Diagnostic imaging Feature How silicon photonics screens for heart disease The European CARDIS project aims to use silicon photonics to allow large-scale screening of populations for cardiovascular risk Read article: How silicon photonics screens for heart disease
Diagnostic imaging Feature The phase technique for imaging cellular systems Quantitative phase imaging is a powerful, non-invasive and quantitative microscopy technique that allows multi-scale imaging of cellular systems Read article: The phase technique for imaging cellular systems
Diagnostic imaging Research update Portable ‘battlefield MRI’ comes out of the lab Ultralow-field device could aid soldiers and developing-world field hospitals
Optical physics Research update Diamond cavity boosts magnetic-field detection New sensor could be used to study the brain and heart Read article: Diamond cavity boosts magnetic-field detection
Optical physics Research update Gold nanotubes sizzle cancer cells Tiny structures could be used to image and destroy tumours Read article: Gold nanotubes sizzle cancer cells
Imaging Research update Novel nanoparticle boosts six different medical-imaging techniques Particle enables deep-tissue, PET and photoacoustic imaging, as well as CT scanning Read article: Novel nanoparticle boosts six different medical-imaging techniques
Diagnostic imaging Blog Physics World 2015 Focus on Medical Imaging now live Everything from trends in medical imaging to new ways of producing medical isotopes and beyond
Diagnostic imaging Feature Making the invisible visible: the potential of X-ray phase-contrast imaging Techniques that exploit the phase of X-rays, not just their absorption, have the potential to transform X-ray imaging in hospitals Read article: Making the invisible visible: the potential of X-ray phase-contrast imaging
Diagnostic imaging Feature A clinical take on molecular imaging Transitioning molecular imaging from a preclinical technique to a standard clinical tool could help detect the very earliest stages of disease Read article: A clinical take on molecular imaging
Nuclear medicine Research update Medical-isotope breakthrough made at Canadian lab Photo-neutron production of commercial molybdenum-99 is a first Read article: Medical-isotope breakthrough made at Canadian lab
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