 16, 2011 |
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One way sound: A new material will allow for improved ultrasound imaging
Most roads allow cars to flow in both directions. However, in some circumstances, such as congested city streets, it makes sense to limit traffic to one direction only. With electricity it is also useful to ...
Nov 19, 2010 |
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Novel metamaterial vastly improves quality of ultrasound imaging
(PhysOrg.com) -- New "metamaterials" can overcome some of the limitations of microscopes and imagers, including ultrasound imagers. Researchers in the Nano-scale Science & Engineering Center have come up with ...
Nov 08, 2010 |
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New imaging technology enlightened by biomedical engineering
A Faculty of Engineering professor is conducting biomedical research that could have profound effects on medical imaging and the delivery of drugs by using light and ultrasound. Roger Zemp, a professor in ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Risk of infection after ultrasound-guided procedures is low, study suggests
The incidence of serious infection after common ultrasound-guided procedures, such as biopsy, fine-needle aspiration (a form of biopsy) and thoracentesis (procedure involving needle drainage of the chest cavity) is low, according ...
Sep 21, 2010 |
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Better marker for breast cancer may reduce need for second surgeries
A new material could help surgeons more accurately locate breast cancers, reduce the need for second surgeries and minimize pre-surgical discomfort for patients. Microscopic gas-filled spheres of silica, a ...
Sep 19, 2010 |
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Kinesiology student gets microscopic view of finger through research
Jessica Hughes is seeing the human finger in a new light through her undergraduate research project. A recipient of Penn State’s 2010 Undergraduate Discovery Summer Grant, Hughes has spent the summer studying ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 18, 2010 |
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Dual-purpose liposome offers intelligent diagnosis, drug delivery
Key objectives of modern health care are early and accurate diagnosis of a disease and quick remediation with minimal side effects.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 06, 2010 |
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New tools for earlier breast cancer diagnosis
(PhysOrg.com) -- Modern techniques for investigating suspected breast cancer are now complementing conventional mammography. A team of European and US researchers is developing ways to combine all this data ...
Jun 25, 2010 |
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New ISHLT cardiac allograft vasculopathy standardized nomenclature
Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV), the major limitation to long term survival after heart transplantation, occurs when blood vessels in a transplanted heart progressively narrow and lead to dysfunction of the heart muscle ...
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Jun 25, 2010 |
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