Radiology
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Radiology
3D Joint Space Mapping Helps Assess Arthritis Patients
At the University of Cambridge, scientists have developed a method of monitoring small changes in joints of patients living with osteoarthritis. The capability should give clinical researchers and physicians treating patients a new tool to...
Radiology
Photoacoustic Computed Tomography May Replace Mammographies for Breast Cancer Screening
Though mammography helps to provide early detection of breast cancer, it is a modality that suffers from limitations, particularly in dense breasts. A new technology, developed at Caltech, may have the potential to eclipse mammographies for...
Radiology
Elekta Unity, a Revolutionary Combo of MRI and Linear Accelerator, Cleared in Europe
Elekta won European CE Mark approval for its Unity system that combines magnetic resonance imaging with a linear accelerator for highly targeted, real-time radiotherapy. The technology was originally the brainchild of physicists at UMC Utrecht...
Radiology
Simulation Software Helps to Repair Diseased Heart Valves
At this week's Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery conference (CARS 2018) in Berlin, scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Medical Image Computing in Germany will be showing off their unique software that helps to fix cardiac valves....
Radiology
First High Intensity Focused Ultrasound System for Prostate Ablation Cleared in U.S.
EDAP, based in Lyon, France, now has FDA clearance to bring to the U.S. its Focal One high intensity focused ultrasound system. It's used to ablate prostate tissue in a non-invasive way, relying on sound waves to resonate tissue apart at the...
Radiology
Sonavex's EchoMark Soft Tissue Markers Receive FDA 510(k) Clearance
One year ago, we spoke with Sonavex CEO David Narrow about the Baltimore medical startup's recent round of investment and ongoing development of its EchoMark and EchoSure products. At the time, David mentioned that the company was, "...preparing...
Radiology
Health Technology Briefs from the ITF Demo Floor
Medgadget was recently invited to attend the imec Technology Forum (ITF) conference in Antwerp, Belgium. One of the highlights of the conference was the demo floor where imec, which is a non-profit R&D innovation organization, had the...
Radiology
Tiny Battery-Free Implantable Devices Powered Wirelessly Using Radio Frequency Waves
Scientists at MIT have developed a wireless system that can power tiny implantable devices in the body, without the need for batteries. The system relies on radiofrequency waves emitted by an antenna outside the body, which can then power the...
Radiology
Researchers Ease Process of Converting Patient Imaging Data Into 3D Printed Objects
Harvard's Wyss Institute and MIT Media Lab have partnered together to create a way of crunching imaging data from different sources and modalities into a uniform computer file type called "dithered bitmaps". After conversion, the images can be...
Radiology
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