News tagged with resonance imaging mri

Cobalt Nanoparticles Boost Imaging Sensitivity and Edge Detection

Mar 26, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(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 ...

Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative announces completion of genome-wide analysis

Medicine & Health / Diseases

Mar 16, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Researchers announced today that a high-density genome wide analysis of participants in the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI; www.adni-info.org) is more than 95% complete and that data will be shared with ...

Tiny samples could yield big predictive markers for pancreatic cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

Mar 10, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A handful of proteins, detected in incredibly tiny amounts, may one day help doctors distinguish between a harmless lesion in the pancreas and a potentially deadly one, say researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center.

Greater quadriceps strength may benefit those with knee osteoarthritis

Medicine & Health / Diseases

Jan 13, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Studies on the influence of quadriceps strength on knee osteoarthritis (OA), one of the leading causes of disability among the elderly, have shown conflicting results. In some studies, decreased quadriceps strength is associated ...

Researchers Create Microscope With 100 Million Times Finer Resolution Than Current MRI

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Jan 13, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (24) | 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM Research scientists, in collaboration with the Center for Probing the Nanoscale at Stanford University, have demonstrated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with volume resolution 100 million ...