Search results for photoacoustic tomography
Photoacoustics useful in cancer research
Dec 05, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Photoacoustics can be used to show the development of blood capillaries in and around a tumour. PhD student, Kiran Kumar Thumma, of the University of Twente (Netherlands) is the first to use ...
Cobalt Nanoparticles Boost Imaging Sensitivity and Edge Detection
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can serve as a very sensitive technique for detecting small tumors in the body, but it is not as good at identifying the edges of a tumor. Photoacoustic imaging tomography ...
Novel technique changes lymph node biopsy, reduces radiaiton exposure
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Information obtained from a new application of photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is worth its weight in gold to breast cancer patients.
Nanoparticles Detect and Purge Metastases in Lymph Nodes
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Colonoscopy represents one of the great weapons against cancer. In one step, a physician can find precancerous lesions in the colon and then cut them out, an on-the-spot intervention that prevents cancer from developing. ...
Golden Nanotubes Detect Tumor Cells, Map Sentinel Lymph Nodes
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Biomedical researchers at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock have developed a special contrast-imaging agent made of gold-coated ...
Super-sensitive explosives detector can detect explosives at distances exceeding 20 yards
Jun 26, 2008 |
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Using a laser and a device that converts reflected light into sound, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory can detect explosives at distances exceeding 20 yards.
Light and sound -- the way forward for better medical imaging
Dec 12, 2007 |
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Detection and treatment of tumours, diseased blood vessels and other soft-tissue conditions could be significantly improved, thanks to an innovative imaging system being developed that uses both light and sound.
Golden Nanotubes Used for Imaging Agent to Detect Tumor Cells, Map Sentinel Lymph Node
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Aug 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Biomedical researchers at the University of Arkansas and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock have developed a special contrast-imaging agent that is capable of molecular ...
Listening to the sound of skin cancer
Oct 16, 2006 |
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Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia can now detect the spread of skin cancer cells through the blood by literally listening to their sound. The unprecedented, minimally invasive technique causes melanoma cells ...
Scientists search for answers from the carbon in the clouds
Jul 25, 2008 |
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An aerosol mass spectrometer developed by chemists from Aerodyne Research Inc. and Boston College is giving scientists who study airborne particles the technology they need to examine the life cycles of atmospheric ...
Tiny infrared laser holds promise as weapon against terror
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Aug 05, 2005 |
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The difficulty of detecting the presence of explosives and chemical warfare agents (CWAs) is once again all too apparent in the news about the London bombings. In a significant breakthrough, researchers at Northwestern Uni ...
