Diagnostic imaging Research update Whole-body MRI gets cancer detection boost Whole-body MRI may be quicker and cheaper than standard imaging for detecting cancer spread Read article: Whole-body MRI gets cancer detection boost
Nanomedicine Feature Nanoparticles home in on infectious diseases Joe McEntee looks at the hurdles that need to be cleared before "bionanosensors" can detect harmful micro-organisms faster, quicker and more cheaply than ever before Read article: Nanoparticles home in on infectious diseases
Diagnostic imaging Research update Novel MRI technique diagnoses and monitors kidney fibrosis A newly developed MR imaging method can track kidney fibrosis during disease progression Read article: Novel MRI technique diagnoses and monitors kidney fibrosis
Diagnostic imaging Research update MR elastography method may speed up brain scans A new MR elastography technique offers noninvasive tracking of brain functional activity at high speed Read article: MR elastography method may speed up brain scans
Diagnostic imaging Research update Artificial intelligence versus 101 radiologists An AI system used to detect breast cancer in mammograms achieved a comparable performance to 101 radiologists Read article: Artificial intelligence versus 101 radiologists
Diagnostic imaging Research update ACROBEAT mitigates cardiac motion during imaging The ACROBEAT gated acquisition protocol compensates for cardiac motion during cone-beam CT scans while lowering the imaging dose Read article: ACROBEAT mitigates cardiac motion during imaging
Diagnostic imaging Research update OCT could help expand the kidney donor pool Optical coherence tomography of potential donor kidneys could help narrow the gap between kidney supply and demand Read article: OCT could help expand the kidney donor pool
Diagnostic imaging Research update AI can evaluate treatment response for brain tumours An artificial intelligence algorithm can provide automated quantitative analysis of gliomas on MRI exams Read article: AI can evaluate treatment response for brain tumours
Diagnostic imaging Research update Multi-directional spectroscopy enables human neuroimaging Using multiple optical paths for functional near-infrared spectroscopy could improve 3D visualization of brain activity Read article: Multi-directional spectroscopy enables human neuroimaging
Diagnostic imaging Research update Ultrahigh-field MRI tracks multiple sclerosis progression Imaging the evolution of cortical lesions using 7T MRI can predict the progression of multiple sclerosis Read article: Ultrahigh-field MRI tracks multiple sclerosis progression
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