Medical

Cells Construct Living Composite Polymers

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated that a class of interwoven composite materials called semi-interpenetrating polymer networks (sIPNs) can be produced by living cells. The...

New Way to Create Medical Devices to Boost Performance

Using a new 3D printing process, researchers at the University of Nottingham have discovered how to tailor-make artificial body parts and other medical devices with built-in...

Fast Fabrication of Rapid Medical Diagnostic Tools

Microfluidic devices underpin lab-on-a-chip (LOC) technologies that are developed to provide the rapid diagnoses needed at point of care for the swift, effective treatment of many...

FPGA Technology for High-Speed Medical Image Processing

Through better detection, digital mammography can significantly improve radiology outcomes.

Imaging Reveals How Different Mammals Are Wired for Love

Humans aren’t the only mammals that form long-term bonds with a single, special mate – some bats, wolves, beavers, foxes, and other animals do, too. But new research from Duke...

Study Uncovers Clues to COVID-19 Using Imaging

Since the pandemic hit, researchers have been uncovering ways COVID-19 impacts other parts of the body, besides the lungs. Now, for the first time, a visual correlation has been found between...

New Method Reveals If Antibiotics Reach Hidden Bacteria

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and the University of Western Australia have developed a new imaging method to see where antibiotics have reached bacteria within tissues. The...

Sub-Surface Imaging Can Expose Counterfeit Travel Documents

New research by the University of Kent has found that optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging technology can be used to distinguish between legitimate and counterfeit travel...

Researchers Acquire 3D Images with LED Lighting and Smartphone

As LEDs replace traditional lighting systems, they bring more smart capabilities to everyday lighting. While you might use your smartphone to dim LED lighting at home,...

Technique Could Replace Tissue Biopsies with Virtual Ones

A new advanced computing technique using routine medical scans to enable doctors to take fewer, more accurate tumor biopsies, has been developed by cancer researchers at the...

Method Could Jump-Start Creation of Tiny Devices for the Body

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a method of 3D-printing gels and other soft materials. It has the potential to create...

Implantable Device Can Monitor and Treat Heart Disease

Pacemakers and other implantable cardiac devices that are used to monitor and treat arrhythmias and other heart problems have generally had one of two drawbacks. First, they are made...

Sensor Measures Bodily Functions and Safely Biodegrades

Sensors that monitor a patient’s condition during and after medical procedures can be expensive, uncomfortable, and even dangerous. Now, an international team of researchers has...

AI Detects COVID-19 on Chest X-Rays with Accuracy and Speed

A new artificial intelligence platform detects COVID-19 by analyzing x-ray images of the lungs. Called DeepCOVID-XR, the machine-learning algorithm outperformed a team of...

Pushing the Envelope in Pulmonary Image Analysis with Machine Learning and AI

Pulmonology is a field of medicine that deals with respiratory tract diseases, and the medical imaging used by pulmonologists is predominantly chest imaging: CXR,...

Laser Imaging Shows Bird Beak Evolution

The crow-like Confuciusornis, which lived about 120 million years ago, was one of the first birds to evolve a beak. Unfortunately, early beak evolution lacks sufficient study. Using an imaging...

Sensor Could Bolster Thermal Imaging

Army-funded research developed a microwave radiation sensor with 100,000 times higher sensitivity than currently available commercial sensors. Researchers said better detection of microwave radiation will...

Imaging Highlights Cellular 'Skeleton' Protein

Just as your skeleton helps your body move, fine skeleton-like filaments within your cells help cellular structures move. Researchers have developed an imaging method that lets them monitor a...

Optical Imaging Technology May Help Surgeons Better Treat Cancer, Brain Diseases

Optical imaging helps surgeons map out tumors.

Tiny Devices Promise New Horizon for Medical Imaging

This form of radiation does not damage living tissues.

Flexible Patch Acts as a Continuous, Hands-Free Ultrasound

A team at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has prototyped a flexible patch containing tiny transducers for monitoring health conditions. When paired with a new algorithm, the...

Spider Silk Can Create Lenses Useful for Biological Imaging

Spiders. What are they good for? More than just insect control! Spider silk is useful for a variety of biomedical applications. It exhibits mechanical properties superior to...

New Imaging Tool Shows Extent of Alzheimer's Early Damage

New imaging technology allows scientists to see the widespread loss of brain synapses in early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, a finding that one day may aid in drug development,...

World's Smallest Imaging Device Has Heart Disease in Focus

A team of researchers led by the University of Adelaide and the University of Stuttgart has used 3D micro-printing to develop the world’s smallest, flexible scope for looking...

Brain Scanner Technology Expanded for Whole Head Imaging

A type of wearable brain scanner is revealing new possibilities for understanding and diagnosing mental illness now that the technology has been expanded to scan the whole brain with...

World’s Smallest Imaging Device Could Lead to Improved Heart Treatments

The camera-like device can be inserted into blood vessels to provide high-quality 3D images.

Multicolor Super-Resolution Imaging Made Easy

The number of colors is not limited by the microscope’s spectral channels or exploiting spectral crosstalk.

Scalable Artificial Intelligence for Medical Imaging

Major medical imaging vendors are currently ramping up their artificial intelligence (AI) activities.