Sound-shaping metamaterial invented
A super-material that bends, shapes and focuses sound waves that pass through it has been invented by scientists.
Condensed Matter
Feb 27, 2017
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News tagged with medical images
Why medical technology often doesn't make it from drawing board to hospital
If there's something wrong with your brain, how do you spot that in an MRI? Of course, if it's something obvious, such as a major aneurysm or a tumour, anyone can see it. But what if it's something more subtle, such as a ...
Software
Feb 15, 2017
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Researchers from the UGR develop a new software which adapts medical technology to see the interior of a sculpture
A student at the University of Granada (UGR) has designed software that adapts current medical technology to analyze the interior of sculptures. It's a tool to see the interior without damaging wood carvings, and it has been ...
Software
Jan 31, 2017
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System of flat optical lenses that can be easily mass-produced and integrated with image sensors
Engineers at Caltech have developed a system of flat optical lenses that can be easily mass-produced and integrated with image sensors, paving the way for cheaper and lighter cameras in everything from cell phones to medical ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 23, 2016
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IBM unveils Watson-powered imaging solutions for healthcare providers
IBM today announced at the Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting (RSNA 2016) it will preview new imaging solutions from Watson Health and Merge Healthcare (Merge; an IBM Company) designed to help healthcare ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 30, 2016
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Exploring the secret life of house sparrows with the aid of a 3-D printer
Since it was introduced to North America in the late 19th century, the house sparrow has received little love. "Nothing can be urged in its favor," declared an 1891 editorial in the New York Times. A few years later, the ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 29, 2016
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Algorithm could enable visible-light-based imaging for medical devices, autonomous vehicles
MIT researchers have developed a technique for recovering visual information from light that has scattered because of interactions with the environment—such as passing through human tissue.
Optics & Photonics
Sep 30, 2016
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Team uses 'Deep Learning' to assist overburdened diagnosticians
Some 2 billion X-rays are performed around the world every year. But the average radiology clinic is understaffed. Radiologists are burdened with a growing workload, allowing little time to comprehensively evaluate images—leading ...
Computer Sciences
Apr 4, 2016
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Using medical imaging techniques for noninvasive probing of Egyptian artefacts
A Department of Engineering researcher used medical imaging techniques to discover the secrets behind Egyptian artefacts in the Fitzwilliam Museum's new 'Death on the Nile' exhibition.
Archaeology
Feb 25, 2016
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Chiral magnetic effect generates quantum current
Scientists at the U.S Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University have discovered a new way to generate very low-resistance electric current in a new class of materials. The discovery, ...
General Physics
Feb 8, 2016
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