Keywords: Tissue
07/07/2010
A soft tissue probe for in vivo imaging of gynaecological tissue
A probe suitable for imaging soft tissue for use with the VivoSight Multi-Beam optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging system has been launched by manufacturer Michelson …
03/06/2010
The European Network for Cell Imaging and Tracking Expertise (ENCITE)
Since June 2009, the focus of research in the European Network for Cell Imaging and Tracking Expertise (ENCITE) has been on finding biomarkers to aid cell transplantation. Funded …
03/05/2010
The first MIRO … and the first steps towards guidelines
Clinicians gathering in Brussels for the first-ever conference on Molecular Imaging in Radiation Oncology (MIRO), from 18-20 March, will take the first steps toward setting …
03/05/2010
MR-Elastography
Physicians, over many centuries, have depended on the sense of touch as their hands on method to detect diseases in many body areas. This technique is called palpation. However, …
03/02/2010
Virtual Touch Tissue Imaging and Quantification
Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging (ARFI) is a new tissue strain imaging technology that utilizes sound waves to interrogate the mechanical stiffness properties of tissue. …
01/06/2010
How do you improve mammogram accuracy? Add noise
Members of a Syracuse University research team in the USA have shown that an obscure phenomenon called stochastic resonance (SR) can improve the clarity of signals in systems such …
01/06/2010
Liver stiffness measurements identify patients with rapid or slow fibrosis
A recent study determined that repeated liver stiffness measurements (LSM) in the first year following liver transplant (LT) could discriminate between slow and rapid "fibrosers". …
11/16/2009
Elasto augments the IU22 ultrasound platform
Philips has developed a proprietary technology for elastography that uses new strain analytics for signals captured on the IU22 volume linear transducer and yields a relative …
10/29/2009
A Scaffold to regenerate lost bones and tissue
Mother Nature has provided the lizard with a unique ability to regrow body tissue that is damaged or torn - if its tail is pulled off, it grows right back. She has not been quite …
10/16/2009
Molekulare Bildgebung von Karzinomen
Chirurgen an der Charité haben in kolorektalem Tumorgewebe eine spezifische Anhäufung von Protoporphyrin-IX (PpIX), einem rot-fluoreszierenden …
07/01/2009
Euromedlab 2009
"In-vitro veritas", the slogan of the 18th European Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, which took place in June, underlined the significance of in vitro …
05/07/2009
Neuer Prognosemarker für Brustkrebs
Wird in Brusttumoren viel Claudin-4 gebildet, so sinken Überlebensrate und Therapieerfolg. Das berichten Wissenschaftler in der aktuellen Ausgabe des International Journal of …
05/01/2009
Intensity-modulated radiotherapy
IMRT is an evolving method of treatment for complex forms of cancer. Although patients benefit from treatment, a precise evaluation of that benefit and overall cost-effectiveness …
04/27/2009
A More Direct Delivery of Cancer Drugs to Tumors
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology has demonstrated a better way to …
02/13/2009
Hitachi Lunch Symposium at ECR 2009
Learn more about the Real-time Tissue Elastography and its use in clinical areas, including breast, urology, endoscopy and many more. Hitachi Medical Systems invites you to its …
10/28/2008
Autologous cartilage transplantation
Advances in the treatment of cartilage injuries to the knee are very noteworthy. The decisive breakthrough must have been the development of the self-resorbing, bilayer collagen …
10/21/2008
In vivo biopsy for histological analysis
Early suspicions of cancer, either from clinical evidence or medical imaging, are often followed up on biopsy. However, the removal of tissue for histological analysis can be …
09/01/2008
HIFU surgical ablation products gain CE Mark
St. Jude Medical, Inc. has received European CE Mark approval and US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its Epicor LP cardiac ablation system, a second generation …
09/01/2008
Atrial and ventricular contraction is differentially regulated
The contraction of the atria and ventricles is differentially regulated, according to a study by Rodolphe Fischmeister and colleagues, at INSERM UMR-S 769 in Châtenay-Malabry. …
08/13/2008
Elastography ready to go
The idea of measuring tissue stiffness using ultrasound is nothing new. But lately the field sets a rapid pace. Real-time, hand-held elastography is now a commercial reality, …
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