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Neuroscience

High-speed imaging tracks live brain cell activity in awake mice

A research team from the School of Engineering at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has achieved a breakthrough in brain imaging by developing the world's first technology to capture high-resolution ...

Oncology & Cancer

New imaging probe helps track prostate cancer and possibly treat it before resistance develops

Researchers at Wayne State University and the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute have developed a chemical imaging probe that resists the breakdown of certain compounds in the body, giving doctors a more dependable way ...

Cardiology

Stress MRI may boost angina diagnosis, treatment

Chest pain may still be angina even when coronary angiogram testing shows the main heart arteries look clear. Using stress cardiac stress MRI testing to measure blood flow around the heart appears to improve diagnosis and ...

Cardiology

Study highlights AI limits in heart care

There are limits in applying AI to images of the heart, according to a new study from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai published in the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography.

Neuroscience

New brain atlas offers unprecedented detail in MRI scans

A new AI-assisted brain atlas that can help visualize the human brain in unprecedented detail has been developed by UCL researchers, in a major step forward for neuroscience and neuroimaging.

Neuroscience

Highly sensitive imaging technique detects myelin damage

The breakdown of myelin, the insulating layer around brain cells that supports brain function, is prevalent in a range of neurodegenerative diseases, aging and because of various forms of trauma. While electron microscopy ...

Oncology & Cancer

Radiation therapy for patients with breast cancer

Radiation therapy is a common component of breast cancer treatment for patients. The high-powered beams of intense energy kill cancer cells and reduce the risk of the cancer recurring.

Medications

New imaging technique maps drug movement through skin in minutes

By combining mass spectrometry imaging with an automated analysis tool, researchers from Hebrew University have developed a technique that maps medication distribution across skin layers without dyes or labels. Tested on ...

Radiology & Imaging

Ultrasound probe can image an entire organ in 4D

For the first time, a team of Inserm researchers from the Physics for Medicine Institute (Inserm/ESPCI Paris-PSL/CNRS) has succeeded in mapping the blood flow of an entire organ in animals (heart, kidney and liver) with great ...

Oncology & Cancer

AI tool identifies women at high risk of interval breast cancer

In a study of more than 100,000 screening mammograms, researchers demonstrated the potential of an AI tool to help identify women at higher risk of developing interval breast cancer, which is breast cancer that is diagnosed ...

Surgery

Neural network enables objective assessment of breast symmetry

A newly developed neural network is highly accurate in identifying key landmarks important in breast surgery—opening the potential for objective assessment of breast symmetry, suggests a study in the February issue of Plastic ...

Radiology & Imaging

Mammography AI can cost patients extra: Is it worth it?

As I checked in at a Manhattan radiology clinic for my annual mammogram in November, the front desk staffer reviewing my paperwork asked an unexpected question: Would I like to spend $40 for an artificial intelligence analysis ...

Oncology & Cancer

Clinical breast exam rarely detects second breast cancer after DCIS

For patients undergoing surveillance following diagnosis and treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), very few second breast cancers are detected by clinical breast examination by a physician, according to a study published ...

Radiology & Imaging

Targeted MRI detects chronic liver disease

Chronic liver diseases such as hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma are a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Fibrosis—the thickening and scarring of connective tissue—plays a major role ...

Radiology & Imaging

New AI tool accurately detects COVID-19 from chest X-rays

Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can rapidly detect COVID-19 from chest X-rays with more than 98% accuracy. The study results have just been published in Scientific Reports.

Neuroscience

Using spectroscopy to measure visual recognition

The brain is not only the most complex organ of the human body, but also one of the most difficult to study. To understand the roles of different regions of the human brain and how they interact, it is crucial to measure ...

Radiology & Imaging

Machine learning can make medical images more reliable

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offers great opportunities when it comes to diagnosing cancer. However, the scanning procedure is extremely sensitive. One of the many problems occurs if the patient moves ever so slightly ...

Radiology & Imaging

Dlung: A novel method for lung image registration

Research published in Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Science) has proposed a new method for lung image registration named Dlung. Dlung is an unsupervised few-shot learning-based diffeomorphic lung image registration, ...